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by senttoschool 1414 days ago
>Scalpers buy up GPUs. There is less supply. That creates a problem.

Those GPUs are then sold immediately to real users. Scalpers do not increase demand.

Scalpers provide a service. They have automation or a way to buy stock fast at MSRP or closer to MSRP. Then they sell it to people who are willing to pay more in order to have the product now or avoid spending time to search for stock.

Scalpers cannot exist unless demand is greater than supply.
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latchkey 1414 days ago
> Scalpers do not increase demand.

That changes what you said previously and isn't what I responded to. We are talking about supply, not demand.

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senttoschool 1414 days ago
Scalpers do not decrease supply.

Scalpers do not increase demand.

Scalpers offer a service to users to buy hard-to-find-products now without waiting or searching.

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latchkey 1414 days ago
> Scalpers do not decrease supply.

We are going to have to agree to disagree on this one. In the second link, it is in reference to tickets. At the end of the day, tickets are all the same. If you can't get the front row of the show, you'll accept something back a bit... because you want to see the show.

GPUs are different. Miners want specific brands and models and won't / can't accept anything else.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/pqcrg8/are_there_...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4195671

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