Scalpers are likely having a hard time reselling the Nvidia RTX 4080, and there's more than one reason for that.
It’s good news for most of us today, but not for the scalpers. Normally, when Nvidia launches a new graphics card, it’s all chaos and the GPU is out of stock for a while after the initial release date. Scalpers are to blame for that, at least in part, because they buy out the GPUs and then send them back into the wild at an elevated price. This happened in the case of both the RTX 4090 and the RTX 4080.
Related The prices depend on the model; there are some crazy options priced at $2,400 and above, but there are also cards near MSRP that are available from regular retailers as opposed to scalpers. This seemingly lower interest in the GPU is sure to take a hit on scalpers, who often capitalize on the fact that customers want to get their new GPU right now and don’t want to wait for restocks.
On average, an RTX 4080 sold on eBay costs around 30% more than the recommended list price. In contrast, the RTX 4090 skyrocketed to 54% over MSRP during the first week of sales. As it stands now, scalpers are not making much of a profit on the RTX 4080.
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