Friday, January 24th 2025
Scalpers Already Prepare NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Listings, up to $7000 for "Guaranteed Slots"
A day after the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 launch, scalpers are already in action to profit from the hype train. Many of these sellers on eBay claim to have "guaranteed" early access through connections with retailers, while others ask for astronomical prices that dwarf the rumored official MSRP. Currently, the graphics card is not widely available, yet eBay and similar sites list it at up to $7,000. Some individuals go so far as to promise customers "guaranteed slots" to secure the product, often with no refund or return policy. These tactics exploit consumer fear of missing out, especially after repeated GPU shortages and scalper-driven price hikes in recent years. NVIDIA has reportedly taken steps to manage supply, planning to "nitpick" distribution and limit bulk business-to-business sales, at least in some regions.
While these efforts may reduce scalping, other jurisdictions lack similar protections. Rumors from German outlets point to NVIDIA aiming to curb large-volume B2B purchases, but no equivalent strategy has been confirmed for markets like the United States or Asia. Interestingly, there are reports from Vietnam of select shops selling RTX 5080 cards before the launch date, heightening fears of a black market for the entire RTX 50 lineup. Additionally, some sellers have disclaimers that shift blame for any potential defects to manufacturers, leaving buyers with minimal recourse. E-commerce platforms typically permit dispute resolutions for damaged goods, rendering these disclaimers largely ineffective. Buying from scalpers encourages price hikes, and there are no guarantees of the product arriving/working, and there is no warranty for after-purchase care.
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While these efforts may reduce scalping, other jurisdictions lack similar protections. Rumors from German outlets point to NVIDIA aiming to curb large-volume B2B purchases, but no equivalent strategy has been confirmed for markets like the United States or Asia. Interestingly, there are reports from Vietnam of select shops selling RTX 5080 cards before the launch date, heightening fears of a black market for the entire RTX 50 lineup. Additionally, some sellers have disclaimers that shift blame for any potential defects to manufacturers, leaving buyers with minimal recourse. E-commerce platforms typically permit dispute resolutions for damaged goods, rendering these disclaimers largely ineffective. Buying from scalpers encourages price hikes, and there are no guarantees of the product arriving/working, and there is no warranty for after-purchase care.
50 Comments on Scalpers Already Prepare NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Listings, up to $7000 for "Guaranteed Slots"
I remember a few guys who were paying massive bucks for hard to come by GPU's during the pandemic and then posting here.
The only issue is that AI is so hot right now that people may pay it for those purposes like when people bought them for GPU mining.
Well dosent matter. I'll keep my 4090. So im not in a rush to get a new card
But just a little word of advice. Don't buy a card from these greedy assholes. Don't support these low life scumbags
Further more upgrade to 5090 would also need a new platform. New cpu, motherboard and memory as my current 5950X would be a cpu bottleneck for a 5090.
I will go as far to say, if any one wants to use a RTX 5090 on a AM4 pc. They should not combine RTX 5090 with any other cpu´s than 5700X3D or 5800X3D
the scalper charging 7k or the one buying it for 7k
Now these guys buy the nVidia already artificially overpriced cards, with cut down silicon for twice-several times over MSRP. At this point, they could buy the better Quadro/Tesla full die counterparts for not much more money.
Does that mean you are an idiot? No, because you earn enough money to make it unsignificant for you.
It's the same for people buying 7k GPUs, when you win 200k+ a year it doesnt matter.
to level the playing field should everybody use buying bots ? wtf
I think Germany is definitely buying them and gaming them with their green energy.
in some areas i deep as low as 67 FPS. UE5 is notorious cpu heavy.
i will still reccoment using a 5700X3D/5800X3D with a rtx 4090 and speciallty a rtx 5090. If 5950X3D was a thing. I changed cpu.
it´s a mixed bag. some games cpu bottleneck and in others the GPU bottlenecks most.
Gaming FPS - Numbers do not lie from a recent review: www.pcgameshardware.de/Benchmarks-Thema-58180/Specials/CPU-Rangliste-Index-Gaming-2025-Fps-Vergleich-1464279/