misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 20 hours agoeBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $2000, occasionally framedwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12
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minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·14 hours agoWhy the fuck are people paying $5500 for a fucking GPU?!?!??
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoWhy the fuck are they standing in line waiting for one? Consumerism really fucked up our brains.
minus-squareneon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoI do t think so, I’m not an expert or anything, but I think money laundering is typically done where you can pay cash. The idea is to pay cash for something so that you can show a receipt of a sale and deposit it into a bank. If you are buying online, then the money is already in the bank.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 hours agoThe sellers, friend. They buy the GPU cash and sell it online for a clean transaction into their account. 5k laundered per sale
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·12 hours agoespecially a GPU that’s not even that good relative to last gen
minus-squareShinkanTrainlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 hours agoI dunno but it’s a good time to capitalize on that eagerness and buy a used 4090 from one of them
Why the fuck are people paying $5500 for a fucking GPU?!?!??
Why the fuck are they standing in line waiting for one?
Consumerism really fucked up our brains.
Money laundering?
I do t think so, I’m not an expert or anything, but I think money laundering is typically done where you can pay cash.
The idea is to pay cash for something so that you can show a receipt of a sale and deposit it into a bank.
If you are buying online, then the money is already in the bank.
The sellers, friend. They buy the GPU cash and sell it online for a clean transaction into their account. 5k laundered per sale
especially a GPU that’s not even that good relative to last gen
I dunno but it’s a good time to capitalize on that eagerness and buy a used 4090 from one of them