News Amazon reserves RTX 5070, RTX 9070 XT GPUs as Amazon Prime exclusives, to the dismay of scalpers

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Oh noes, the empty wallet'ed scalpers won't have the money for (a) prime account(s) from all the previous scalpings to be members and scalp anyway.

This is a publicity stunt, bandaid at best.

Real way to stop it and this will be unpopular, require a driver's license and tie a one per residence until stock is deemed stable. That's the interim solution.
 
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I have a trial Business Prime membership and the 5070 shows up quite a lot now at MSRP of $549. The 5080's are also being reserved for Prime as well. The lowest i've seen is $1299.99
 
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While the resellers maybe sweating it a little. The SacAmazon's are showing up in full force looking for suckers. I saw a 5080 listed twice by the same new seller for $799.99, such a deal. What's funny is when you look at their profile it is not a US address. 🥳

That's what Amazon really needs to cut down on and not the legit resellers.
 
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vanadiel007 said:
All Amazon et all have to do is remove any listing above MSRP regardless of vendor. Same for Ebay and other favorite outlets.
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But they won't for two obvious reasons:

1) It's NOT illegal to resell an item way over MSRP if it is considered non essential. GPU's are not like food staples or water or even gasoline. You can always buy a different GPU if you like and not the one you are after.

2) They make a nice cut off of those reseller sales without in most cases not holding the inventory.

This problem would go away if people used self restraint and did not buy from a reseller at inflated prices. If resellers went away, people would still complain for lack of supply. That is why resellers exist, they make a hard to find product accessible to a wider audience whether one loves or hates resellers or as many like to refer to them as scalpers.
 
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But they won't for two obvious reasons:

1) It's NOT illegal to resell an item way over MSRP if it is considered non essential. GPU's are not like food staples or water or even gasoline. You can always buy a different GPU if you like and not the one you are after.

2) They make a nice cut off of those reseller sales without in most cases not holding the inventory.

This problem would go away if people used self restraint and did not buy from a reseller at inflated prices. If resellers went away, people would still complain for lack of supply. That is why resellers exist, they make a hard to find product accessible to a wider audience whether one loves or hates resellers or as many like to refer to them as scalpers.
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Legal or not does not matter as Amazon can delist anything they like.
But you are correct, in the end it's all about money regardless of how they like to spin it.
 
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vanadiel007 said:
Legal or not does not matter as Amazon can delist anything they like.
But you are correct, in the end it's all about money regardless of how they like to spin it.
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But it's wishful thinking if Amazon is going to delete or delist something that is legal and they supposedly take an 8% cut. Now if the seller is a total scam artist looking to defraud you where you pay with no intention of receiving what you paid for, then that is a different matter entirely.

People have the right to buy and resell something at a much higher price. It is up to the buyer to show restraint. The reselling of hot newly released hardware is nothing new. This practice dates back to the PlayStation 2. People where doing this back then and selling brand new PS2's for more than double MSRP. I remember that because I was working for Sony.
 
There isn't much stopping scalpers from getting a prime account.

If a company wants to stop scalping, they need to take a 2 prong approach.

The first part of the solution, is to limit orders to 1 per home and purchase method (included entire generation of a product and all SKUs, thus no buying a reference, then each AIB variant).
The second part of the solution, is to then allow unlimited back ordering. Effectively give customers the same purchase options as many businesses. For example, it is common to see suppliers offer lead times and back orders.

With both parts together, you eliminate the the pull factors for scalpers, since anyone who wants a card at MSRP, can purchase it, even if supplies are initially low, customers will just see statuses like "Ships in 2-4 weeks".
 
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Nintendo is trying a new method. You need to have a Nintendo account and have had a 12 month subscription to their online service in the past. You register to be notified when preorders begin. One unit per address.

We'll see how that works. Supposedly Nintendo is anticipating high demand for the Nintendo Switch 2 and has a good supply ready for their launch.
 
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Perhaps retailers should implement 1 gpu per customer/credit card/address per supply drop. Wholesalers stick to no sale to retailers without a VAT number.

It might make it harder for the individual scalpers to operate.
 
I'm only seeing this with 9070s and 5070s on Amazon, nothing with XTs or Tis thus far.
If I could get a 9070 XT or 5070 Ti at/near MSRP I would buy it, but that sadly has not been the case.
 
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I'm only seeing this with 9070s and 5070s on Amazon, nothing with XTs or Tis thus far.
If I could get a 9070 XT or 5070 Ti at/near MSRP I would buy it, but that sadly has not been the case.
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I'm in the process of a new build so I check everyday. The lowest i've seen an 9070XT from Amazon was $729.99, the lowest i've seen Amazon offer an RTX 5070 Ti was $799.99. I missed out on both.

Edit: Just missed out on an MSRP RTX 5080 from Amazon
 
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