"... we can only hope that the situation improves in the near future and everyone gets their desired hardware at regular prices. "
We'll see what happens in 2022; sadly, 2021 is pretty much set for high prices through year's end. Nvidia loves that everyone is having to accept higher prices now as the "norm", and they are in no hurry to lower the prices (and their profits).
If crypto-mining continues to allow for conversion to actual currency and mining continues to be done more on GPUs vs ASICs, then GPUs prices will always be high. If Ethereum actually changes at year's end (which, despite the oft-repeated promise of the model change, they usually never do), then maybe you will see a bit more supply.