USB Erupters price gone crazy

[rostbiffen]

I remember a few weeks ago they were around $8 - $10 each.. Now on ebay they are over $50!!
What's going on? Why people are paying so much for them now?

I dont understand who is buying it, price /ghs right now is around 10 dollar, so a great price for an erupter should be 3-4 dollar.

[lightfoot]

Most people are very, very bad at math.

Life like that. That said I really should sell my two erupters. They basically don't make enough bitcoin to keep them powered.

[takagari]

Most people know very little

Bitcoin = Money = Miner

The math to said equation however eludes them lol

[madcratebuilder]

I think most people miss the ever increasing difficulty factor.  I've paid as much as $20 and as little as $5 for block erupters.  I have 100 cranking away along with some Blades.  I've made my investment back but now that I'm in the profiet area the difficultly is so high I'm making 45% of what I was just six weeks ago.

I wonder what I could get for a 100 stick mine turn key?

[FalconFly]

I think most people miss the ever increasing difficulty factor.  I've paid as much as $20 and as little as $5 for block erupters.  I have 100 cranking away along with some Blades.  I've made my investment back but now that I'm in the profiet area the difficultly is so high I'm making 45% of what I was just six weeks ago.

I wonder what I could get for a 100 stick mine turn key?

If you were to list them on EBay Germany, you'd end up with approx. 5000-8000$ within days o.0
At least here, practical non-availability of literally anything at reasonable prices is what is making people buy it for "too much" (lacking alternatives, count me into that group :p )

What I also see lacking is "in-between" performing hardware, it's either the old hardware or buying big into Mar/Apr 2014 stuff with unknown outcome. Inbetween, there's a hughe gap.