for me, it is simple - I know they are going for over 2k on eBay and other market places, but that is simply because people scooped them all up simply to mine a few weeks while doubling/tripling the price and reselling them.
End of the day it is a 700-1000 card (depending on version) and not really worth the aftermarket price being assigned to them.
Hell, I stood in line the day they were released only to get in the store to see that the store employees had bought the entire inventory so the store was out of stock immediately upon release date. One employee even followed me out to the parking lot and tried to sell me one for double the price.
It does not help that manufacturers always shorth the supply. But it really wouldn't matter, no matter how many they produce someone will always try to scoop all them up and resell them.
There are people with hundreds of these cards for sale.
glws.
No worries They pull in 9 bucks a day. for me its a game. to see if they should or should one be pruchased at these prices.
Eth back on the rise
it was >>>> 2041 on feb 19
it dropped to 1292 on feb. 28
it is up to > 1746 on mar 8th
ultimately my choice to offer these 2 at 2100 vs 2900 and still not sell either shows me the buyers here will be smart or stupid.
For that matter if the buyers buy them I will still track to see if they were smart or stupid.
It also shows lack of fomo on Bitcointalk as this is the second card deal I offered with out takers.
the other was an xfx 5700 xt for 600 iirc
Back in January while I did not track earnings on it. I have mined it for 56 days since no-one had interest of that card at a 200 dollar discount on ebay prices.
In the case of all these cards. I can just mine them and make money while I get to test the forums fomo.