There’s a bunch of listings like these and I was under the impression gpus went for more, been checking for about a week now and still seeing these, just now started to contact sellers but wanted to get a scoop from a community, I would just trust ebay to get my money back if it’s bad but I won’t be able to test the card for a while as I kinda want to get the card first and build the pc around it
This doesn’t add much to what others have already said, but there’s a useful saying that applies extremely well to low online prices:“If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.”
The tricky ones are the ones that are between, say, 10% off and full price. Some are legit, others are scammers hoping you’ll pick their slightly cheaper option. And you still need to figure out why the legit one is cheaper. They rarely do it out of the good of their heart.
The listings are for auctions that all end in 6+ days, one even has 30. Wait until the deadline is closer, as in minutes before, and watch the price skyrocket. You can place a bid right now and the price will just jump up to your price. Highest bidder usually has a price higher than the listed price and will remain highest bidder unless you actually outbid their real bid. For example, if I set a bid for $200, all of those listings are below $100, I will win the auction as long as nobody bids over $200. If someone bids $150, they instantly get notified that they were outbid and the price jumps to $151. AFAIK there is no way to see the auto bid price. There are also bots that will come in at the last few seconds to try to get it at the cheapest price possible. Find auctions that are closer to ending to see what people are actually paying for products.
That’s just how eBay or any auction site works. Those have 4 to 30 days left and will go up in price. Look at “completed listings” for a better idea of current prices.
Did I imagine a scam with hacked bios as well?
Where the card looks a bit physically similar and the bios is updated to report it as whatever dynamite card but it’s actually a pos and the performance is always rubbish.
They’re just bids so this is common. Gotta start low so you can let people battle each other out and eventually get to the price you’re most looking for as a seller.
But it’s also common that if this auction were to end at these low prices, the seller likely is not going to just let it go as eBay lets sellers set a threshold and if that threshold isn’t met when the auction ends, they have the option to cancel the sale.
So even if you were to win at one of these prices, you’re not guaranteed to get the graphics card at this price. Though you could have a seller who doesn’t care or is willing to let it go for lower than they expected, so not totally out of the realm of possibility.
