Screwed by Dell or screwed by scalper

[Doug_Dangger]

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Dell G5 Desktop

Processor

10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F processor(8-Core, 16M Cache, 2.9GHz to 4.8GHz)  = $280

Cheapo board = $60

Operating System

Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, English    = $15 Key

Video Card

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6   = $400

Memory

16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 2933Mhz  = $75

Hard Drive

512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive   = $60

Wireless

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1   = $30

Keyboard

Dell Multimedia Keyboard-KB216 Black (English)   = $20

Mouse

Dell Optical Mouse - MS116 Black   = $10

Chassis Options

500W psu  = $50

Case with window   = $30

 

Hardware msrp total build your own = $1,030

Dell's price = $1,470

 

Dell Tax = $440.

 

Cheapest Buy It Now 3060ti from ebay = $800

Scalper Tax = $400.

 

 

For the heck of it I spec'd out a build from Dell and came up with the following up top.  Looks like Dell themselves are doing a little gpu scalping.

[Moonzy]

6 minutes ago, Doug_Dangger said:

scalping.

can you give me your definition of this word here?

 

because a markup for a pre-built is normal, if you're unhappy about it then dont pay for it

[Doug_Dangger]

7 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

can you give me your definition of this word here?

 

because a markup for a pre-built is normal, if you're unhappy about it then dont pay for it

You don't know the definition of scalping?

User a search engine.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Doug_Dangger said:

You don't know the definition of scalping?

User a search engine.

so charging a markup is scalping?

so you're against business doing... business?

[Moonzy]

33 minutes ago, Doug_Dangger said:

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6   = $400

by the way, can i buy 10 3060ti from you for $400 ea? because other places are charging $1200, and are out of stock

i bought some at $1000, but looking for more

 

i would buy a full system just for the GPU

I've already done it once to get a 3070, total system cost was $1300

[PlayStation 2]

Seems like you wanna bitch about what's generally a non-issue by pulling numbers out of your ass. 

Dell most likely has half-decent, if not locked-down motherboards powering that i7, for example. Dell's not that stupid. That's reserved for HP.

You also aren't getting a legally licensed copy of Windows 10 for less than $100 if we're talking retail - which, unless you want to go down the volume licensor route, I will talk retail.

Power supply is definitely going to be one of decent quality. Dell's not known for wanting to skimp on that shit.

 

Of course, that's not exactly totaling out to a custom PC, but at the same time, it's one that comes with a warranty, actual support and a simple out-of-the-box experience. Businesses gotta make money. They don't barely scrape what they can get.