What’s going on with scalping Ryzen CPU’s?

[ebprince the computer nerd]

What the heck is going on with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gen Ryzen CPU’s always being scalped? 5000 series is fine on pricing, but especially with Ryzen 3 and 5, are being scalped the heck out of it. The 3300X, a $130  CPU, is $470!!! I am furious at this! Who would buy this, and why?

Edited December 30, 2021 by ebprince the computer nerd
3300x msrp is $130, not $120

[Middcore]

Not unusual for remaining new unused stock of previous-gen OOP parts to get marked up. 

[Poinkachu]

Probably because they are old gen and therefore the stock is running low.
And since it's scalping era, they're trying to max profit by increasing it's price.

They forgot scalping only works if there's no other better alternative.
But then again, there will be uninformed people that buy them still somewhat.

Just buy the next gen.

[Jack Dvorak]

its probably more like, they aren't produced anymore and people don't buy them anyway, and they are only listed on one site most likely.

[Middcore]

Before the GPU shortages started, you would occasionally run into a situation where someone on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace (or Gumtree or whatever) would try to sell their years-old card for more than its original MSRP because they would do a hasty Google search, see only the marked-up "new old stock" examples being sold, and use that as the benchmark for the card's value.