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Austin4606
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Okay, so I'm getting some birthday money soon so I was browsing Ebay for some used cards. (Building soon and used is my only option.) And I found this. Can someone explain why it's priced so damn cheap? I'm so confused. I see that it's been used for several years, but at a low price like that I'm just confused.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Austin4606 said:

Okay, so I'm getting some birthday money soon so I was browsing Ebay for some used cards. (Building soon and used is my only option.) And I found this. Can someone explain why it's priced so damn cheap? I'm so confused. I see that it's been used for several years, but at a low price like that I'm just confused.

Because that is not the price of the card. It's up for auction.

Starting bid is $0.99.

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Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

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I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

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You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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Scam?

Yes or its been abused by btc mining, f@h and 95c temps.

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138 is a good number.

 

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1 minute ago, Xaring said:

Ebay is a bid side, so you bid for the item. THe buyer hopefully wishes to sell it for a higher price, but 0,99 is the starting price.

 

Obviously. But why would he/she set the price so low? Even $50 would be a much more logical starting price. Either this person is very stupid or something is wrong with the card that I haven't realized yet, or the seller didn't choose to disclose in the description.

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4 minutes ago, Austin4606 said:

Okay, so I'm getting some birthday money soon so I was browsing Ebay for some used cards. (Building soon and used is my only option.) And I found this. Can someone explain why it's priced so damn cheap? I'm so confused. I see that it's been used for several years, but at a low price like that I'm just confused.

 

 


The owner probably did a lot of bitcoin mining on it, also, it says "bid"

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1 minute ago, Austin4606 said:

 

Obviously. But why would he/she set the price so low? Even $50 would be a much more logical starting price.

Because it going to be listed 1st in the search options "Lowerest Price 1st". Just because the introductory price is lower doesn't mean it will sell for less. I guarantee more people have seen that listing compared with another list with the starting bid of $50

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2 minutes ago, Austin4606 said:

How risky is it to buy a mined card? 

shorter life span :D

 

tbh mining cards arent as bad as reflowed cards ;)

 

just buy your gpu new if possible, unless the source is reliable and allows refunds for up to 60 days or something (because reflown cards can be functional for a couple weeks before dying again)

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

shorter life span :D

 

tbh mining cards arent as bad as reflowed cards ;)

 

just buy your gpu new if possible, unless the source is reliable and allows refunds for up to 60 days or something (because reflown cards can be functional for a couple weeks before dying again)

 

 

Ugh. So many decisions. I'd rather not buy a card that'll die in 2 weeks.. but it's such a steal. And a 290X. 

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1 hour ago, Austin4606 said:

 

Ugh. So many decisions. I'd rather not buy a card that'll die in 2 weeks.. but it's such a steal. And a 290X. 

Nah, mining card is not that terrible if it work perfectly the time you buy it. 

 

My 3+ years old 7950 still kicking even though i used it for mining around 2014 for 6 months. Already sold it btw.  

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2 hours ago, Austin4606 said:

 

Ugh. So many decisions. I'd rather not buy a card that'll die in 2 weeks.. but it's such a steal. And a 290X. 

my current 290(reference) is an old mining card from 2 years ago and it's been working fine for a few months. it should be fine.

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