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Ebay: why do people sell used gpus for retail price?

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I thought this would be a good discussion, it's kind of a rant.

 

earlier today I was looking around ebay for a 780 with an incentive to try to get a good deal considering I know alot of people are upgrading to the 780 ti

right now I see the 780 retailing for 500$+ depending on brand (on amazon)

 

and when I searched it on ebay...

almost EVERYTHING was priced exactly as retail price and the cards are used.

In fact, people were actually selling there 780s used for even more than retail price. (like 100$ more) not even with a free shipping deal or anything

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All I really want is a 780 for around 400$ (considering the 290 beats it in a lot of benchmarks/or is close)

 

Not to offend anyone but...Who buys these cards on ebay? Whats the point of buying an open product, used, at retail price+?

Maybe to avoid tax? I don't know 

 

Why buy from a retailer that probably doesn't have a good return policy as bigger business(Newegg, Amazon, NCIX)?

 

 

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yeah that pic yeah...yeah....um.....wow.....

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Ebay for electronics means nothing but trouble... by them at retail, for retail.  A friend told me his friend ordered 8GB of RAM from ebay for $300 (2 sticks of 4 2400mhz) and they were already dead... out of the box, they were second hand.  I would wait until Cyber monday or something and then rush and get your 780.  Or maybe you just need to settle with a 770.  Because I would NEVER EVER EVER by anything from ebay or trademe with a risk of it being dead on arrival. Sure, retail also has that chance but I wouldn't buy it off ebay.  My personal preference

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Amazon all the way for me!

You can find some good deals on ebay but alot of people try to scam people.

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Because they think they deserve it. 

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atleast if the screw you and the thing is DOA paypal always side with the buyer.

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