RTX 3090 EBay Pricing is Crazy!!
Summary
The author observes that used RTX 3090 GPUs are being sold on eBay for $1,300-$1,500, higher than a new 3090 Ti purchased 5 years ago, and questions why people buy older used GPUs at such high prices for AI rigs.
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