Shameless Price Gouging for 6800 GT PCI-E?

[sfgtwsac]

While supplies of the 6800 GT PCI-E are certainly very tight, ZipZoomFly has managed to get a few in stock. However, I won't be surprised if they don't sell-out in light of the $799.99 price tag. I can see charging in the $500-550 range, but $800.00?

 

[jpeyton]

So wait. Or try eBay.

 

[sfgtwsac]

No question that I, and undoubtedly many others, will wait -- at least at that price.

 

[jpeyton]

Unlike ATi who was having issues with yields, Nvidia is having no problem making the GPUs; they're just a little lazy.

 

[jose]

You can add $225 for the Asus A8N-SLI to their list of gouge's...

I'll wait to after Christmas if need be to get better prices..

Regards,
Jose

 

[Slick5150]

Gouging is a term used to describe a situation where suppliers inflate the price of a good due to high demand caused by an emergency situation (such as a gas station charging $5/gallon on 9/11) in which people need a product and have the perception that it may only be available in very limited quantities.

This is simply a case of a product being expensive.

Your solution: Don't buy it. Wait for it to become cheaper.

 

[sfgtwsac]

I agree that gouging is typically used to describe the "emergency situation" pricing, but it isn't limited to those situations. Gouging can also apply to pricing any product at the maximum level the market will bear -- notwithstanding the actual production costs. Of course, that assumes that the market will bear $799.99 for this card, which doesn't seem sustainable. Moreover, from a popular usage standpoint, gouging provides the negative connotation I was looking for in this instance.

Alas, in the end, it all boils down to waiting.

 

[slash196]

It's not really gouging, it's just zipzoomfly being stupid (as usual) and nobody buying it and zzf not selling any. It's supply and demand, and at that level, demand is exactly zero.

Newegg is selling an xFx one for 495. Well, it's not in stock, but still. A 300 dollar difference?

 

[Dug]

I'd only do that if I got an extra one free.
Then it would be like paying retail.

Gouging is a term used to describe a situation where suppliers inflate the price of a good due to high demand caused by an emergency situation (such as a gas station charging $5/gallon on 9/11) in which people need a product and have the perception that it may only be available in very limited quantities.

That term is used everywhere prices are excessive, even in Dictionary. No need for an emergency.

price gouging

n : pricing above the market when no alternative retailer is available