Agreed. At this point, it's clearly artificial GPU scarcity. We felt it early in consumer staples[1], and the grifting by auto dealers wasn't imagined either[2]...I won't even bother with the housing market to preserve my sanity. GPUs are really no different.
Consumers need to wake up and smell the underlying meta[3].
[1] https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-12/measuring-shrinkflati...
[2] https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/article/automotive-dealers...