> This means that when this ram hits EOL it -won't- flood the consumer market in a meaningful way. It is disposed of because most people won't put a server GPU into anything. It is like a used big rig, built for purpose and when it reaches end of life it is truly at end of life.

This was true until the last year.

P40, P100, V100, A40, etc are selling like hotcakes and prices have been rapidly increasing.