r/SipsTea • u/SunnSaiyaan • 1d ago

Chugging tea Chinese bride gifts her partner a flagship GPU at wedding he breaks down in tears

That's an ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 that costs around $12,000

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u/Repulsive_Guy_1234 1d ago

12k? Here you can buy it for about half that price tag, taxes all included.

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u/blondebuilder 1d ago

I'm in the US. Google says it's $2k.

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u/vi_sucks 1d ago

That's launch MSRP bro. They're sold out everywhere and you gotta pay the scalper tax to get one.

If you buy a 5090 for $2k in the US, you're gonna get a box of rocks.

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u/blondebuilder 1d ago

Damn. Why do companies even allow scalpers? If they know they’ll sell out, just add a limit.

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u/li_shi 1d ago

Because the company now are not selling it for 2k anymore.

12k is the retail price now.

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u/Repulsive_Guy_1234 1d ago

2k? For a 5090? I somehow doubt that.

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u/Beezewhacks 1d ago

You really need to get better at Google.

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u/Effective-Bother2126 1d ago

They aren’t 12k anywhere.

The retail for $2500ish.

Even the 20th anniversary one retails for like $6k.

The only way you pay 12k for that is if you buy a prebuilt or got it 3rd party when they were unavailable for retail.

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u/Soggy_Definition_232 1d ago

You're an idiot. Go try and buy one for 2.5k. 

I'll tell you what, you buy one for 2.5k and I'll pay you 4.5k for it. 

You'll make $2000 easy right?

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u/Grumpy-Troglodyte 1d ago

could be yen? or no, i'm not sure what china uses, is it yen?

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u/FashionableGoat 1d ago

Yen is Japan, yuan is China, both sounds almost the same for non natives.