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this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2026
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Meanwhile you made me look at prices. JFC.
Yeah, I could sell it for well over twice what I paid.
It’s insane.
I just don't get it. Like...who's buying these things in quantities vast enough to charge that much? Oh, I've heard Open AI snapped them and Mac Minis up in bulk for "testing" (whatever that means)... but given the cost now... why / who is buying them in quantities that warrant these sort of prices? It's not as if they're rare per se. Hell, there might even be a glut relative to actual demand. Yet, those prices...
Human psychology is weird.
I think it’s just the RAM prices? If you’re a reseller or training professionally renting or buying a b100 or something is way more powerful (but 100x the cost)