[travmatt]

I saw a picture on Reddit of a wall stacked high with 3060’s. In the comments, the poster mentioned he placed a bulk order, the downside was it took a while.

[chrisseaton]

Right - if they're reselling easily for massively over manufacturer price why isn't everyone placing these orders?

[kube-system]

It probably took a while for the person on Reddit to get their order because they got it from a distributor who was filling all of their higher priority customers first. I bet Dell isn't even getting theirs from a distributor, I'd guess they get them directly from the manufacturer. There's a hierarchy to retail sales, and I'm sure even large miners aren't near the top of it.

[krageon]

For the same reason anything that's profitable remains profitable for a while: It's risky to enter and there is a barrier to entry.