MSI Subsidiary Caught Scalping 3080 Graphics Cards

By JACOB FRIDLUND

Staff Writer

An MSI Subsidiary, Starlit Partner, was caught scalping the new GPU’s, the 3000 series of the NVIDIA GeFORCE RTX, on eBay. After internet users began posting about the suspicious sales in a Reddit forum, MSI admitted today that its subsidiary, Starlit Partner, had indeed sold the graphics cards on eBay. According to the eBay listings, Starlit Partner sold at least four RTX 3080 cards for $1,359 and $1,399 and at least eight to 11 RTX 3090 units for as much as $2,599—far above the normal $759 and $1,589 pricing.

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