When you decide to go and buy a 4090 for $1600+, you were not the one who listed it for $1600. You are the one who decided to pay $1600. Nvidia sets the price, we pay it. The price stays the same until everyone, including nvidia, decides it is no longer worth the value of $1600. You are not 'the problem'. I am not 'the problem'. And everyone who says we are, are either virtue signaling or just don't understand how business, the economy, and markets work. Nvidia not only has a HIGH demand item

A market price requires a buyer and seller agreeing to transact at that price. People can ask whatever they want, but if nobody buys it that price isn't likely to be held unless it would be negative margin. It's not the fault of Nvidia that there is demand at that price level, people just don't have the discipline to say no.

Look at the housing market - whenever someone asks "Why isn't my house selling" the answer is always the same: "You're asking too much." The market price is where the buyer and seller meet. It's not something that either party has direct control over. When the 3000 series came out cards were immediately scalped for 50% over retail (even before covid and supply chain shortages) - this is a huge signal to Nvidia that they were underpricing from the start.