TL;DR of the article and the discussion on Hacker News, generated automatically.

The article says RTX 5090 street prices passed $9,000 in the U.S., 370% over its $1,999 MSRP, mostly retailer and reseller markups.

• Token math: $800 5060 Ti used 90 days then returned: $80 vs $1,639.50 in tokens.
• Apples to oranges: 109M tokens is about a day's casual use; frontier-class models won't fit in 16GB.
• Return abuse: using a card then returning it like a rental is at the seller's expense.