Hello steemit! I am here today to show yet another tale about the how the GPU market is basically like the california gold rush -- after the the first wave got what they wanted and left everybody with scraps.

How casual browsing crushed my hopes and dreams

I was browsing bestbuy, where I would be able to use my store card to snag up a gpu at a price that at least bordered on sanity and after shifting through all the sold out options I finally found one, an MSI 1060 that was $449. It was still worth more than I wanted to pay but my 1050 ti was getting too long in the tooth, so I decided to snag it anyway. Feeling good about my "good" find, I decided to also snag a new SSD so I can fully enjoy my gaming experience. In hindsight, I should've ditched the SSD, but the 12 month financing was too good to pass up.

Where I messed up

As if looking up SSDs weren't enough time wasters, I haven't updated my shipping address on bestbuy since I moved. Therefore I looked it up which took longer than it should have. So while I was updating the address, the website updated and said the following:

The product you have selected is no longer available for shipping

I honestly stared at my screen like someone hit me for 5 minutes.

What have I learned?

I learned shopping for components that are essential for two different markets is fast-paced and merciless. If you aren't using Nowinstock or any other site that tells you when something is available then you are two steps behind. If you also don't have the info for shipping updated so you can just hit "buy" you might as well wait for the next batch of stock. Now I'm stuck with a 1060 that costs over $500.

Learn from my sacrifice fellow steemians, be prepared.