You can walk out the door with a 5600x in hand for $209 at Best Buy if you don't like waiting, that's still a heck of a deal compared to what I payed with scapler pricing involved for lack of stock. deal with 5000 seriers is maybe that last of...
Amazon has a evga 3080 ti for 899. Much better return policy, customer service. I’d spend the few extra bucks and get a better card and customer service.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0979GYMHP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Yup, I've noticed the same, not just with AMD but with Intel too.
They are probably trying to reduce losses before the imminent release of new CPUs. They will drop again at some point.