Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
its called the "free market" for a reason. they are asking for and getting what the market will allow. if either vendor were to charge 10,000 dollars and people were willing to pay for it, that's what its price would be. nobody is exploiting you and forcing you too fork over more cash than you...