Nvidia should let us actually purchase on backorder instead of gamble our chances that we are 1 of 25,000 customers that actually gets through to complete a sale. If the outcome is the same everytime I try I'll just give up until this is back to normal if that ever happens.
The demand in the market has been disrupted by crypto mining. The problem is the supply pipeline takes a long time to adjust to a large market force like this. And there is substantial risk to the suppliers because if the demand decreases in the crypto world they're left with a glut of cards they can't sell at a profit anymore.
This will be long slow process to achieve a new steady equilibrium. As long as supply is tight, the prices will stay high.