I was lucky enough to get my astral for 2635 chf, but I could have waited another 3 days and I would have had it for 2490 chf, now it's out of price again, so I'm happy anyway.

Someone bought the lot at the lowest price to resell it at a higher price, nothing illegal about that.

It's important to keep an eye on the daily prices of the products you're interested in, I bought mine at 2635, I hesitated to wait a little longer because for 5 days the price had been dropping constantly, I waited another 1 day and I would have had it forI would have got it for 2490 but just after as you say, the lot disappeared so I bought at exactly the right time, 2635 is less than the asus MSRP so it's a good deal for the ultimate 2025 GPU and for the next 2 years.

For the Ryzen 9950X3D, I waited too, I got it at 680 chf so great price for the top cpu 2025 and year to come, I see it is now at 649 but it was long at over 800 chf.