In the current market, you have essentially no way to buy from a manufacturer or primary retailer. You have to get _insanely_ lucky to be able to do so.
So you're essentially saying nobody is going to be looking for any warranties on any cards, which is quite wrong.
In the current market, you have essentially no way to buy from a manufacturer or primary retailer.
It's not impossible. Central Computer, Silicon Valley's main chain of computer stores, has a buying office in Shenzhen. So a lot of stuff goes directly from factory to them. This avoids the detour through Alibaba to somebody's garage to Amazon.
So you're essentially saying nobody is going to be looking for any warranties on any cards, which is quite wrong.