Two entire pallets of RTX 5090s have 'gone missing' from a Brazilian airport—$495,000 worth of unobtanium graphics cards now presumably at large

Good news: I know of the existence of two entire pallets worth of RTX 5090 graphics cards—a rare thing in this day and age, as stock appears to have dwindled to virtually zero. Bad news, they've 'gone missing' from a Brazilian airport.

Brazilian electronics distributor Oderço has published an Instagram post drawing attention to the missing Zotac GPUs, which supposedly arrived at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, but then promptly vanished.

"In our more than 38-year history, we have never encountered a situation like this—and we will not remain silent," says CEO Oderço Matos (via Tom's Hardware, machine translation). "Two pallets of Zotac RTX 5090 graphics cards have gone missing at Guarulhos International Airport. The merchandise is worth approximately R$2.5 million (at cost), and to date, we have received no answers."

"We are seeking clarification and want to understand what happened," Matos continues. "How can a shipment of such value disappear from within an international airport without any explanation …