- A unlucky reditor ordered an Amazon NVIDIA RTX 5080 graphics card, but the package contained a brick instead
- The brick came to an antistatic bag, which implies that the GPU was in there
- This is probably the result of “commandling”, but there are ways to protect yourself when shopping online
Imagine spending $ 999 to buy one of the Nvidia Best graphics cardsOnly to obtain a literal brick instead? Unfortunately, it just comes to a unlucky user from Reddit.
The Redditor ordered PNY GeForce RTX 5080 Amazon graphics card. When they arrived, they opened the box and discovered a brick in an antistatic bag.
This is not the first time that someone has controlled a high -end graphics card and has received something else. These scams are increasing – here is how they work and how to protect you.
What happened?
The user of Reddit Glasshistorical5303 (which we will call Glass for simplicity) recently shared in R / PCMasterrace that the RTX 5080 that they ordered on Amazon was not what they were waiting for.
The GPU came inside the original box, but opening it, Glass found a brick. Yes, the genre you would use to build something, not a brick GPU.
The brick was wrapped in an antistatic bag, which had been clearly opened before. The most surprising part is that Glass ordered the GPU in the official PNY store on Amazon, so we are not dealing with a suspicious seller. The user is still awaiting a refund.
Amazon sent me a brick instead of a 5080 from R / PCMasterrace
NVIDIA’s high -end graphics cards are very heavy, which has surely helped this to go unnoticed while the package made the Amazon warehouse to the buyer. However, it’s always strange.
The card may have been exchanged for a brick before being shipped, which means that Amazon worker saw a chance and took it. It is also possible that the RTX 5080 was returned to this state. Someone may have received a legitimate RTX 5080 and exchanged it for a brick that weighs as much as the GPU, then returned it to Amazon.
How could a GPU disguised brick go to each stage of the electronic commerce sales process? There is a good chance that it is the result of the “implementation”.
What is communication and what happened in this case?
Amazon sells products directly, but it also allows many different sellers to use it to sell their goods. However, it is not because the products are allocated to different sellers that they are marked as such in Amazon warehouses.
This brings us to the question of “commandling”, which refers to the merger of articles of many sources into a single inventory. Due to the implementation, various sellers and sales channels all share an inventory, which makes it more difficult to monitor what has not worked in situations like these.
If the RTX 5080 came from a return, it should have been caught in the warehouse. However, if the crook found a brick that corresponded to the exact weight of the card, it may have gone unnoticed.
In the end, we will probably never know what really happened here. Amazon clearly recognizes the problem because the company recently announced that Commenting will be deleted. The whole can also have been falsified in the warehouse, however, which is difficult to prevent fully.
How to protect yourself when buying a GPU
Unfortunately, online scams are endemic, which makes the purchase of an online GPU online a little frightening. After all, some of these cards (looking at you, RTX 5090) Cost north of $ 2,000 / £ 2,000 / $ 4,000 in. Most retailers are generally good to manage repayments, but it’s always a stressful situation to meet.
HAS Stay safe from GPU scamsYour first step is to do your research before shopping. Avoid unknown sellers on Amazon. This will not protect you from the problems caused by communication, but it will protect you from direct scams.
To avoid ordering specifically, your best bet is not to shop via Amazon and buy from sellers who hold only one product inventory – theirs. This introduces a different vulnerable element because small sellers may not be so quick to manage repayments. In the end, retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, Newegg or Micro Center are all more safe than an unknown store.
You cannot completely avoid being sent the bad thing, but you can facilitate the return process. Turn everything, from the moment you receive the package to unpack the card, install it and start your PC. Even if you get the real graphics card and not a brick, it might not work, so it is better to be safe than sorry.
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