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(Image credit: u/Dazzling_Course8755 on Reddit) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 1 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Just a few days ago, we covered back-to-back GPU cases from Reddit, one positive and one negative , breaking the pessimistic cycle often associated with these stories. Today, we return to scheduled programming with yet another scam-swap incident: a customer failed to receive what they ordered. Specifically, a Redditor received a bunch of rocks and a towel in lieu of an MSI Suprim RTX 5090 , one of the best graphics cards , which is worth at least $3,000 as per our GPU 2026 price tracker .
The victim wrote in r/pcmasterrace, detailing how they'd ordered an RTX 5090 from Amazon Resale, which means the GPU was repackaged and sold, but got sediment instead. Technically, you could use this to make silicon that eventually becomes a GPU die, but unless you're a multi-billion-dollar vertically integrated production line, you're stuck with just rocks.
Unlike most other stories where the card is brought brand-new from Amazon, the open-box nature of this unit complicates things. The post says the box's seal was barely intact, and we can see an LPN label, which means it was a previous return. So, this is a classic switcheroo: someone bought and actually received the real thing, swapped it for rocks to match the weight, and returned it to Amazon, which didn't bother checking what was inside.
Customer buys RTX 5080 from Best Buy, but got rocks instead
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/usd3-000-rtx-5090-delivery-brings-rocks-a-towel-and-broken-dreams-unboxing-nightmare-on-an-expensive-gpu-bought-from-amazon-resale#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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