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bit_user Admin said: Black Friday shopper spots a GTX 1060 at Salvation Army for only five bucks, or so they thought. The GTX 1060 box turns out to be holding an old GTX 560 Ti inside. If it's not even a shroud-swap, and they lost only $5 on a thrift-store purchase, how is this news??? What's passing for "news", on this site, is seriously concerning. First of all, the buyer should've opened it before completing the purchase. That's just common sense, and you can do it at the register if you want. I'm sure they'd let you. Secondly, I'd say $5 is a fair price for a working GTX 560 Ti. Its scrap value is probably almost worth that! Reply
JayGau bit_user said: If it's not even a shroud-swap, and they lost only $5 on a thrift-store purchase, how is this news??? What's passing for "news", on this site, is seriously concerning. First of all, the buyer should've opened it before completing the purchase. That's just common sense, and you can do it at the register if you want. I'm sure they'd let you. Secondly, I'd say $5 is a fair price for a working GTX 560 Ti. Its scrap value is probably almost worth that! I guess the good stuff is all behind the paywall now and we are left with this. Reply
DingusDog That's learning the hard way alright. They could probably sell it for at least $10 and double their money. Reply
DRagor If the card is working then I would say he got exactly what he paid for. Reply
valthuer Honestly, getting a GTX 560 Ti in a 1060 box for $5 is the most authentic Black Friday experience possible — a mix of hope, disappointment, and a life lesson all in one cheap cardboard package. Still, for $5 you basically bought a GPU-themed scratch-off ticket… and somehow won nostalgia instead of performance. Reply
Azuki_5 This is what happened, the previous owner upgraded their GPU and put the old one in the new box for safe keeping, and that was picked up by the Salvation Army. Reply
Varsaggo valthuer said: Honestly, getting a GTX 560 Ti in a 1060 box for $5 is the most authentic Black Friday experience possible — a mix of hope, disappointment, and a life lesson all in one cheap cardboard package. Still, for $5 you basically bought a GPU-themed scratch-off ticket… and somehow won nostalgia instead of performance. It was a salvation army not a retail store or a seller online. He never even opened it up in the store to see what he was buying. You can't go by the box as it usually is the box from the new card and inside is the replaced older card at these stores. It wasn't listed as gtx1060 or sold as it. Reply
valthuer Varsaggo said: It was a salvation army not a retail store or a seller online. He never even opened it up in the store to see what he was buying. You can't go by the box as it usually is the box from the new card and inside is the replaced older card at these stores. It wasn't listed as gtx1060 or sold as it. Oh absolutely — thrift stores are always a gamble. That’s why stories like this are so funny: you go in hoping for a deal and walk out with a surprise relic from a past era. It’s part of the charm of second-hand tech hunting. Reply
mike.stavola This is an actual scam that my local Goodwill does. They get boxes for nice parts, stuff junk inside, tape it shut, and hope to rip off customers with their "no refunds on computer parts" policy. I just saw a dude buy a boxed 8TB external drive for $80, marked "tested working" and he opened it to find a bubble wrapped 20GB laptop drive taped to a USB adapter in the box. Reply
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