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Gururu this week I received another previously opened package missing something. The fraud from Amazon purchasing is insane. I return things now even if the package is damaged. I stopped skipping Amazon packaging to “save the earth”. I have returned half dozen things last few months. Reply
ThatMouse It's too bad we don't have a functional government to crack down on fraud. Reply
mike.stavola Admin said: To save a few bucks, someone ordered a used Ryzen 9 9900X3D worth $530 from Amazon but received a $150 Ryzen 9 3900X instead. The CPU had been replaced inside the box to deceive any inspection and was likely resold to the unlucky buyer, who ended up getting much less valuable silicon than they paid for. Like new" Ryzen 9 9900X3D Amazon order turns into a shocking CPU bait-and-switch scandal — shopper duped in outrageous Ryzen 9 3900X scam : Read more I've had more than a half dozen times where this happened with Amazon. Once with a CPU, twice with RAM, one time with a case (someone swapped out a $50 budget case for an old Antec case that was worth way more than the $30 used cost) and at least 3 times with motherboards. Reply
vanadiel007 And this is why you buy new instead of trying to save a handful of dollars. Reply
VizzieTheViz mike.stavola said: I've had more than a half dozen times where this happened with Amazon. Once with a CPU, twice with RAM, one time with a case (someone swapped out a $50 budget case for an old Antec case that was worth way more than the $30 used cost) and at least 3 times with motherboards. No offense intended but after the first couple of times you still thought it was a good idea to order there? It’d have cost me way more in time and hassle than any low prices could ever make-up for and I’d have never ordered there again. But that’s me. Reply
micheal_15 Fun Fact: a LOT of these scams are inside jobs. Managers profit from changing a 5090 to a 2080 and adding brick pieces to match the weight etc. Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/like-new-ryzen-9-9900x3d-amazon-order-turns-into-a-shocking-cpu-bait-and-switch-scandal-shopper-duped-in-outrageous-ryzen-9-3900x-scam#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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