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Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraud (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 69 points 8 months ago (10 children)

This isn’t exclusive to Amazon. I had it happen with friends build back in the Newegg days.

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  • [–] 22 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Newegg is still a thing, you just need to check the “Sold by Newegg” filter.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Oh it is, but is so enshittified nobody goes there anymore.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The bad prices are what keep me away. Though, I can't say I've looked at stuff sold by third parties. Why would I do that when Amazon, ebay, and Craigslist exist?

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    I had it happen to me at MicroCenter. Got a mechanical keyboard, in a seemingly-new box. No return sticker on it. Opened it up, and the damned thing was missing like six keys and absolutely covered in gamer chud. Someone very obviously bought it, put their old keyboard in the box, and “returned” it. And whoever took the return didn’t bother checking, or mark it as an open box.

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