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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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[–] 51 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Its amazon, just return it. That's really the only good thing about amazon anymore, easy returns.

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

    Not really anymore for me. A few times this past year they snuck in the return shipping cost at about $10-$15 USD. The page showed the cost refunded then added back. I don't know but it fooled me.

    With this hardware shortage insanity, I won't be surprised if they get more aggressive with return shipping fees.

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

    Except in the UK for some reason where you can email and message them for months and pay your own damn return shipping and get fucked about and never recieve a refund.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    This is my theory. The kind of stuff I buy there is all electronics manufactured in china/Asia anyway. I could buy it direct or from ali express, but Amazon shipping is hella cheap and fast and they actually do returns quickly and correctly.

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