Comment on 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

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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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      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        the exploding power supplies forced into bundles are what keep me away. cant return the catastrophically failed PSU without returning everything else, either. total scam.

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  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Newegg is a fucking open septic pit.

    Fred sold it off to some chinese acquisition company and its almost a fucking scam now at this point.

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• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You can order friends on newegg?

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  • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yea, but only open box or refurb. Not new.

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We’d need to know exactly how far back because NewEgg has for years been just like Amazon: a listing service for junky third party sellers.

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Evga still made GPUs back then.

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