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.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
This isn’t exclusive to Amazon. I had it happen with friends build back in the Newegg days.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
You can order friends on newegg?
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yea, but only open box or refurb. Not new.
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 days 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.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Evga still made GPUs back then.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Newegg is still a thing, you just need to check the “Sold by Newegg” filter.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Oh it is, but is so enshittified nobody goes there anymore.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 days 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?
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 days 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.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 days 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.