Intel Investigating Case of Counterfeit Core i7s

[jsm6746]

lmfao... sucks, but still it's effing hilarious... somebody put some thought and effort into this scheme... this is actually pretty common in retail, for someone to swap out the product with bricks/a fish and return it for a refund. then they put it back up on the shelf so that someone can pay 200 bones for a rotten fish and a box of bricks...

 

[steiner666]

[citation][nom]Hellbound[/nom]Dude, clean your house..[/citation]

[citation][nom]schwiing[/nom]Agreed..that house is messy![/citation]

wtf are you guys? his parents or obsessive compulsive maids? The most "mess" i saw were the empty hardware boxes here and there, which is understandable seeing a show he's obviously building an i7 rig.

 

[sonic-boom]

That processor package he showed was soooo funny the "heatsink" was a sticker on a piece of plastic. I laughed so hard.

 

[JMcEntegart]

[citation][nom]doomtomb[/nom]That's overclock.net forums. Not "Overclockers.com forums"[/citation]

Nope.

Link that appears in the article is to the overclockers.com forums --> http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=636484

 

[IzzyCraft]

"security/tech support guys" are those the same guys. Tech support during the day, roughrider during the night

 

[invlem]

Its hard to blame newegg for this, I'm positive they'll correct the issue for all the affected customers without any added expenses.

You really can't blame them for the issue, they ordered the processors from their supplier, they received the product in what appeared to be authentic packaging.

If newegg were to open every package that came from their suppliers to verify the contents. You can bet people would be screaming on the forums about receiving 'open box' merchandise.

The best they can do in this situation is to RMA the processors at no expense to the customer, problem solved. Yes, the customer gets their new PC build delayed a few days but, hey, thats life.

 

[warezme]

I would have been so Pi$$ed. His house was clean, are you like his mom?

 

[Guest]

Its simple, someone in shipping did the ol brick in the box routine. They took a few hundred "fake" cpus, stole the real ones, switched in the fakes and shipped out the fakes figuring they wouldnt get caught. Now the companies are trying to do PR while i assume they do an internal investigation to try and figure out who did this.

 

[Soul_keeper]

they should send him an extreme edition or something for the inconvenience

 

[digitalrazoe]

If someone sent me a fake processor . the last thing I would be concerned with is the condition of my house!!! After the build during burn in .. sure .. but not a moment sooner!!! ... GIVE 'EM HELL DREADLOCK !

 

[horatio b]

WOW!!!Hey Dreadlock I hope they send you a i7 975 for your trouble. Who else thinks they should send him a 975?

 

[tpi2007]

[citation][nom]dv-design[/nom]Its simple, someone in shipping did the ol brick in the box routine. They took a few hundred "fake" cpus, stole the real ones, switched in the fakes and shipped out the fakes figuring they wouldnt get caught. Now the companies are trying to do PR while i assume they do an internal investigation to try and figure out who did this.[/citation]

No... if you pay attention, there are typos in the box, it reads "Sochet" instead of "Socket", and if you go to the forum link on the first news on this here at Tom's you'll see that the adhesive tape with the letters "Intel factory sealed" is not legitimate - the letters are printed on the box and not on the tape.

 

[spentshells]

[citation][nom]tipoo[/nom]It would appear that...*Puts on sunglasses*We are getting to the CORE of the problem. YYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/citation]

made my day
thank you

 

[poorgeek]

D&H Distributing and Intel will need to figure out how the fake i7 products entered the supply chain. NewEgg needs to tell people the truth - no such demo units exists; they are all fakes.

 

[Guest]

Im the one that sent ya the fake cheese....LOL

 

[OvrClkr]

hopefully there is a cam somewhere that caught this whole ordeal.. would be nice to see some footage =)

 

[horatio b]

[citation][nom]poorgeek[/nom]D&H Distributing and Intel will need to figure out how the fake i7 products entered the supply chain. NewEgg needs to tell people the truth - no such demo units exists; they are all fakes.[/citation]

Unlike most people I live off corny dry jokes. That was great!