News Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti bought from Amazon had the box contents swapped for bag of suspicious white powder — PC hardware enthusiast bamboozled by Amazon...

[Admin]

A PC hardware enthusiast in Taiwan video recorded their Amazon-sourced RTX 5070 Ti unboxing only to discover the box contained a bag of salt instead of a graphics card.

Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti bought from Amazon had the box contents swapped for bag of suspicious white powder — PC hardware enthusiast bamboozled by Amazon... : Read more

 

[jg.millirem]

I’m sorry, all these “ordered expensive tech, got a bag of donkey balls” stories aren’t very interesting. It’s mostly mundane merchant screwups and seller duplicity we’ve all seen over the years.

Maybe move them to the premium tier?

 

[bolweval]

Maybe he did it himself, then filmed the unboxing to complete the ruse..

 

[waltc3]

It doesn't "come from Amazon" unless it plainly states "Sold By" and "Shipped by" Amazon in the online order form a purchaser has to fill out to complete his transaction. If Amazon stocks it and ships it, then, yes, it's fair to say it "came from Amazon," no question about that, even if Amazon is not the supplier, etc. But this case has the hallmarks of an Amazon third-party reseller, in which case Amazon is the front end for the supplier and shipper, only. Amazon never touches the items sold and shipped by third-party resellers!

Since the items ship from the reseller, not Amazon, in this case, then of course Amazon can in no way vouch for or verify the item before it is shipped to the customer. Amazon in this case is just the front end of the transaction, and other than that has nothing whatever to do with the transaction particulars itself. Out of the hundreds of Amazon purchases I've made over the last decade, all but two or three of them were Prime, sold and shipped by Amazon. I've never had a problem, accordingly, which does not surprise me.

I've seen this ploy before, as I'm sure many of us have(!)--only with rocks carefully weighted to substitute for the missing merchandise shipping poundage instead of a bag of salt!!!!! That one is a new one on me...😉

But it is precisely why when I use Amazon it's only Prime, shipped by and sold by Amazon that gets my dollar! Oh, I'll wrap this up by stating that on the very few items I purchased from a third-party reseller through Amazon, it was because I wasn't paying attention to the order when I placed it...😉 However, I had no problems there, either, I'm glad to say.

In the event that this guy was indeed being forthright in his description here, I have nothing but sympathy for him, as it isn't any fun when you realize you've been robbed! Grrrr-r-r-rr. It's happened to me a couple of times, I'll confess, but not with Amazon, fortunately. Yes, most of the third-party resellers that use Amazon to collect their sales and purchase orders and handle their customer feedback do a decent job, generally, from what I have read in other reports. But if you can buy what you want "sold and shipped" by Amazon, instead of a third-party reseller, then Amazon is responsible for shipping you what you ordered, period. That's the route I recommend!

 

[humanShield8035]

Even for the price, a bag of salt is still a better value than an actual Gigabyte card. They handed me TWO different cards that failed in the exact same way and lied to my face TWICE about having run tests to prove the problem was on my end. Keep the bag of salt, my guy - at least it will perform as advertised (i.e. flavor food)

 

[MobileJAD]

It doesn't "come from Amazon" unless it plainly states "Sold By" and "Shipped by" Amazon in the online order form a purchaser has to fill out to complete his transaction. If Amazon stocks it and ships it, then, yes, it's fair to say it "came from Amazon," no question about that, even if Amazon is not the supplier, etc. But this case has the hallmarks of an Amazon third-party reseller, in which case Amazon is the front end for the supplier and shipper, only. Amazon never touches the items sold and shipped by third-party resellers!

Since the items ship from the reseller, not Amazon, in this case, then of course Amazon can in no way vouch for or verify the item before it is shipped to the customer. Amazon in this case is just the front end of the transaction, and other than that has nothing whatever to do with the transaction particulars itself. Out of the hundreds of Amazon purchases I've made over the last decade, all but two or three of them were Prime, sold and shipped by Amazon. I've never had a problem, accordingly, which does not surprise me.

I've seen this ploy before, as I'm sure many of us have(!)--only with rocks carefully weighted to substitute for the missing merchandise shipping poundage instead of a bag of salt!!!!! That one is a new one on me...😉

But it is precisely why when I use Amazon it's only Prime, shipped by and sold by Amazon that gets my dollar! Oh, I'll wrap this up by stating that on the very few items I purchased from a third-party reseller through Amazon, it was because I wasn't paying attention to the order when I placed it...😉 However, I had no problems there, either, I'm glad to say.

In the event that this guy was indeed being forthright in his description here, I have nothing but sympathy for him, as it isn't any fun when you realize you've been robbed! Grrrr-r-r-rr. It's happened to me a couple of times, I'll confess, but not with Amazon, fortunately. Yes, most of the third-party resellers that use Amazon to collect their sales and purchase orders and handle their customer feedback do a decent job, generally, from what I have read in other reports. But if you can buy what you want "sold and shipped" by Amazon, instead of a third-party reseller, then Amazon is responsible for shipping you what you ordered, period. That's the route I recommend!

I honestly have to wonder just how much people actually pay attention to the bit of information while shopping on Amazon regarding if the item comes directly from Amazon or if it comes from a third-party seller... Many of those third-party sellers are virtually the same small outlet that sells on eBay... And from what I understand if a third-party seller on Amazon causes enough trouble and Amazon closes their account for selling on their platform, they just grab a new email address and use a different name while creating a new seller account and maybe use some other details such as a mailing address and they are right back on Amazon pulling the same scummy shit again... I find myself shopping on their wondering how better or worse off Amazon would be if they just killed off the entire third-party seller service and just sold exclusively out of their own AI powered robot operated warehouses only...

 

[leclod]

They handed me TWO different cards that failed in the exact same way and lied to my face TWICE about having run tests to prove the problem was on my end.

I believe them that the problem was on your end.
One faulty new gpu is unlikely, two is not possible.

 

[bolweval]

I always buy my video cards from Best Buy, I pick the item up at the local store and open it before i walk out the door. Video cards are too expensive to buy online IMO...

 

[alceryes]

Maybe move them to the premium tier?

Made me lol. Thanks!

 

[trica]

These days, recording the unboxing of anything you order over $100 is a good idea