Bought an RTX 4090 off eBay

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ＳｏｌｉｄｕｓＳｎａｋｅ 19 Oct @ 7:13pm

I was so excited when the delivery came. Immediately when I picked up the box I felt something was off. I open it, and to my surprise there's nothing more than a piece of paper with a 4090 printed on the paper with a caption at the bottom that said (exactly as shown): SoRrY, yOu gOt wReCkeD! With a smiley face emoji.

I'm pissed.

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󠀡󠀡 19 Oct @ 7:15pm

did it at least have a TI on the paper?

ＳｏｌｉｄｕｓＳｎａｋｅ 19 Oct @ 7:23pm

Originally posted by 󠀡󠀡:
did it at least have a TI on the paper?

Yup. Though now instead I'll just download a 4090 TI instead. Physical copies are overrated anyway.

HypersleepyNaputunia 19 Oct @ 8:24pm

Open up ebay complaint. Post office should be able to tell you shipping weight, and it may be printed on shipping label the total package weight and that is some proof. Plus the paper show all that to ebay

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Wild Child 19 Oct @ 8:26pm

Yeah ebay should reimburse you and ban the seller. It may take a while but it is their policy. Still, I would never buy from ebay for that reason.

THE LORD 19 Oct @ 9:16pm

Call the cops and tell them you got scammed. What's so hard?

Abaddon the Despoiler 23 hours ago

Originally posted by THE LORD:
Call the cops and tell them you got scammed. What's so hard?

Admitting to it without anonymity.

Mari 23 hours ago

That must've been surprising.

Bassturd 23 hours ago

A lot of scammers on eBay lately. I just recently purchased a couple 3D printers, and it's been 2 weeks without any update. I've already requested a refund and I'm still currently waiting. I think people are just looking for a quick payday loan with fake accounts. Times are tough I guess. Make sure you check their profile history and feedback. Stay far away from people with account's that were made in the last few months.

Maximus10113X 23 hours ago

People still use eBay?

Bassturd 23 hours ago

Originally posted by Maximus10113X:
People still use eBay?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTOzrwcHigw

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Apostate. 23 hours ago

Force a refund and open a case with eBay. Contact your payment provider as well and cancel it if it's still processing.

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peon 23 hours ago

Lol, if OP is telling the truth and it was the seller who did it, they should have a weight taken at some point which is why I think op is just making it up lol. A legit scammer would have at least mailed you a couple rocks or something so it appeared genuine.

I did immediately think of that story though where someone sold their 4090, only to have it returned without the main chip and the memory chips lmao.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/pristine-rtx-4090-returned-to-ebay-seller-with-gpu-and-vram-chips-missing

An engineer in the U.S. recounts being "stressed out for the two weeks" after someone bought their used Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card on eBay, then had the audacity to return it with the GPU and memory chips removed from the board. Piscian19 told fellow Redditors that a "pristine" used RTX 4090, sold on eBay, was almost immediately returned for the reason of "no video." Thankfully, the story has a happy ending, as eBay eventually refunded the emotionally frazzled seller.

Only got restitution because the story blew up on social media. Us regular plebs cant do much against ebay as they tend to side mostly with the scammers for some reason. As a buyer you would have way more protections than a seller though. All the stories Ive read the last few years makes me nervous to sell anything on ebay.

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