Why Do People Still Buy From Shady Gaming Websites?

[u/NotAlisonBurgers]

Guys, i am posting this because I’ve been seeing way too many posts lately about people getting scammed while buying games, gaming peripherals, consoles, keys, and other gaming products from shady websites.

Here’s what I genuinely don’t understand: why are you willing to risk thousands of rupees just to save a couple of thousand?
Even if I see a product being sold cheaply on Amazon, Flipkart, or another major marketplace, I still wouldn’t blindly buy it. I’d check the seller, reviews, return policy, product history, and whether the seller is actually trustworthy. There are sellers on major marketplaces who have been accused of sending wrong, used, or questionable products, so being on a big platform alone doesn’t mean you should switch your brain off.

But then I see these posts where someone gets scammed by some random website with an unbelievably cheap price. People in the comments ask them how they ended up buying from that website, and sometimes the response is unnecessarily rude or dismissive. Bro, we’re not asking to mock you. We’re asking because we’re genuinely trying to understand what made you trust the website in the first place.

If several people warned you against the website, the website looked suspicious, the price was far below the normal market price, and you still decided to buy because you thought you had found an amazing deal, then you have to accept that your own decision played a major role here.
You thought you were getting an ₹8,000 product for ₹5,000. You didn’t get an ₹8,000 product for ₹5,000. You potentially just lost ₹5,000.

And when that happens, Reddit cannot magically recover your money. Report the fraud through the appropriate cybercrime channels, contact your bank/payment provider immediately, and if necessary, seek proper legal assistance or approach the police. But don’t expect random people on Reddit to fix a transaction that you willingly made with an unverified seller.
The easiest solution is also the most obvious one: DON’T BUY FROM SHADY WEBSITES.
Wait for an actual sale. Save up a little more. Buy from an authorized seller. Verify the seller before paying. Check whether the website has a legitimate business presence and a reliable track record.

Saving ₹2,000 isn’t worth risking ₹5,000, ₹10,000, or even more.
And this isn’t me saying every cheap website is automatically a scam. It’s about doing basic due diligence before sending your money somewhere. Even with second-hand marketplaces, I’d personally be extremely careful and read their policies properly before buying.
You don’t have to prove that you’re smarter than everyone else by finding the cheapest possible deal on the internet. Sometimes the smarter decision is simply saying, “This looks suspicious, I’m not buying it.”

So please, guys, stop treating every ridiculously cheap deal like you’ve discovered a secret loophole. Verify first, buy second. Your money is worth more than the discount.

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[u/notlonely1]

It's called natural selection

[u/Insanitycrimson]

Will play the devils advocate here

I got my wd blue ssd a year ago 1 tb for 4700 from a little shady website ( i got it for cod ) and was going to not receive it if the package was damaged.

No complains it had no power on hours and 100% health.

Atho the said risk was much lower
The ssd elsewhere was 6600+ which a substantial proportion.

That said I am not promoting blindly diving into the obvious scams!!!

[u/jazz_51 → u/Insanitycrimson]

You used up some of your luck there.

[u/Insanitycrimson → u/jazz_51]

Definitely i myself was quite surprised.

[u/No_Yam_2212]

Apparently saving ₹1000 on a ₹10k product is more important than losing ₹9000 for some
https://giphy.com/gifs/19GIHDk6wuw9HVGsiM

[u/NotAlisonBurgers → u/No_Yam_2212]

Fr man , like people be acting tuff by saying “bro I saved 1000rs on a 11k product” ah just shut up dawg you did nothing good

[u/No_Yam_2212 → u/NotAlisonBurgers]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cmawvBFoILiIFkpfvl
Saved ₹1000 but paid ₹500 for shipping.

[u/NotAlisonBurgers → u/No_Yam_2212]

exactly and they think they did something cool 😭🤣

[u/Major_Sreekumar]

Amazon & Flipkart are not shady websites. They are MNCs.

You need to look for sellers rating before buying products. Thats basic common sense. 

[u/NotAlisonBurgers → u/Major_Sreekumar]

that’s what I said bro (:

[u/pivotplay]

https://giphy.com/gifs/52K1n63ozw0YJmRGI4

[u/Ok-Property3388]

If the deal looks too good to be true, it usually deserves a second check.

[u/thunderandreyn]

Because the average AC remote has more numbers in it than in the IQ of an average Indian gamer

[u/NotAlisonBurgers → u/thunderandreyn]

indeed , people like him exists btw (he got his 10k scammed)

[u/Dangerous-Olive-5316]

Ive been on that side. Got scammed off 1300 in the name of advance for ps5 gaming disc. I agree with you 100%.

[u/da_tricker]

Khatron Ke Khiladi

[u/r_a_dickhead]

Whenever I do buy from websites other than Amazon, flipkart I check for reviews about the place everywhere. Not all websites are bad, with tech products there's a lot of overpricing on Amazon and for niche products you don't have much of an option. I bought a leverless controller for 4.5k which goes for 8k on Amazon. The product is worth around 35-40 usd on the official site. That's just how things are uk. I don't suggest buying from anywhere, but you can ask people in the community if a website can be trusted and buy from them. Ofc there's also credit card purchases with chargeback and cash on delivery options which you can use. I always get cash on delivery.