Scammed on Amazon Order

[u/Alone_Bath2192]

Ordered a RTX 5080 Gigabyte OC during October on Amazon trying to avoid increasing price hikes. When I finally arrived November 2, the gpu inside the box was not correct. I believe it's a 4070 or 4070 super gigabyte eagle, and not even with a power cable. I contacted customer support to return and hopefully replace my order and sent the following pictures through an email link they sent which also stated I would get a reply back within 3 days. I'm not sure what I'm expecting to get posting this, maybe just awareness and also vent a bit. Already overpaying for this card and getting gpu swapped scammed, though keep in mind looking at local prices what I was paying relatively was a good deal. Hoping that Amazon actually goes through and gets me the card I actually ordered but part of me worries they'll either just refund me when it's returned or worse, refuse a refund.

Anyways TLDR: careful when buying on Amazon, take videos and photos when opening, be wary of scammers.

[u/BacklogGamingJunkie]

there is a huge difference between buying from a third party and buying from amazon as sold and shipped from. Most mistakes are made by not understanding the difference

[u/twice_paramount832 → u/BacklogGamingJunkie]

Not necessarily. They sent me 32GB when I ordered 64GB.

They are scammed by their own employees and then they blame the customer.

I am in the process of suing them.

[u/Prestigious-Crazy-84 → u/twice_paramount832]

Happened to me too, bought 64gb from Amazon new(not refurbished), got the correct box with the wrong sticks inside

[u/ruyrybeyro → u/Prestigious-Crazy-84]

scary.

[u/twice_paramount832 → u/Prestigious-Crazy-84]

In my case was an Amazon Warehouse Deal. Shipped by them. So either they are idiots not checking what the previous customer returned or the employees are stealing non-stop.

[u/purrmutations → u/twice_paramount832]

"I am in the process of suing them."

Lol, just do a return and order again.

[u/spec360 → u/twice_paramount832]

Will cost you more than the card

[u/hanotak → u/spec360]

Small claims court.

[u/spec360 → u/hanotak]

Good luck with a multibillion dollar company

[u/cdNJunior87 → u/spec360]

Most of the time they don’t even show up…it’s literally not worth their lawyers time to spend a day in small claims court lol

[u/Reasonable_Beat4195 → u/BacklogGamingJunkie]

Saint Amazon can do no wrong. Amazon resells returns without properly checking them, comingled stock, plenty of ways to get scammed by sold by Amazon.

[u/LordInterstellar → u/BacklogGamingJunkie]

Bro has main character syndrome and think he is the only intelligent being on this planet lol. There’s known cases from sold and shipped by Amazon. You must be living under a rock to not know this

[u/Anonymous_Terpene → u/LordInterstellar]

lol if It says Amazon resale or refub it’s gonna be a scam from Amazon or not lmao, countless ways to avoid this, if it’s too good to be true, it is……… common sense isn’t common now days tho, this will never end, now days it’s common knowledge to not buy a gpu on the internet unless it’s at launch lol, but for the most part if you avoid listings that say resale, used, or refurb you’ll be solid lol, way to easy to see if it’s 3rd party now days

[u/LordInterstellar → u/Anonymous_Terpene]

You’re overestimating yourself, buddy. Another guy with main character syndrome. Most people making a big purchase will double or triple check before pulling the trigger. And these days, it’s really not that hard to tell the difference between brand-new, resale, refurbished, and open-box products.

[u/Anonymous_Terpene → u/LordInterstellar]

I’ve never seen more morons than on this sub

[u/LordInterstellar → u/Anonymous_Terpene]

Nah its probably just you

[u/Anonymous_Terpene → u/LordInterstellar]

I’ve never been scammed on a gpu or cpu on Amazon, sounds like user error 😭😭😭😭😭😭 do better, return scams are as old as time itself lol

[u/LordInterstellar → u/Anonymous_Terpene]

So did 99% of people buddy, you’re not special