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Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraud (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 6 hours ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] ryrybang@lemmy.world 133 points 6 hours ago (24 children)

Buying from a reputable operation spares you from a lot of this. Amazon is all hot garbage across the board.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 29 points 4 hours ago (20 children)

It wasn't technology, but i ordered a new mad lib style book for my kid from Amazon. The book arrived with cellophane around it and a nice label that clearly said new. Once opened, it was very obvious the book was used, since the last kid had already filled out the whole damn thing including his name and address inside the cover.

I'm not mad at the kid, although his parents are probably bad people for returning the book at that point. I am livid that Amazon didn't flip to any random page in the book too determine if the book was used or not.

Fuck Amazon.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 hours ago (19 children)

Iirc correctly, Amazon actually doesn't resell their returns. At least not through their storefront.

They have "return auctions" where returns are put onto a pallet and then people bid on them to purchase. Apparently this is cheaper than having a workflow for their returns, checking them to make sure they are resellable, and then stocking them back into their warehouse.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Amazon sold me a defective planer that had sawdust in it. Ibwas apparently the second to return it under warranty.

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