'Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour' cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the 'first red flag' they spotted | 2NSI5KM | 2024-04-14 00:08:01
Footage of the reported scam have been posted on the favored Reddit
AN AMAZON shopper has claimed they have been scammed out of $1855 after buying a product on the platform.
Footage of the reported scam have been posted on the favored Reddit platform r/amazonprime.
Over 100,000 Amazon buyers use the platform to discuss merchandise and share recommendation.
One consumer posted a number of footage of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics processing unit that they'd bought.
The field was sealed in plastic and didn't look peculiar from the surface.
"Lastly turned victim to a return rip-off, paid $1855 for a bag of flour," the disgruntled user wrote.
They offered 5 photographs of the box, including one which exhibits the processing unit shouldn't be inside.
As an alternative, a nasty of flour is pictured as a substitute regardless of the box seeming to be unopened prior to the client's unboxing.
"The primary purple flag was that Gigabyte graphics cards will not be shrink wrapped (they have never been, anybody can YouTube unboxing movies) but the weight felt positive," the Amazon customer wrote.
"$1855 bag of flour, weighted to be what a new 4090 ought to weigh in a box of this measurement," they wrote subsequent to the picture of the bag of flour.
The Reddit publish has over 2,000 upvotes and more than 700 feedback.
"I ordered a guide and received ship a prime of toothbrushes!
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> "The tooth brush have been value way more than the ebook. So I just didn't return them and Amazon despatched me TWO more books," one Reddit consumer replied.
"When you don't battle this then it can maintain occurring to others," one other stated.
"Can be better for everybody for those who returned it, even in the event you don't get a refund, in the hopes Amazon will be capable of decide who returned it.
"Everyone knows they in all probability gained't, however it could possibly't help to only take in this loss," one other individual wrote.
We've reached out to Amazon for comment.
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