‘Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour’ cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the ‘first red flag’ they spotted | 62T9Q3Q | 2024-04-02 00:08:01
'Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour' cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the 'first red flag' they spotted | 62T9Q3Q | 2024-04-02 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 consumers use the platform to debate merchandise and share advice.
One consumer posted several footage of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics processing unit that they'd purchased.
The box was sealed in plastic and didn't look peculiar from the surface.
"Finally 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, together with one which exhibits the processing unit shouldn't be inside.
As an alternative, a nasty of flour is pictured as an alternative despite the box seeming to be unopened previous to the client's unboxing.
"The primary pink flag was that Gigabyte graphics playing cards aren't shrink wrapped (they have never been, anyone can YouTube unboxing movies) however the weight felt effective," the Amazon customer wrote.
"$1855 bag of flour, weighted to be what a brand new 4090 should weigh in a field of this measurement," they wrote next to the picture of the bag of flour.
The Reddit publish has over 2,000 upvotes and more than 700 feedback.
"I ordered a ebook and acquired ship a prime of toothbrushes!
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> "The tooth brush have been value far more than the ebook. So I simply didn't return them and Amazon despatched me TWO more books," one Reddit consumer replied.
"In the event you don't struggle this then it can hold occurring to others," one other stated.
"Can be higher for everyone in the event you returned it, even when you don't get a refund, within the hopes Amazon will have the ability to determine who returned it.
"Everyone knows they in all probability gained't, but it could possibly't assist to only take in this loss," another individual wrote.
We now have reached out to Amazon for comment.
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