'Paid $1,855 for a bag of flour' cries Amazon shopper over gadget scam and reveals the 'first red flag' they spotted | 788TIKQ | 2024-03-22 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 sufferer to a return scam, paid $1855 for a bag of flour," the disgruntled user wrote.
They offered 5 photographs of the field, including one which exhibits the processing unit isn't inside.
As an alternative, a nasty of flour is pictured as an alternative despite the field seeming to be unopened previous to the client's unboxing.
"The primary purple flag was that Gigabyte graphics playing cards usually are not shrink wrapped (they've by no means been, anyone can YouTube unboxing movies) but the weight felt high quality," 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 image of the bag of flour.
The Reddit submit has over 2,000 upvotes and greater than 700 comments.
"I ordered a e-book and acquired send a prime of toothbrushes!
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> "The tooth brush have been value way more than the guide. So I just didn't return them and Amazon despatched me TWO extra books," one Reddit consumer replied.
"When you don't struggle this then it should hold occurring to others," one other stated.
"Can be higher for everybody in case you returned it, even should 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't assist to only take up this loss," one other individual wrote.
We have now reached out to Amazon for remark.
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