Counterfeit GTX 1080i's

Sasahara · 4 Jul 2017 at 15:23

crinkleshoes said:
I've heard plenty of stories with it happening from the rainforest site.

Even happened at work not long ago.

Ordered 4x 2TB SSDs... went to plug them in in the middle of the night and one was reporting as 120GB. Took it out... it had a 2TB sticker on it but it was rough around the edges... looks like someone's done a swap and sent back their old SSD with a new sticker attached.

Those were just underclocked SSDs to make them last longer!

ancientmariner · 4 Jul 2017 at 19:34

Received a gtx280 in my g1 gaming 1080 box last year. Ordered from amazon. Luckily they replaced without a fuss.

AiiR · 4 Jul 2017 at 19:37

It's definitely the rainforest. I ordered a 4790k from there and all I got was the box and heatsink, no chip. Suppose thats what happens when they're too big to monitor returns properly.

Gerard · 4 Jul 2017 at 20:21

AiiR said:
Suppose thats what happens when they're too big to monitor returns properly.

Giving people ideas

AiiR · 4 Jul 2017 at 21:15

Gerard said:
Giving people ideas

Can't say I feel bad for them when they don't pay proper taxes.

crinkleshoes · 4 Jul 2017 at 21:25

My wife worked in their warehouse for a while... apparently they are paid with an item target that keeps increasing... their incentive is to process as fast as possible, not as thoroughly as possible.

Sasahara · 4 Jul 2017 at 21:43

Given the way they treat the workforce it would be too hard for some to stick a CPU where the sun don't shine either .

Gerard · 4 Jul 2017 at 21:46

crinkleshoes said:
My wife worked in their warehouse for a while... apparently they are paid with an item target that keeps increasing... their incentive is to process as fast as possible, not as thoroughly as possible.

Strokes chin

LoadsaMoney · 4 Jul 2017 at 22:24

five8five said:
They could probably still beat a Vega FE in games

Flying_Hellfish · 7 Jul 2017 at 22:14

Armageus said:
LOL just found that. For anyone interested http://pdf.textfiles.com/books/thepowerbook.pdf

Brilliant

Phixsator · 7 Jul 2017 at 23:04

Armageus said:
LOL just found that. For anyone interested http://pdf.textfiles.com/books/thepowerbook.pdf

That is awesome. Missing words to describe my joy.

MichaelM · 7 Jul 2017 at 23:15

Kinda looks like someone bought the cards, put scrap to make it weight something, resealed the boxes and then returned the boxes for a refund.
No reason for them to open it so it goes back into stock for the next purchase.
I'm sure retailers can match the serial numbers to customer purchases though.

JediFragger · 8 Jul 2017 at 02:44

Armageus said:
LOL just found that. For anyone interested http://pdf.textfiles.com/books/thepowerbook.pdf

LMFAO!! Love that! Just disappointed nothing was resolved at the end...

Blackjack Davy · 10 Jul 2017 at 13:41

MichaelM said:
Kinda looks like someone bought the cards, put scrap to make it weight something, resealed the boxes and then returned the boxes for a refund.
No reason for them to open it so it goes back into stock for the next purchase.
I'm sure retailers can match the serial numbers to customer purchases though.

Obviously. Its not anything new either I remember as a kid my parents used to have home shopping catalogues (remember those?) and I ordered something and it was obvious it wasn't BNIB it had been opened and worse the items had been used for some time there were even scuff marks all over them!

I expect that when it becomes enough of a problem they'll introduce checks on returned items and prices will go up as a result but until then its business as usual.

AiiR · 10 Jul 2017 at 13:45

MichaelM said:
Kinda looks like someone bought the cards, put scrap to make it weight something, resealed the boxes and then returned the boxes for a refund.
No reason for them to open it so it goes back into stock for the next purchase.
I'm sure retailers can match the serial numbers to customer purchases though.

I'm sure places like Overclockers do this, because their rate of returns are probably low enough to make those checks worthwhile.

The rainforest on the other hand deal with 1000s of returns, it's probably not financially beneficial to introduce checks on things and even then they'd need training on what to check. Unlikely as all returns are bundled together.

ubersonic · 10 Jul 2017 at 14:11

AiiR said:
The rainforest on the other hand deal with 1000s of returns, it's probably not financially beneficial to introduce checks on things and even then they'd need training on what to check.

If anyone needs training to tell the above "cards" are counterfeit they should probably have a full time carer and be on disability benefits ^^

AiiR · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:21

ubersonic said:
If anyone needs training to tell the above "cards" are counterfeit they should probably have a full time carer and be on disability benefits ^^

You would be surprised, ask someone on the street what a 1080ti looks like and you'll mostly get puzzled looks.

For all they know the product is the sli bridge or adaptor.

Scougar · 10 Jul 2017 at 18:07

Armageus said:
LOL just found that. For anyone interested http://pdf.textfiles.com/books/thepowerbook.pdf

LMAO... what is the link for the forum on that one? I want to see the barber shop and pictures!!

V F · 10 Jul 2017 at 18:08

AiiR said:
You would be surprised, ask someone on the street what a 1080ti looks like and you'll mostly get puzzled looks. For all they know the product is the sli bridge or adaptor.

It is a GTi part is it not?

Scougar · 11 Jul 2017 at 15:24

This is not counterfeit btw. A counterfeit is trying to pass of a product as something else, this is just plain theft by someone and the retailer has been scammed.