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Sold 5090 On eBay - Buyer says its faulty

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Not that surprised you got it back and it's ok, sounds like what I had with a CPU few months ago, sold it without issue last day they could return it faulty (the only option you can select when returns aren't accepted) on the 30th day since purchase as faulty, got it back worked fine, sold it again next buyer no issue at all.
 
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junpit said:
No way. I ran the BO6 benchmark and that was fine.
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Obviously longer term solution
But I would hold on to the card until you have
MM access to sell it there
Its unlikely to drop any significant value
In a month or two
Theres nothing else can compete with a 5090
Currently or upcoming in the near future
To affect its value

Other options ebay or Facebook
Collection only buyer sees it working in your pc First
Though you then may have an idiot who breaks it
And knows where you live
And is local enough to come bothering you

Cex would be least worry for a quick sale
But yeah you would take a significant hit on price

We all are happy for you though
Look how many members were rooting for you
That's the sort of spirit you get in MM too
You're 99% safe in MM given nothing in life is 100% certain
 
junpit said:
Card arrived today. Works fine. OMG. I feel mentally exhausted from it all.

This isn’t something I’ll be doing again.

Several read flags which were scary.

1. Mobile caravan site address. I did ring up the owner of the site who knew the buyer and said he’d been there for a long while as he worked locally.

2. Shop validated it not working.

3. Buyer was extremely rude generally.

4. Some feedback history where he had bought a laptop and had returned it smashed.

Anyway sorted. I now need to sell it again. Not sure how I’ll handle it. I’m very relieved it’s fine.

Booted into windows and GPU-z shows everything ok.
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SkeeterUK said:
I woulda been curious to know the shop where the guy who bought it tried to go to test it and see if u could ring em and ask what exactly happened.
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They did contact the shop
Just said it failed to boot/display
On their am5 test machine
Though if its a small local pc shop
They may not really have much experience with a
Card like a 5090
Their test pc may not be up to the job
For a 5090 as they may never sell any
Its a very high cost item for a small business and they could
Take a heavy loss stocking them and the value suddenly drops
And they aren't shifting them
 
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SkeeterUK said:
I woulda been curious to know the shop where the guy who bought it tried to go to test it and see if u could ring em and ask what exactly happened.
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The buyer took his PC with no PSU present and asked the shop to fit a new Corsair RM1000x and my 5090 into his PC replacing the old PSU cables. His PC was a 12900k. It does support PCI-E 5.0. His existent GPU was a 3080ti.

They did that but if did not post. Then they put my 5090 into a “similar” pc. It didn’t post there either. I concluded that it didn’t post because they were perhaps using the first m.2 slot with a pci-e 4.0 drive which then prevents the 5090 from working in anything but x8. I’ve read reports this causes problems and delays with posting on some cards.

I believe the person doing this wasn’t experienced and the owner told me she wasn’t a technician but someone who worked in the shop.

Obviously she messed up with the conclusion she came to but everyone makes mistakes.
 
Ah thanks, i musta missed that info.

If you do ever list it again maybe state requirements of min for a pc to use the card and about that m2 slot info. That way at least u hope the buyer has read that and hopefully has a pc that will handle it and know about the m2 slot stuff so prevent all this happening again. Plus a video link to utube in ur advert if u can do links in adverts, showing ur card working and in a game and maybe a stress test showing, i mean the money should make worth the trouble of all that plus peace of mind, up to u tho. Also state in a advert that you have took photos and serial number stuff to prevent fraud, incase someone tries it on.
 
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Interesting that their PC and the shop PC (supposedly!) didn't post with the 5090 in. Might need to keep an eye out for some "broken" 5090s on Ebay!

Glad it came back working ok, I've got to admit I was aprehensive that it was going to do!

All's well that ends well. :)
 
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