Ebay - Yes I should know better.

andicole0 · 12 Oct 2019 at 09:54

Ended up with a Fake 1050ti instead of a used one from ebay, my own fault I admit. Seller is now trying to offer a replacement and 50% refund.
Not looking for advice as I know what to do and will probably string it out for a while. It was so cheap I don't mind losing a bit for entertainment.
OCUK were given the opportunity to supply some Haribo which is a good outcome

Andi.

andicole0 · 12 Oct 2019 at 13:44

Why would I accept a replacement fake card that Nvidia drivers don't recognise. There is no hint that the replacement is anything other than another fake card. As I said I don't have a problem all is sorted now with real parts.
Just want to publicise that these things happen and caution the unwary.
Andi.

andicole0 · 12 Oct 2019 at 14:32

Psycho Sonny said:
Link to the fake card seller would be nice.

Did you not check other listing? Feedback?

Seller was outdoorschoice 98.9% +ve feedback. Not looking for advice.
Andi.

andicole0 · 12 Oct 2019 at 14:38

There are still some bargains on ebay, just have to be careful or, as I am, accepting of the consequences.
Andi.

andicole0 · 12 Oct 2019 at 17:12

builder22 said:
What do you do in a case like this?

Report back to the seller via ebay and only ebay. Ebay will monitor conversation and intervene if seller doesn't provide an acceptable answer.
Then put a cautionary tale up on your favourite forum.
Andi.

andicole0 · 12 Oct 2019 at 17:16

Psycho Sonny said:
You check the seller out.

See my post above. I asked for a link to seller.

The guy is selling gpu's at a stupidly price. He is also then letting you buy multiples at even bigger discounts. Like buy 2 get 5% off, buy 3 get 7% off buy 4 get 10% off, etc.

Looking through everything else they are selling its all cheap tat from China. They also have thousands of random listing. Like he's also selling plastic feet (mannaquin style). Basically just a junk shop like pound land.

Even when looking at the gpu he is selling there is no manufacturer name, the cards have a generic cooler and even the backplate looks dodgy.

You would have to be asleep at the wheel to fall for such an obvious scam seller if you know your pc parts.

Glad you had fun researching the stuff you must be bored!
Andi.

andicole0 · 14 Oct 2019 at 21:43

Full refund offered and they don't want it back, anyone want a non 1050ti?

Andi.

andicole0 · 15 Oct 2019 at 16:53

mrbell1984 said:
Post some photos of it.

andicole0 · 15 Oct 2019 at 17:36

mrbell1984 said:
They not working just comes up with img place holders?

Odd, that's how I've always shown pictures here. I'll have a look shortly.
Andi.

andicole0 · 15 Oct 2019 at 17:46

demonix said:
Tech by Matt on youtube just did a video on these fake graphics cards (and for those not in the know, all these Chinese fakers do is take an old card and flash a modified BIOS to make it to make it appear to be a more current card and also make it unable to have the BIOS flashed back to what it originally was although there are a few ways to get around it) and purchased a supposed 2GB GTX1050Ti which used that exact same cooler.

You can still find out what the actual card is by taking the cooler off and looking at the GPU as long as they aren't smart enough to remove that which I'm guessing they aren't.

So you can see the pics?
Andi.

andicole0 · 16 Oct 2019 at 15:09

Wegason said:
Yep. These cards are generally 400 series and terrible. Feel bad for those who don't realise and can't understand why they're getting crappy performance. Then again, they should buy from known retailers rather than fleabay.

Turns out it's a GTS 450. Money safely back in account.

Andi.