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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53575

The video discusses the experience of purchasing an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor from Amazon and discovering it was fake. It highlights the authenticity checks, the visual differences between the fake and genuine CPUs, and warns viewers to be cautious when buying tech products online.

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Sabot · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2025 7:15 pm Post subject:

Nope! Amazon didn’t sell you a fake AMD, the dealer did for fucks sake! Amazon is a *shop front* for dealers! Rolling Eyes

Anyone with a brain cell can work out that.
Example: “Steam sold me a pirated copy of a game” no, steam is a store front for a dev or publisher that *sells* games.
You get a complete instant refund and action is taken against the seller.
The End.
Retail boxed?, check the serial number online? - mine is 5 years warranty at Intel all checked out day one, Intel has a website for that. Fuck knows if AMD has.

Click bait shit as per usual.

EBay has been doing this shit since it opened. But like Amazon , there are stricter contingencies in place now and you are protected.