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Russian man buys $1,100 RTX 5070 Ti and gets a water bottle instead (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How did he "avoid a costly mistake" when

For now, the buyer is left with a very literal and wildly overpriced form of water cooling.

[–] nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The decision to record the entire process could prove vital if the buyer seeks a refund. The footage begins before the package is opened and captures the pickup-point employee handing it over, making it much harder to suggest the customer swapped the card himself.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Back when FedEx employees were swiping pixel phones from customer packages so often that it was reported weekly+ on reddit (2016-2021 or so), when I would order a new device, I'd request signature on delivery, and film receiving the package (+ my doorbell cam for a different perspective) all the way until I had the phone out of the packaging and in my hand.

Concerns of it occurring were so rampant that it sparked my migration away from Google services, so that if it happened to me and I got pushback from the abysmal cs, a chargeback and eventual account suspension wouldn't harm me beyond the inconvenience of filing the chargeback.