While it's insane that he got a water bottle in a box that appeared factory sealed, it's also pretty nuts that we're now spending $1100 on a 70 series GPU. Those shouldn't be more than $300, maybe $400 for an OC's version like this dude bought.
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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At least they got a water bottle...
It could have originated from the St Petersburg Wildberries Warehouse and never arrived at all.
Honestly surprised that Wildberries can ship anything right now.
With a nice shrinkwrapped plastic box and everything. It's a good thing he didn't stop at opening just the package.
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.
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.
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.
According to Russian hardware outlet i2HARD, the protective film could be reapplied without much difficulty, allowing the packaging to appear unopened.
Wait, you are telling me just anyone can shrink wrap a box now?! Mind blown!
Insert Simpsons Nelson haha here