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Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon receives DDR2 and some weights

38 points by teleforce

by butvacuum

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I've made it a habit to make single-take videos of any transaction/interaction worth more than I'm willing to eat the cost of. Along with buying a roll of tamper evident tape. Mailing in a warranty claim? Document it's condition and problems on video and seal it up in my car then hand it over to FedEx in a single take. Amazon orders? Start the video with the box still sealed and showing the shipping label, then open and document condition and serials.
It's super low effort these days, and the single take is (IMHO) more important than perfect framing or audio as long as identifying details are legible at some point.

by avidiax

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Maybe it's time for some laws that require customer-returned goods to be sold as used merchandise unless the merchant waives the right to dispute the 2nd customer's return for full refund.

by sebow

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I'm more impressed by the fact that there's still DDR2 going around. I know DDR3 is still alive and well, even manufactured(I myself noticed the appearance of new DDR3 kits, which is weird); but didn't knew DDR2 was still in stock. I'm assuming industrial/embedded applications still use it for obvious reasons, but I have to wonder to what degree DDR2 kits are being produced.

by jgoewert

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This kind of crap is why I stopped buying from NewEgg years ago and don't buy anything expensive on Amazon anymore.
They got bought by that company that decided on quantity over quality and enshittified it by adding "market" sellers.
Order a Power supply. Realize it was from a market seller 2 minutes later. Attempt to cancel the purchase and get denied because "It has already shipped". Contact support to demand cancelling again, and they won't do it. Support the scammer instead. 6 Weeks later. Oh, the tracking number for the package got rerouted to some weird address in a city 500 miles away. Contact NewEgg and seller, because that is the NewEgg rule. Seller says "oopsie" and will fix. Wait 6 more weeks. Get a dropshipped charm bracelet in the mail. Tell NewEgg about it several times over that 3 months and even point to a post on reddit of over a dozen other customers caught up in this scam. Something NE They make me mail them the charm. 2 weeks later, finally get the refund.
Scammy companies helping scammy companies.
I don't buy anything that expensive on Amazon because of their support of things like this. I drive the hour and a half to Microcenter and even there, I pop open the boxes right in front of them at the service counter.

by zahlman

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> Alongside them was a thin metal ballast plate that appears to have been included to replicate the expected weight of a genuine kit.
Do newer RAM chips actually weigh more?

by robomartin

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It's simple: You should never buy anything from Amazon unless the buyer is recognized or trusted. The definition of "recognized or trusted" is up to you, of course, Amazon will not really help mush with this. I try to filter for major brands or brands that I have purchased from in the past. Sold and shipped-by Amazon also applies.