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Amazon customer receives fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D, turns out to be decade-old AMD CPU (www.techspot.com)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why I buy local when I can. BestBuy sucks for a load of reasons, but they price match and can process replacements same day, so I feel a lotore confident buying there than ordering from Amazon. Likewise w/ Target and other brick and mortar stores.

[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I am so lucky to live near a Microcenter.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Same. Micro center fuckin rocks

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Eh, it's probably better for my wallet this way. *sobs*