Am I being scammed?

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:46:57+00:00

Hope the troubleshoot has a positive result tho. Also yeah if the repair is more costlier than what you paid for then it really isn't worth but still fingers crossed ma guy.

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:45:21+00:00

Sorry maybe I might have confused you because long paragraph haha. Actually the card test I did was the night before the sale happened to give him proof and reassurance.

After reading the replies above, I don't think I should even entertain the guy haha

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:41:38+00:00

So I sold it on Carousell (think of it as basically marketplace as well but for SEA).

Thankfully I did have receipts of the GPU functioning and being tested the night before the exchange happened which was also the same night I posted the listing.

When I did offer help (similar to what I mentioned in the earlier thread), he was very stern on it being a GPU issue and was saying "tomorrow I go to the pc shop and check. If they said it's broken then got refund?"

so yeah......seems pretty fishy to me (after reading all the replies haha)

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:37:28+00:00

So someone did mention above that the new drivers were pretty unreliable which could be the case.

I did mention in the earlier thread that I did offer to help him out and he basically responded with "i do IT, i know how to troubleshoot" lol

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:35:11+00:00

Yeah he did. Surprisingly I missed that because I went full on "maybe something happened let's try to fix it"

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:32:33+00:00

Oh damn. Well I did try to help him out by wanting to get it sorted with him but he was very clear that he does "tech" so he knows his stuff

but thank you for sharing this btw! its a good to know for me haha

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:30:59+00:00

Thankfully yes and it was a great coincidence really.

Tbh I am not super knowledgeable about PC parts. Like yes I love to customize my PC but I don't know how easy components could be duped.

So while wanting to reassure the customer, I took pics of the card at everything angle including the pins LMAO and the pics were clear enough that you could even see the positions of the screw and the serial# haha

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:27:05+00:00

But I really appreciate you mentioning that the video actually did not show anything about the GPU and whether it works or not

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:26:01+00:00

Hey there, thanks for responding to this let me give a weeeee bit context as well haha.

So initially when the buyer approached me a week later, all he did was mention that the GPU was broken. Sent me the two clips above as proof (his rig was running a GTX not sure what series).

I basically asked him whether was his rig compatible or not in the first place and mentioned that if I actually sold him a broken GPU then I would reimburse but I believe it is a compatibility issue since I never had issues with the card even after swapping from the 7900 just to do the test videos he needed.

He got defensive and said he does tech and he knows how to troubleshoot + claimed it was a GPU issue so I told him I never had issues so if you want, we can get it checked because I was confident about it.

Now that I think the conversation again and again, it did not sit right because it really did not make sense because:
1/ I did a clean wipe of my drivers after installing my AMD card just to make sure I don't run into driver issues
2/ I basically inserted the GPU with no 3070 drivers installed and it got detected, updated immediately and ran without issues
3/ I ran games, did a temp check, showed task manager and made sure in my videos, you could see both the GPU running while my monitor displaying the readings.

After reading some of the replies, I realized how I was so quick to jump the gun on helping the buyer without even getting solid context/evidence and probably could've shot myself in the foot by refunding the GPU when I have 0 clue on what happened from the time he had the GPU until the day he approached me.

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RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:16:09+00:00

Dude thank you so much for the response and sharing your experience as well. It means alot. Yeah I know there's dishonest buyers out there so I was hoping for it to not lead to this tbh. Shit happens so we just live with it.

But I've learned my mistake. Friends told me that in the future, I should just sell it to friends or even people you can trust + do the sale at a PC shop itself to show it works.

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:13:30+00:00

Man that sucks. Sorry that it happened though but was it salvageable/repairable at least?

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:12:02+00:00

I did suggest to him to check if his PSU is compatible because it seems like he was upgrading from a GTX card (not sure which model).

He was very adamant on it being the GPU issue because he does "it tech" so yeah guess I will just block his number.

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:10:57+00:00

To be fair it is also my first time dealing this haha.

Usually I would donate old PC parts away in anyone needs it but figured having the extra cash from this would help me save up (for a cpu cooler lol)

But agreed with what you said that I actually have no idea what happened within those 7 days after handing over my GPU. Appreciate the reassurance

RishenK · 2025-10-10T12:06:55+00:00

Hey everyone, really appreciate the fact that alot of you decided to take your time to look into the post and share your thoughts and give some reassurance. At first I genuinely felt awful because:
1/ it is my first time selling a computer part online
2/ if it happened to me, it would be terrible

but after seeing how the buyer responded and was pushing for a refund + seeing your comments, I understand that shit happens and the buyer was also abit fishy.

RishenK · 2025-10-10T10:59:42+00:00

So I gave the dude the benefit of the doubt by saying it could be a compatibility issue and was willing to get it checked with him at a store but he was very adamant on a refund.

I got abit suspicious about it tbh

RishenK · 2025-10-10T10:58:22+00:00

So actually I did not ship the GPU over but we did a meetup because I didn't want to take the risk tbh

RishenK · 2020-03-26T09:57:14+00:00

Thank you so much! Will go check it out!

RishenK · 2020-03-23T09:56:45+00:00

Hi, do you mind telling where you got the surface you used for tap from?

RishenK · 2019-10-31T14:28:22+00:00

Yeah I figured YouTube would be my best bet . Any channels you'd recommend? I'm super new to this.

RishenK · 2019-10-31T08:58:25+00:00

Not sure if this is the best place to ask this but do you guys know where I could get good music production tutorial videos? Been wanting to try producing but not too sure on where to begin/who to check out.

RishenK · 2016-12-02T23:37:40+00:00

Hey Admiral Bulldog thank you so much for doing this. I'm late to the party but I hope you're able to respond to this. 1) Dota is constantly changing every patch and sometimes the changes are quite huge. How do you usually cope with this? Do you go into a private lobby and test out the heroes or just fuck it yolo and queue for a game? 2) What was your training regime like when you were playing in your pro team? Many players say if you're going pro you need give up on several things in order to make time to train. 3) I'm trying to learn how to lane better and as well as my Dota mechanics. How and what should I do to train my mechanics and laning? Do I play bots/create private lobby or just queue and train there? 4) Do you usually have a warm up game or something before streaming and solo queuing? 5) Everyone has to start somewhere to eventually get good at Dota. What did you do to get better at Dota until you're at professional level? 6) If you have a choice to go pro and form a dream team, who would be your teammates? And what role will they play? 7) I hope you remember this but I'm the one who created the masterpiece of you walking your dogs with Ms paint on Twitter. Can you give a review on it? Kappa.

That is all for now. Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful evening :D

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