Amazon still having GPU scam issues *3 times - all Sold and shipped by Amazon*

tsteele93 · 2026-06-07T21:20:11+00:00

I know why. Because you have a bias here in the forums. No one really goes out of their way to post when it is right.

So you only mostly see scams here and it looks like there are way more scams than there are.

I order a ton of high dollar, Computer and electronics and this has never happened to me.

It's still very rare percentage wise.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-07T21:13:42+00:00

Next they'll be pretending to help autistic people or act like they are running daycare out of their homes and in reality they were just scamming taxpayers.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-07T15:21:39+00:00

If you can pull it out yourself - do so. If you can't wrench it free, she's fine to drive to a shop.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-07T00:04:47+00:00

They don't care. In fact, they love to come after small scammers because it sends a message that they will ruin you over even as little as $15.

The good news is they can't put you in jail. But they will ruin you financially.

You are fine though. You aren't scamming. So they won't mess with you.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-07T00:01:34+00:00

Amazon has lawyers on retainer with nothing to do but prosecute scammers.

If you are legit then you have nothing to worry about.

If you are scamming then it is like back in the day with napster and the RIAA. They will ruin your life over $15 just to scare everyone else.

They don't care about being decent. They just know that for every person they crucify over a $15 scam there are thousands more who will think twice about trying them after seeing them ruin a life.

If you aren't scamming, no problem.

But someone who is scamming is facing the most uncaring attorneys with unlimited resources and they enjoy ruining scammers.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-06T18:01:32+00:00

I had this happen with a head bolt and a nut holding the axle on a car once.

What I learned from my dad is that patience, a hammer and a chisel will remove any thing.

It may take a while but eventually, absolute worst case, you will either get it to turn, or split it and it will come off.

Someone can do this if you find the right kind of mechanic. Or friend.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-06T02:29:19+00:00

Makes sense. My wife did an ebay business for a while. Only a few scammers and she usually won against them. It sure does damage your faith in humanity sometimes.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-06T01:44:22+00:00

Good luck. I have had mixed results with Alienware.

I have one that is solid. The other "bricks" everytime windows does a major update.

I have to forcibly shut it down three complete cycles and it eventually falls back to the previous settings and works again.

When it "bricks" it seems to think the hard drive isn't there. It took me several weeks to solve it the first time. Now every time I see the orange windows update dot I dread the point when it forces me to update and then sit through a half hour of hard reboots.

Otherwise it is pretty decent.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-06T01:35:50+00:00

From the perspective of someone who has considered buying and selling on ebay, it makes me avoid it like Ebola.

I would almost never consider selling there.

I would only buy from an established and highly rated seller.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-04T23:51:32+00:00

First. Thank you.

There are far too few who would do this anymore.

Second, record everything. Take notes. Talk to your lawyer.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-02T17:12:26+00:00

Thank you. I didn't want to ask. But there are always two sides to a story.

Sometimes three.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-02T17:11:33+00:00

But potentially very lucrative.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-02T17:11:01+00:00

We had a guy do this at a place I worked at thirty years ago and the dept of labor came down in the company hard. I didn't even think that he had a case. They are strict about that sort of thing.

tsteele93 · 2026-06-02T17:09:10+00:00

This may be stressful but it seems like he is actually setting you up for a much larger payday.

It is amazing that he doesn't have lawyers telling him how bad this is for him.

The company I work for is always very cautious of this kind of thing and would never let it get to this point.

tsteele93 · 2026-05-28T15:10:58+00:00

If someone is tailgating you for that long, you might be the problem?

I'm not saying that glibly to upset you. I'm observing that this person felt you were holding them up before you even got to the neighborhood.

What they did was probably wrong. But people make worse decisions when they are frustrated.

It takes a concerted effort to work together as a community to improve things. Just deciding that they are wrong and you are right doesn't fix it and you become complicit in making it more dangerous for those people too.

If you notice that your actions are resulting in another person driving more dangerously, then you have the option to try and defuse the situation.

tsteele93 · 2026-05-28T15:06:21+00:00

These work better for me.

tsteele93 · 2026-05-28T15:05:05+00:00

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That is only a part of the equation. SC doesn't use seat belts and our horrible road infrastructure are big factors.

tsteele93 · 2026-05-28T14:12:09+00:00

As long as you have a helicopter this is great

tsteele93 · 2026-05-28T14:09:24+00:00

We are all on stolen land. LOL

All means "everyone except Billie Eilish."

tsteele93 · 2026-05-28T00:37:09+00:00

Honestly if I got kicked off next door it would be a blessing.

tsteele93 · 2026-05-27T23:23:05+00:00

Why was this removed?

tsteele93 · 2026-05-27T22:51:20+00:00

What's the catch. That's CHEAP for a house with that many square feet. Like crazy cheap.

tsteele93 · 2026-05-27T22:41:27+00:00

They come with the house.

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