Bought a counterfeit Intel SSD from Best Buy

[Absolution75]

Now it makes sense why video cards used to have that hole in the box with the UPC on the inside. It said something along the lines of "if you cant see the UPC code in the box, don't ring up the item".


Intel may want to do the same thing. =p

Kind of amusing though, this kind of scam would probably work all the time.

 

[GundamF91]

This is just a problem with retail business. It's not just computing parts. You can do the same thing with LCDs, DVDs, or any of the other boxed up merchandise.

 

[tcsenter]

Guy I worked with years ago bought a new TV at Best Buy. Box was completely unmolested, even those copper/brass staples were intact. He got it home, opened the box and there was a dusty 10+ year-old TV in the box. Had a helluva time getting Best Buy to take it back.

 

[wirednuts]

i think next time i buy a tv or something really expensive ill just open it right there at the store and make them test it out first before i take it home....

 

[tcsenter]

i think next time i buy a tv or something really expensive ill just open it right there at the store and make them test it out first before i take it home....

This.

 

[taltamir]

Now it makes sense why video cards used to have that hole in the box with the UPC on the inside. It said something along the lines of "if you cant see the UPC code in the box, don't ring up the item".

those are fairly easy to trick though...a heat gun allows them to be removed unharmed and then placed on the other device.

 

[Childs]

I bought a supposedly new, shrinkwrapped DVD at Best Buy and inside was the plastic clear disc that is on top of blank DVDs in a spindle. When I went to exchange it I told the guy what it was, but he put it in a DVD player anyway to see if there was something wrong with the disc, and because it did not play I was allowed to get a return.