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From bricks to bags of rice: The wildest things found inside GPU boxes

Inside the box, the Redditor found an anti-static bag (a necessity if you want to store a graphics card), but the ...
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RTX 5080 buyer receives a brick from Amazon instead of their graphics card – here’s how to avoid ‘commingling’ scams

One unlucky Redditor ordered an Nvidia RTX 5080 graphics card from Amazon, but the package contained a brick instead The brick came in an anti-static bag, implying that the GPU used to be in there ...
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Some NVIDIA RTX 5090D GPUs are being bricked almost instantly

NVIDIA’s new RTX 5090 and RTX 5090D GPUs are reportedly being bricked for some users, with complaints popping up across the web that their PCs are no longer recognizing them. The NVIDIA RTX 5080 and ...
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This gamer purchased a GeForce RTX 5080 for $1000 on Amazon, but got an actual brick instead

TL;DR: A gamer ordered a $1000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 from Amazon but received a brick instead due to Amazon's FBA logistics and unchecked returns. The incident highlights risks in Amazon's inventory ...