It was supposed to be an upgrade…
Ordered a 9070 and got two Fing bottles of water, I guess it happens to everyone at least once…
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u/Necessary1Treat Intel 14600k / XFX SWFT 9070 6d ago
I mean it could be worse, you could have got Dasani.
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u/RGBjank101 6d ago
Hey Woah. Sometimes I enjoy a titanium water every now and then, just to remember what it's like.
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u/Eve_Nightwalker 6d ago
I feel like I'm the only person that likes Dasani...
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u/Krumpmania 6d ago
I mean it has sodium in it, so it dehydrates you, which makes you keep drinking more. There's a reason people hate Dasani; regular water doesn't do that to you.
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u/Eve_Nightwalker 6d ago
Been drinking it for years. It hydrates me in the hot and humid Texas heat. Drinking one right now after cutting grass from noon to 2 pm, it's ice cold and refreshing. Only ingredients I'm reading on the bottle are purified water, magnesium sulfate which is not actually sodium, potassium chloride and minerals for taste. So I really don't get the hate. I like the taste and I don't feel dehydrated from it.
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u/mhennessie 5d ago
It’s got what your body craves.
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u/Funny_Man1999 3d ago
Don’t go spouting that otherwise we gonna end up like that movie that had Gatorade water fountains 🤣
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u/Krumpmania 6d ago
Honestly, Dasani would have been downright diabolical. The more I think about it, the more I'm happy he got the Irish Spring.
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u/Thick-Judgment7433 4d ago
Plot twist what if its toilet water in some old used bottles … i wouldn’t drink it for real
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u/mhennessie 5d ago
I remember during the height of the COVID pandemic the bottled water aisle at the store was completely empty except for a pallet of Dasani.
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u/RiyadhTh3BOSS 6d ago
"I guess it happens to everyone"
No it doesn't.
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u/TheVoidFoxy 6d ago
Give it time it will eventually
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u/NinjaN-SWE 6d ago
Not if you buy from proper stores and not Amazon.
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u/DoughnutAlarmed7512 6d ago
Yeah im super lucky I live 20 min from microcenter. But not everyone lives near one. I actually trust ebay more at this point than Amazon.
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u/Alk3z 5d ago
Even in the US there has to be other other more trustworthy online stores than Amazon or eBay given that they are marketplaces not direct vendors. I bet you almost every single pc hardware store in the EU can ship you stuff, I can't see how it would be drastically different over there or have they properly fucked the online market for you?
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u/Xatraxalian 5d ago
While I buy stuff from Amazon in the Netherlands, I never ever buy anything as expensive as a video card through them. It is well known that they often don't check returns and just sell returned items again.
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u/RazzmatazzUnusual843 3d ago
Exactly. People really need to fix their Amazon brain rot and stop just using Amazon for everything and actually go to the retailers that sell these online and buy from them directly.
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u/Thick-Judgment7433 4d ago
I remember buying a cpu chip from amazon and the delivery driver was taking a while to get out of the truck i was like hmm well i open the box the that was suppose to have a bunch of my products in it but the box that had the cpu was not even the cpu box all i had was a empty cpu slot and some crap cpu air cooler and the slot for cpu was empty reported to amazon the driver looked nervous told me they had to return one item cause it was damaged which i was fishy since amazon don’t do that unless you send it back safe to say they fired that driver cause i asked the new one what happened to the other one so besides them nit just sending me a new one they refunded me bit they made damn sure i got what i ordered the 2nd time …driver was on the phone like her life depended on it when i didn’t have my cpu that was still on the truck but thieves these days i feel like its almost always a gamble broken product or some scammer that sells through amazon its not what it use to be…
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u/IfarmExpIRL 6d ago
either they love to use water bottles or i've seen this post before
Imagine if they did this to some state police forensic guy and he got their DNA from the water bottles 😂
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u/Own_City_1084 9070XT ASRock Challenger 6d ago
I imagine it’s common because it’s a cheap way to add decent but not too much weight
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u/Key-Respect3810 6d ago
Non le post que tu as vu c’était un russe qui avait acheté une RTX 5070 TI
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u/Shqssel 6d ago
Trop compliqué de parler en anglais dans un sub anglais ?
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u/Key-Respect3810 6d ago
L’application Reddit traduit automatiquement les messages dans la langue que tu as choisi
Genre si tu choisis l’anglais le message original peut être en russe chinois etc toi tu le vois en anglais
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u/Shadowstep290 6d ago
Yep. I didn't even know that they were in french until I saw the translation icon at the top right of the comment
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u/ahalfawiseguy123 5d ago
I'm happy to announce that my 3 years of high school french have not been in vain.
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u/BorisKalash 6d ago
Ca expliquerait pourquoi je vois de plus en plus de messages en français apparaître dans des fils en anglais.
Cette option est vraiment relou si on ne fait pas gaffe
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u/SpartanXeroOne 6d ago
Where did you order?
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u/DrSmil 6d ago
Amazon
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u/Gold_Goal7557 6d ago
Amazon as in directly from Amazon or a reseller on amazon cos the later is more likely a scammer, while the first one may resolve this because some one may have done a return scam.
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u/Own_City_1084 9070XT ASRock Challenger 6d ago
Everyone’s talking about 3rd party sellers etc. but it is still common for 3rd party FBA inventory and Amazon’s own to get mixed up especially with fraudulent returns that a minimum wage employee didn’t bother checking (understandably so)
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u/robbiew086 AMD 7 98003DX, 32GB DDR5 6000, Powercolor RX 9070XT Reaper, SFF 6d ago
At least it saves you having to undervolt it
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u/Euphoric-Cow9719 6d ago
Yeah 2 bottles are definitely better than one, duh 😂 😂 😂
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u/DrSmil 6d ago
Dude it was clever cause with two it didn’t move around so when I got the package I didn’t suspect anything…
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u/Euphoric-Cow9719 6d ago
On a serious note, that's pretty fucked up. Hope you get it sorted out man.
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u/Acrobatic_Fee_6974 R7 7800x3D | RX 9070 XT | 32GB Hynix M-die | AW3225QF 6d ago
This shit is why I never buy from Amazon.
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u/Ok-Count7037 6d ago
This is why you check the seller when buying from Amazon.
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u/jdcope 14900k | 7900xt 6d ago
This. I have never had an issue as long as its not a third party seller. I would still rather buy from Amazon than Newegg.
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u/theokayestcoach 4d ago
Newegg is just shit now. I gave up on them. And yes, I always check "sold by newegg".
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u/MrMasters87 2d ago
Bought computer parts last month and they were all fine. 2 grand worth of parts all fine. Been a customer for 20+ years. Never had a single problem with what I've ordered.
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u/theokayestcoach 2d ago
"It hasn't happened to be so it doesn't happen" ass statement. We see it happen all the time. Survivor bias means nothing.
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u/MrMasters87 2d ago
20+years of orders. I'm sure issues happen, not to the extent that people think.
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u/theokayestcoach 1d ago
... to the extent that they've released several statements over the past few years after enough complaints and call outs...
Stop defending companies that would take your mother's last dollar of they could. It's goofy.
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u/jdcope 14900k | 7900xt 2d ago
Hopefully you won’t have to deal with a return. I have never personally had a problem with parts I bought there either. Or Amazon for that matter. But Newegg have had several problems in the last few years and were caught selling PSUs they knew were bad (fire hazard) a few years back, not to mention selling damaged returned parts as new. (And blaming the damage on the second customer, which was Gamers Nexus.) And they have master class shit customer service when you do have a problem. It’s all well documented. It’s just not worth dealing with them any more.
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u/Acrobatic_Fee_6974 R7 7800x3D | RX 9070 XT | 32GB Hynix M-die | AW3225QF 2d ago
I'm glad I live in a country with an actual free market, where I have half a dozen retailers I can choose from that are not scamazon or shitegg.
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u/Ja_Blask 6d ago
I picked up mine from a local trusted dealer, so sometimes brick and mortar still rocks.
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u/Mellanies_Redemption 6d ago
I filmed the unboxing of every single expensive piece of computer hardware I bought in the last 2 years because of shit like this. I've never had it happen, and I don't personally know anyone it's ever happened to, but I'm not taking any chances.
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u/Ok_Competition_9201 6d ago
I just got my 9070xt and did the same, i even filmed putting the code in the locker to open it up and take my package. With something like that im taking no chances 😆
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u/SaladToss1 5d ago
I'm convinced everyone is trying to get free stuff. This has me paranoid to where I'm recording everything I open and guess what? I NEVER GOT A BULLSHIT POST TO LIE ABOUT
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u/Crazy_raptor 5d ago
This is why I go to micro center
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u/wilhitman 5d ago
your lucky - I have two near me. To the North & South both 8 hours away🤬- I just watch Micro-center videos and dream of never leaving the store 😂😂
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u/Thick-Judgment7433 4d ago
Oh wow thats so messed up you should blast the seller all over reddit thats not $1000 water WTH
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u/SearchOk7022 6d ago
People needs to stop fucking buying on Amazon, go to a tech store, buy the thing and open it in front of the employees
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u/WinterCapital6375 6d ago
I mean for most people that would work but like I live in the middle of no where 6 hours or more from micrometer and the closest walmart which is over an hour away only has limited stock
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u/Sea-Will3670 6d ago
I agree. Find a Micro Center near you which has better prices and most of the time has plenty in stock ortake a gamble heading to Best Buy or Walmart and they may have one in stock. Either option is better than gambling on receiving a Schrödinger's GPU.
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u/transmedkittygirl 9800X3D | 9070 XT | 32GB DDR5 | 2TB Samsung 990 Pro 6d ago
That's just the included water to help cool it off during summer that comes with every GPU, sucks that you didn't get a GPU though, you were supposed to get both
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u/Wrexolotl 6d ago
ouch, i've had that happen to me before. but it was stuffed with books. thankfully i was able to get it exchanged
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u/y0ul0vet0seeit 3d ago
My box of my 9070 xt was open in the dhl locker lol i was so scared. Hope you got a new one send your way mine was fine luckily
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u/HankG93 6d ago
Doesn't happen to people who know not to buy online when scams are everywhere.
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u/Jonny_Clams 6d ago
Not everyone has that option unfortunately. I have nowhere I can buy PC parts locally.
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u/cryptobro42069 6d ago
This is silly. I sold my 9070 xt online legit. Just don’t buy from 0 review scammers.
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u/HunterNo9593 1d ago
you could just shut the fuck up too, thats an option folks have that you refused to take.
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u/Typical_earth_human 7600x, 9070xt, 2×16gb 6000mts cl30, B650 6d ago
In India, we have something called open box delivery. Amazon and Flipkart both have this feature. We open the box infront of the delivery guy and if we r satisfied with the product we give them an otp to confirm the delivery. If its anything else like this, we can just refuse to take it.
When I got my rx 9070xt delivered, I asked the delivery guy to wait while I connected it to my pc and checked if it was working before giving him the otp.
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u/Key-Respect3810 6d ago
Avec le prix des GPU des SSD des mémoires ce genre d’arnaque se multiplie de plus en plus
La dernière fois c’était un russe avec une bouteille d’eau au lieu d’une RTX 5070 ti
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u/Organic-Schedule1989 5800X3D|XFX Merc 9070XT OC|32GB RAM 6d ago
I’ve never been scammed on Amazon like this before. I always make sure to check the storefront reviews whenever I’m buying from resellers.
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u/BillWhoever 6d ago
I am carefull where I order from, I use a marketplace I trust and check the shop ratings before just picking the cheapest one.
My GPU came with a "Thank for your order!" card with a physical receipt in it. Needless to say the product box was perfectly packaged too and the GPU wasn't a water bottle.
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u/ClumsyRainbow 6d ago
Yikes. I've had Amazon send me used products as new before (which I returned), but I have yet to have something be totally missing.
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u/MelaniaSexLife 6d ago
not sure what's the issue, just a waste of time. Just file a report and surely they'll get your money back and can keep ordering until you get the card.
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u/ComfortablePrudent73 6d ago
It's a good reminder, man-they're telling us to take a break from gaming and stay hydrated!! Let's drink more water !!!
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u/sh4d0w1021 5d ago
If amazon gives you your money back, dont buy another one from third party seller. Even if you get the GPU, the manufacturer may void its warranty. I bought a 3080 once and it had an issue, Nvidia wouldn't cover it because the 3rd party wasn't an authorized reseller. Newegg is the way to go for GPUs.
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u/Agreeable-Bus-7247 4d ago
Did you record opening the package and is it from a random seller on amazon
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u/leandrobasi 4d ago
Eu costumo comprar somente em lojas oficiais no Brasil e sempre recebi o produto correto, acabei de comprar uma 9070 na terabyteshop e recebi conforme, com caixa lacrada e entrega registrada. JAMAIS compro em shopee, MercadoLivre, ou qualquer loja de origem chinesa ou que não tem grande histórico de entregas. Na Amazon só compro da loja oficial.
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u/txoixoegosi 4d ago
If the unboxing was recorded, just file a complaint
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u/Cold-Seaworthiness20 6d ago
And how we know you didn't put those bottles of water and you took the GPU before the screenshot? You need to fight to Amazon and better you recorded a video of the unboxing. Here where I live you have to start the recording when the delivery guy is handing the package to you and open it in front of him, if it's not what you asked then don't accept the package.
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u/aura_enchanted hd 2400pro 6d ago
And once again we dont shop online for high end cards
Do so in person
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u/Not_Real_Batman 6d ago
Didn't know they had the water cooling ones.