SpiderSnake

While the idea of posting his information on something less than reputable like 4Chan has crossed my mind I believe I'm just going to stick it on eBay and try and recoup most of my cost. From what I can tell the broke 1070s are still going for $100+

The video I have is mostly to verify that it's him that I got the card from, that in tandem with the facebook post/chat should be enough to show that he sold me a graphics card. And wisdom like that is why I decided to ask and research before running off to call 911

I did manage to get the license plate off my dash cam video and track down the cars VIN. Now to see if I can find anything else from it. I want to be prepared when/if I go to the police.

I have the entire transaction on video with audio via my dash cam. You can't see him inside the car but you can hear the conversation and hear him before and after.

I'm actively researching the RMA process and it looks like, to appease Gigabyte I'm going to have to find a second system to throw the card in to "make sure" it isn't my board even though my 580 works every single time I pull it in and out. (I've DDU'd the drivers for both cards).

If I took the RMA option I'm not looking for my money back, just a working GPU. At the end of the day I'd settle for a working 1070

With my finances currently the GPU was a stretch to begin with. I'm still researching the gigabyte RMA process to see if I need to try and sink another $45 into it or just try and resell. the consensus so far is that legal action probably won't amount to the trouble it's worth

That was my fear as well, but I think the fact that he immediately blocked me and then blocked me again when I messaged him from another profile would serve as proof. I have a license plate, the link to his Facebook profile, and the appx location of his house because he sent me a SS of Google maps with him leaving and directions to the meeting place. it's also possible he may have used a card or something inside of the gas station where we met which could be linked to him as well. (in theory anyway but unlikely since he'd just stolen $150 cash).

If this is in the wrong place please let me know/move it or delete if necessary. Sorry i'm kind of upset so I may not be entirely rational over this and I need to decide something rather quick. Hi, so yesterday I bought a 1070 off a guy on Facebook. He claimed that his brother had just upgraded to a 2070 so he was letting it go for a decent price ($150). I buy it, (meet at a Speedway, 1st mistake I'm now aware), get home and throw it in my PC and after 3+ hours of troubleshooting cannot get it to play a game. I need advice on what action I should take. It's a Gigabyte card and after I checked their website I've found that it's about 3 months out of warranty. Their charge list here https://ggcs.gigabyte.com/html/chargelist/chargelist_en-us.htm is kind of confusing. Does that mean I can just pay $45 and they'll fix the card??? I tried to reach out to the guy but I've since learned he immediately blocked me on Facebook, tried from another account and he blocked it as well. I do have him, as well as a license place on my dash cam and I have screenshots of the chat and could probably get additional footage from Speedway. Best I can tell this is theft by deception, so should I? Attempt legal/criminal pursuit for theft by deception Attempt to RMA the device through Gigabyte Try to sell it and get most of my money back as a for parts/not working card on eBay Thoughts/suggestions