Jump to content

Worst Online Shopping Mistake

Nettly_
By Nettly_
in Off Topic
 Share
Posted

I wanna know what mistakes you have made while shopping online. Does not need to be a tech item. 

I'll go first. So it was maybe... midnight and I was browsing the internet and found New Black - Dell OEM Inspiron Mini 10 (1012) LCD Back Cover Lid - NDYYJ but.... I f****ed up. Notice how it says Back Cover. I read that as Black cover. I thought it was a full laptop... I checked today and I regret my life. I genuinely thought it was a $20 laptop, not a back cover. Since I used a Gift Card I also cannot return it for a refund. FML

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
7 minutes ago, SafyreLyons-5LT said:

I wanna know what mistakes you have made while shopping online.

Accidently buying two 2x8GB RAM kits instead of a single 2x8GB RAM kit because I accidently changed the quantity to 2.

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

never bought anything online

 

mcepduah4qb11.jpg

ASUS X470-PRO • R7 1700 4GHz • Corsair H110i GT P/P • 2x MSI RX 480 8G • Corsair DP 2x8 @3466 • EVGA 750 G2 • Corsair 730T • Crucial MX500 250GB • WD 4TB

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I bought 4 self-stirring mugs off eBay. Not a fail, big success. No more stirring tea for me!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Buying three 1060 cards off of eBay from China... they weren't even cheap, yet they still were fakes.

Fan Comparisons          F@H          PCPartPicker         Analysis of Market Trends (Coming soon? Never? Who knows!)

Designing a mITX case. Working on aluminum prototypes.

Open for intern / part-time. Good at maths, CAD and airflow stuff. Dabbled with Python.

Please fill out this form! It helps a ton! https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/841400-the-poll-to-end-all-polls-poll/

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
1 minute ago, Imbellis said:

Buying three 1060 cards off of eBay from China... they weren't even cheap, yet they still were fakes.

Were they at least good fakes?  Or did they have a VGA port and tons of spelling errors in the product page xD

Solve your own audio issues  |  First Steps with RPi 3  |  Humidity & Condensation  |  Sleep & Hibernation  |  Overclocking RAM  |  Making Backups  |  Displays  |  4K / 8K / 16K / etc.  |  Do I need 80+ Platinum?

If you can read this you're using the wrong theme.  You can change it at the bottom.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Buying from third party sellers on Newegg, and not learning my lesson each time.

Workstation Laptop: Dell Precision 7540, Xeon E-2276M, 32gb DDR4, Quadro T2000 GPU, 4k display

Wifes Rig: ASRock B550m Riptide, Ryzen 5 5600X, Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6700 XT, 16gb (2x8) 3600mhz V-Color Skywalker RAM, ARESGAME AGS 850w PSU, 1tb WD Black SN750, 500gb Crucial m.2, DIYPC MA01-G case

My Rig: ASRock B450m Pro4, Ryzen 5 3600, ARESGAME River 5 CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 2060 KO, 16gb (2x8) 3600mhz TeamGroup T-Force RAM, ARESGAME AGV750w PSU, 1tb WD Black SN750 NVMe Win 10 boot drive, 3tb Hitachi 7200 RPM HDD, Fractal Design Focus G Mini custom painted.  

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 video card benchmark result - AMD Ryzen 5 3600,ASRock B450M Pro4 (3dmark.com)

Daughter 1 Rig: ASrock B450 Pro4, Ryzen 7 1700 @ 4.2ghz all core 1.4vCore, AMD R9 Fury X w/ Swiftech KOMODO waterblock, Custom Loop 2x240mm + 1x120mm radiators in push/pull 16gb (2x8) Patriot Viper CL14 2666mhz RAM, Corsair HX850 PSU, 250gb Samsun 960 EVO NVMe Win 10 boot drive, 500gb Samsung 840 EVO SSD, 512GB TeamGroup MP30 M.2 SATA III SSD, SuperTalent 512gb SATA III SSD, CoolerMaster HAF XM Case. 

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/37004594?

Daughter 2 Rig: ASUS B350-PRIME ATX, Ryzen 7 1700, Sapphire Nitro+ R9 Fury Tri-X, 16gb (2x8) 3200mhz V-Color Skywalker, ANTEC Earthwatts 750w PSU, MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO cooler in Push/Pull config as rear exhaust, 250gb Samsung 850 Evo SSD, Patriot Burst 240gb SSD, Cougar MX330-X Case

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
2 hours ago, SafyreLyons-5LT said:

mistakes you have made while shopping online

i feel like by now i should, but not really 

PC: Alienware 15 R3  Cpu: 7700hq  GPu : 1070 OC   Display: 1080p IPS Gsync panel 60hz  Storage: 970 evo 250 gb / 970 evo plus 500gb

Audio: Sennheiser HD 6xx  DAC: Schiit Modi 3E Amp: Schiit Magni Heresy

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Bought the wrong mobo on Newegg. 

 

Stupidly it was announced as a combo discount with an incompatible CPU. I wanted to send it back but I had already cut the barcode from the box for the mail rebate. Sold it later on Craigslist at a loss obviously. 

Desktop: 7800x3d @ stock, 64gb ddr4 @ 6000, 3080Ti, x670 Asus Strix

 

Laptop: Dell G3 15 - i7-8750h @ stock, 16gb ddr4 @ 2666, 1050Ti 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
3 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Were they at least good fakes?  Or did they have a VGA port and tons of spelling errors in the product page xD

The fakes were alright (At least 300 others bought it). Besides the non-descript shroud, it looked real(ish) - like a card used in prebuilts. The product didn't end up matching the images.

Fan Comparisons          F@H          PCPartPicker         Analysis of Market Trends (Coming soon? Never? Who knows!)

Designing a mITX case. Working on aluminum prototypes.

Open for intern / part-time. Good at maths, CAD and airflow stuff. Dabbled with Python.

Please fill out this form! It helps a ton! https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/841400-the-poll-to-end-all-polls-poll/

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Literally just bought this
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/refurbished-hp-elitebook-840-g1-intel-i5-4300u-1-90ghz-240gb-ssd-8gb-ram-14-touchscreen-win-10-pro/13028016.aspx?

(on sale at 339$ CAD, now they are showing 399$ from a different seller, so I bought the last one on sale, basically)

Getting buyers regret so hard right now... Can still cancel it... But I needed a laptop... Why am I making expensive purchases this late at night, ugh.

 

Does that count as a mistake?....

Otherwise I could just say that I ordered some shrink tubing... didn't really take notice of the diameter of it... ended up with tubing so small that it barely could fit a needle inside... needless to say, not what I needed.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3700x / GPU: Asus Radeon RX 6750XT OC 12GB / RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3200
MOBO: MSI B450m Gaming Plus / NVME: Corsair MP510 240GB / Case: TT Core v21 / PSU: Seasonic 750W / OS: Win 10 Pro

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Buying a car spare part from different generation, it didn't really fit.

Spoiler

Image result for Mazda RX8 2nd gen oil filter

 

Where I hang out: The Garage - Car Enthusiast Club

My cars: 2006 Mazda RX-8 (MT) | 2014 Mazda 6 (AT) | 2009 Honda Jazz (AT)

PC Specs

Indonesia

CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970

Storage: Kingston V300 120GB & WD Blue 1TB | Network Card: ASUS PCE-AC56 | Peripherals: Microsoft Wired 600 & Logitech G29 + Shifter

 

Australia 

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G | Motherboard: MSI - B450 Tomahawk | Memory: Mushkin - 8GB (1 x 8GB) | Storage: Mushkin 250GB & Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB
Video Card: GIGABYTE - RX 580 8GB | Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower | Power Supply: Avolv 550W 80+ Gold

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

DayZ - first and last time I buy a half finished game. 

 

 

 

 

Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge.  Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
16 hours ago, Imbellis said:

Buying three 1060 cards off of eBay from China... they weren't even cheap, yet they still were fakes.

I wouldn't call that a mistake. You bought the products you wanted, and the seller scammed you.

 

Please tell me you at least initiated a Buyer Protection claim through eBay and got a refund and bought different ones instead?

12 hours ago, TetraSky said:

Literally just bought this
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/refurbished-hp-elitebook-840-g1-intel-i5-4300u-1-90ghz-240gb-ssd-8gb-ram-14-touchscreen-win-10-pro/13028016.aspx?

(on sale at 339$ CAD, now they are showing 399$ from a different seller, so I bought the last one on sale, basically)

Getting buyers regret so hard right now... Can still cancel it... But I needed a laptop... Why am I making expensive purchases this late at night, ugh.

Why is that making you have buyers regret? For $339 CAD, those are some damn good specs, even if it's refurbished.

 

HP laptops these days are getting pretty good. I've got an x360 Spectre 13, and at work we've got a bunch of zBook G5's and some x360 Probooks. We've historically been almost exclusively a Dell house, but these new HP's are mostly pretty solid.

For Sale: Meraki Bundle

 

iPhone Xr 128 GB Product Red - HP Spectre x360 13" (i5 - 8 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD) - HP ZBook 15v G5 15" (i7-8850H - 16 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD - NVIDIA Quadro P600)

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
4 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Why is that making you have buyers regret? For $339 CAD, those are some damn good specs, even if it's refurbished.

 

HP laptops these days are getting pretty good. I've got an x360 Spectre 13, and at work we've got a bunch of zBook G5's and some x360 Probooks. We've historically been almost exclusively a Dell house, but these new HP's are mostly pretty solid.

Yeaaah, but I always get buyers regret for nearly everything. I just hate spending money on things I don't truly, absolutely, need... I'm super thrifty with money. (It's also why I have a saving account and zero debts... while everyone else in my family lives paycheck to paycheck and above their means, raking up debts, so they have 0$ saved up... sometimes I wonder if I'm really related to them)

 

Regarding the laptop, after sleeping on it, I'm likely going to keep it.

Really depends on whether or not it's in working order(will be stress testing the shit out of that laptop...) and isn't a complete wreck (never know with refurb that doesn't show an actual picture of the item...) 
I'm actually considering just outright selling my PC(as parts) and keep the laptop until Zen 2 / Navi are out, if everything is in working order. Not like I play games anymore.

 

Overall, with taxes and shipping, that laptop was actually closer to $406. Which, like you've said, really isn't bad for the specs.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3700x / GPU: Asus Radeon RX 6750XT OC 12GB / RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3200
MOBO: MSI B450m Gaming Plus / NVME: Corsair MP510 240GB / Case: TT Core v21 / PSU: Seasonic 750W / OS: Win 10 Pro

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Brought a 120 inches 4k TV. Realize my bedroom is not big enough to place the thing. 

Sudo make me a sandwich 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

My mistakes have mainly been buying risky things on the used market, i guess you could count my first gaming computer as an online shopping mistake tho because i paid €800 for an FX 6300 and a 750TI that power throttled

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I was drunk shopping on Amazon and ordered a "toy". When it came in the mail it was at least three times larger than I thought it was. At least my wife and I got a good laugh out of it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
19 hours ago, Ramrod126 said:

I was drunk shopping on Amazon and ordered a "toy". When it came in the mail it was at least three times larger than I thought it was. At least my wife and I got a good laugh out of it.

Does this story have anything to do with your username?

Solve your own audio issues  |  First Steps with RPi 3  |  Humidity & Condensation  |  Sleep & Hibernation  |  Overclocking RAM  |  Making Backups  |  Displays  |  4K / 8K / 16K / etc.  |  Do I need 80+ Platinum?

If you can read this you're using the wrong theme.  You can change it at the bottom.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Does this story have anything to do with your username?

XD

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
On 5/3/2019 at 10:13 PM, TetraSky said:

Literally just bought this
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/refurbished-hp-elitebook-840-g1-intel-i5-4300u-1-90ghz-240gb-ssd-8gb-ram-14-touchscreen-win-10-pro/13028016.aspx?

(on sale at 339$ CAD, now they are showing 399$ from a different seller, so I bought the last one on sale, basically)

Getting buyers regret so hard right now... Can still cancel it... But I needed a laptop... Why am I making expensive purchases this late at night, ugh.

 

Does that count as a mistake?....

Otherwise I could just say that I ordered some shrink tubing... didn't really take notice of the diameter of it... ended up with tubing so small that it barely could fit a needle inside... needless to say, not what I needed.

That's my least favourite generation of Elitebooks. Rip.

Quote me to see my reply!

SPECS:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

🏳️‍🌈

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Off Topic

×