Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30 Graphics Cards Found & Being Sold By Vietnamese Retailer

[HQuan]

Tiếng Việt ở phần dưới. Vietnamese at the bottom, due to Vietnamese people also reading this.

Summary

We all remember how a truck full of EVGA's GeForce RTX 30 graphics cards was stolen in California back in November 2021. Well, it looks like a batch of those GPUs has been found & being sold by a Vietnamese-based retailer, Nguyễn Công PC. (for short, NCPC)

 

The Vietnamese retailer, NCPC, stated that while their distributor told them that they had acquired EVGA's GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards from legitimate sources and offered were box packed with 1-month warranty, it looks like a customer who purchased an EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti from them discovered that his purchase from the same stolen shipment that happened 2 months prior. He was easily able to discover that by matching the label of EVGA's homepage and contacted NCPC at the same time about this matter.

 

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Back in November 2021, we reported how a truck full of EVGA's latest GeForce RTX 30 series cards was stolen from the company's central distribution center. EVGA issued a notification confirming the theft and stating that several cards with a value between $329.99 US and $1959.99 US were in the shipment and that users should be wary of such cards circulation in online marketplaces such as Craig's List, eBay, etc. However, instead of the cards popping up in US 3rd party outlets, they've ended up being sold almost 8000 miles away in Vietnam.

 

My thoughts

We can't fully blame on NCPC that these GPU are get stolen by NCPC's people. Maybe NCPC was just a victim of a scam as the post said. And I really sad that Vietnam, my country have this kind of business. NCPC are one of the good PC part seller in Vietnam. I think this is just accidentally

 

Sources

https://wccftech.com/stolen-evga-geforce-rtx-30-graphics-cards-found-being-sold-by-vietnamese-retailer/amp/

 

 

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[CommanderAlex]

2 minutes ago, HQuan said:

We can't fully blame on NCPC that these GPU are get stolen by NCPC's people.

Perhaps a retail store should be purchasing their stock from legitimate sources? 

[HQuan]

Bản tóm tắt

 

Tất cả chúng ta đều nhớ cách một chiếc xe tải chứa đầy card đồ họa GeForce RTX 30 của EVGA đã bị đánh cắp ở California vào tháng 11 năm 2021. Chà, có vẻ như một lô GPU đó đã được tìm thấy và được bán bởi một nhà bán lẻ tại Việt Nam, Nguyễn Công PC. (viết tắt là NCPC)

 

Nhà bán lẻ Việt Nam, NCPC, tuyên bố rằng trong khi nhà phân phối của họ nói với họ rằng họ đã mua card đồ họa GeForce RTX 30 series của EVGA từ các nguồn hợp pháp và được cung cấp được đóng gói với bảo hành 1 tháng, có vẻ như một khách hàng đã mua EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti từ họ phát hiện ra rằng việc mua hàng của anh ta từ cùng một chuyến hàng bị đánh cắp xảy ra 2 tháng trước đó. Anh ấy có thể dễ dàng phát hiện ra điều đó bằng cách khớp với nhãn trên trang chủ của EVGA và liên hệ với NCPC cùng lúc về vấn đề này.

 

Lời trích: 

Vào tháng 11 năm 2021, chúng tôi đã báo cáo về việc một chiếc xe tải chứa đầy thẻ dòng GeForce RTX 30 mới nhất của EVGA đã bị đánh cắp từ trung tâm phân phối trung tâm của công ty. EVGA đã đưa ra một thông báo xác nhận hành vi trộm cắp và nói rằng một số thẻ có giá trị từ $ 329,99 US đến $ 1959.99 US đã được gửi trong lô hàng và người dùng nên cảnh giác với các thẻ đó lưu hành trên các thị trường trực tuyến như Craig's List, eBay, v.v. Tuy nhiên, thay vào đó trong số các thẻ xuất hiện tại các cửa hàng bên thứ 3 của Hoa Kỳ, chúng đã được bán gần 8000 dặm tại Việt Nam.

 

Cảm nghĩ của tôi

Chúng ta không thể đổ lỗi hoàn toàn cho NCPC rằng những GPU này bị người của NCPC đánh cắp. Có thể NCPC chỉ là nạn nhân của một trò lừa đảo như bài đăng đã nói. Và tôi thực sự buồn khi Việt Nam, đất nước của tôi lại có loại hình kinh doanh này. NCPC là một trong những nhà bán linh kiện PC tốt tại Việt Nam. Tôi nghĩ đây chỉ là vô tình.

 

Nguồn

https://wccftech.com/stolen-evga-geforce-rtx-30-graphics-cards-found-being-sold-by-vietnamese-retailer/amp/ (không có Tiếng Việt)

[HQuan]

1 minute ago, CommanderAlex said:

Perhaps a retail store should be purchasing their stock from legitimate sources? 

I don't know, but maybe the "not legitmate" source try to sell them as legitmate source. Just like they're faking the brands.

[CommanderAlex]

1 minute ago, HQuan said:

I don't know, but maybe the "not legitmate" source try to sell them as legitmate source. Just like they're faking the brands.

I was looking through the article and they store claimed they purchase from legitimate sources, but they didn't verify. 

 

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The Vietnamese retailer, NCPC, stated that while their distributor told them that they had acquired EVGA's GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards from legitimate sources and offered were box packed with 1-month warranty, 

If I were a store owner, I would think you would be able to purchase them directly from EVGA, that way you can cut the middle man out and possibly that person being not legitimate- especially during these times of stock shortages. 

[HQuan]

Just now, CommanderAlex said:

I was looking through the article and they store claimed they purchase from legitimate sources, but they didn't verify. 

 

If I were a store owner, I would think you would be able to purchase them directly from EVGA, that way you can cut the middle man out and possibly that person being not legitimate- especially during these times of stock shortages. 

No, most of the PC retailer (not GearVN course) do not purchase GPU (and RAM in some case) from official source. They usually purchase from 3rd person. Yes, I also agree with you, no more 3rd person. 

[CTR640]

The hum race gone wild for sure lol

[StDragon]

See, this is where blockchain technology can be used to trace the entire supply chain as being legit or not. Ditto for pirated products made on a ghost shift.

[HenrySalayne]

14 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

If I were a store owner, I would think you would be able to purchase them directly from EVGA, that way you can cut the middle man out and possibly that person being not legitimate- especially during these times of stock shortages. 

Yeah, good luck with that. A lot of manufacturers don't bother with your shenanigans if you don't order bulk in the millions every year. So you have to rely on a variety of bulk suppliers and you will end at the bottom of the list as a new costumer. With GPUs being on backorder for month, good luck with that as well.

If you find someone selling you a bunch of GPUs right away, you will take that offer no questions asked.

Linus getting direct allocation from the manufacturers for VAG is not the norm.

 

[abit-sean]

This happened at abit in about 2007. Group of people broke into our UK warehouse and stole 100s of motherboards. All the serial numbers were logged and they eventually ended up with one of  our resellers. Not sure what happened in the end but I think a deal was made and we restored the warranty. I always thought the retailer made a payment to ABIT to prevent any further legal issues.

[jagdtigger]

24 minutes ago, StDragon said:

See, this is where blockchain technology can be used to trace the entire supply chain as being legit or not. Ditto for pirated products made on a ghost shift.

Like they couldnt just "rubber stamp" everything with a few valid ID  numbers....  /edit And you seem to forget that most of the population "has a price" if know what i mean...

[StDragon]

15 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

And you seem to forget that most of the population "has a price" if know what i mean...

The point is transparency. That whole "trust but verify" thing.

[jagdtigger]

3 minutes ago, StDragon said:

The point is transparency. That whole "trust but verify" thing.

Blockchain wont help with anything in that regard, if there is one chance to get falsified data into it it will happen. And since humans handle everything including the data input...... (you can guess the rest)

[porina]

35 minutes ago, HenrySalayne said:

A lot of manufacturers don't bother with your shenanigans if you don't order bulk in the millions every year. So you have to rely on a variety of bulk suppliers and you will end at the bottom of the list as a new costumer.

This. I used to work at a global scale electronics company. They would not sell to "end users". This isn't individual people we're talking about here, but it includes most of the top companies in the world (like international banks) because they count as the end use cases. Everything went through tiers of distribution. A national scale reseller might buy from the first tier of distribution. Smaller shops would be further down still. 

 

35 minutes ago, HenrySalayne said:

Linus getting direct allocation from the manufacturers for VAG is not the norm.

Marketing exercise.

[CommanderAlex]

1 hour ago, HenrySalayne said:

Yeah, good luck with that. A lot of manufacturers don't bother with your shenanigans if you don't order bulk in the millions every year. So you have to rely on a variety of bulk suppliers and you will end at the bottom of the list as a new costumer. With GPUs being on backorder for month, good luck with that as well.

If you find someone selling you a bunch of GPUs right away, you will take that offer no questions asked.

Yeah, I'm not sure how it goes as I don't own a business. Sometimes, jumping the gun is a bad idea. 

[HQuan]

REACTION OF VIETNAM PEOPLE TO THIS CASE

(Meaning: It doesn't matter, have VGA (GPU) to play is good")

 

[MageTank]

1 hour ago, CommanderAlex said:

I was looking through the article and they store claimed they purchase from legitimate sources, but they didn't verify. 

 

If I were a store owner, I would think you would be able to purchase them directly from EVGA, that way you can cut the middle man out and possibly that person being not legitimate- especially during these times of stock shortages. 

A lot of manufacturers don't deal with retailers directly. They have shipping & logistic companies they pay to hold their product and distribute them throughout the retail chain. These companies manage and distribute inventory for many manufacturers at a time throughout various retail chains. This is effective for a few reasons.

1. It allows manufacturers to build up stock without wasting real-estate they need for production
2. Most manufacturers do not have their own shipping trucks, planes and cargo containers at the ready to move this product around
3. Most manufacturers do not have an RTV warehouse to process warranty returns, they use these same shipping/logistics companies to screen products for physical damage and weed out what is/isn't covered by warranty before accepting the product for more thorough inspection
   1. This isn't the case for customer direct RMA's, those typically go directly to the manufacturer, but for retail RMA's, those are screened as they often give retailers kickback in the form of discounts on the next purchase order when defective products are returned that were not the result of user-induced damage

I don't blame the retailer here at all, being a PC shop that doesn't have arguably the most sought after component can make it difficult to sell the rest of your products so I do not doubt that they were scouring every resource to find GPU's. It's just unfortunate that they found a deal that was likely too good to be true and ultimately got the short end of the stick.

 

I just hope they followed the proper processes and have proof of whom they dealt with, as no legitimate company will process orders or transfers without some kind of receipt or bill of lading, so there has to be a paper trail to figure out who is at fault. If they accepted this inventory without paperwork, then they are a victim of their own ignorance and I am less remorseful to their situation.

[thanhduc]

i am very sorry for the incident 

one of our retailers have imported bulks of evga rtx cards and it was stolen

one of our native retailers: NCPC have in hand a bulk of stolen gpu

as a Vietnamese, i am very sorry for the incident

https://wccftech.com/stolen-evga-geforce-rtx-30-graphics-cards-found-being-sold-by-vietnamese-retailer/

[tkitch]

already in news

 

[thanhduc]

Just now, tkitch said:

already in news

 

idk i saw in on my feed today

[adarw]

3 minutes ago, thanhduc said:

as a Vietnamese, i am very sorry for the incident

 

why are you sorry for something you didnt do?

[GuiltySpark_]

1 minute ago, adarw said:

why are you sorry for something you didnt do?

unless... 

[leadeater]

2 hours ago, CommanderAlex said:

If I were a store owner, I would think you would be able to purchase them directly from EVGA

Nope that's not how global logistics of PC parts happens, to buy direct you have to be HUGE! Like Amazon and Newegg huge. Otherwise PC stores buy through distributors. A very common one, at least in many parts of the world, is Ingram Micro.

[Middcore]

Just now, rickeo said:

unless... 

 

Unless...? [/MBMBaM]

[CommanderAlex]

5 minutes ago, MageTank said:

A lot of manufacturers don't deal with retailers directly. They have shipping & logistic companies they pay to hold their product and distribute them throughout the retail chain. These companies manage and distribute inventory for many manufacturers at a time throughout various retail chains. This is effective for a few reasons.

1. It allows manufacturers to build up stock without wasting real-estate they need for production
2. Most manufacturers do not have their own shipping trucks, planes and cargo containers at the ready to move this product around
3. Most manufacturers do not have an RTV warehouse to process warranty returns, they use these same shipping/logistics companies to screen products for physical damage and weed out what is/isn't covered by warranty before accepting the product for more thorough inspection
   1. This isn't the case for customer direct RMA's, those typically go directly to the manufacturer, but for retail RMA's, those are screened as they often give retailers kickback in the form of discounts on the next purchase order when defective products are returned that were not the result of user-induced damage

I don't blame the retailer here at all, being a PC shop that doesn't have arguably the most sought after component can make it difficult to sell the rest of your products so I do not doubt that they were scouring every resource to find GPU's. It's just unfortunate that they found a deal that was likely too good to be true and ultimately got the short end of the stick.

 

I just hope they followed the proper processes and have proof of whom they dealt with, as no legitimate company will process orders or transfers without some kind of receipt or bill of lading, so there has to be a paper trail to figure out who is at fault. If they accepted this inventory without paperwork, then they are a victim of their own ignorance and I am less remorseful to their situation.

That's good to know. I don't know anything about it hence why I said "I would think..." 

 

Hopefully, the store does have a paper trail regarding where these stolen graphics cards came from. Hopefully, they can work out a resolution with EVGA if they can work with local authorities. The warranty time of 1 month on such a high value item is more concerning to me.