[UK] [US] Item may be a scam, what's your take? (should be a hot deal but could be a scam so links removed)

[filpo]

Links are removed since reviews hint at it being scammy

Edited May 22, 2024 by filpo

[aisle9]

"Xe graphics eligible"? wtf?

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

"Xe graphics eligible"? wtf?

Just read recent reviews and it's saying that it's possibly scammy, will edit post to remove these. Sorry for the confusion

from Geekom Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of geekom.co.uk (trustpilot.com)

Good reviews look like this 

[aisle9]

44 minutes ago, filpo said:

Good reviews look like this 

This is why Asian scammers should just stick to Google Translate.

[Z3R0faith]

I'll throw my (limited) experience in here.

 

The first time I had heard about Geekom as a company was from UFD Tech after their Cannonball for the Cure livestream, where they gave away at least one mini PC donated by Geekom for the event. Shortly after the giveaway (October 20th, 2023; during Geekom's anniversary sale) I ordered their AS 6 model (Ryzen 9 6900HX, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) for $794.79 (US) after tax. I got it with the intention of replacing my father's garbage HP box that he got from Sam's Club who knows how many years ago.

Even though it took him a couple weeks to actually get to using it, he has not complained about it once. I even had the opportunity a few weeks go to use it a little myself while I was house-sitting and it wasn't loud, nor did I experience any issues.

As for the "Xe Graphics eligible" text, I can't quite wrap my head around what prompted them to put that on there; it even shows up on the comparison chart. Odd.

[filpo]

20 minutes ago, Z3R0faith said:

I'll throw my (limited) experience in here.

 

The first time I had heard about Geekom as a company was from UFD Tech after their Cannonball for the Cure livestream, where they gave away at least one mini PC donated by Geekom for the event. Shortly after the giveaway (October 20th, 2023; during Geekom's anniversary sale) I ordered their AS 6 model (Ryzen 9 6900HX, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) for $794.79 (US) after tax. I got it with the intention of replacing my father's garbage HP box that he got from Sam's Club who knows how many years ago.

Even though it took him a couple weeks to actually get to using it, he has not complained about it once. I even had the opportunity a few weeks go to use it a little myself while I was house-sitting and it wasn't loud, nor did I experience any issues.

As for the "Xe Graphics eligible" text, I can't quite wrap my head around what prompted them to put that on there; it even shows up on the comparison chart. Odd.

Thank you for the input, i think I’ll leave the post like this for now since I won’t want anyone to take any risks and maybe lose money

 

you’ve been a great help and very informative, thanks