ebay gpu scam?

[NotAVAP]

Hey guys,

I'm browsing through ebay right now and I came across this:

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Neu-GTX-1060-3G-6G-GTX750TI-2G-GTX-1050TI-4G-DDR5-GTX650-GamingGrafikkarteD/352465821406?hash=item5210999ede:m:mydZvimCoccrcTaEuGRDtcg:rk:1:pf:0

The're selling a brand new GTX 1060 3 gb for €70 (US$80).

Do you think it's that type of scam where they send you something like a GTX 550 ti that acts like it's a GTX 1060? What's your opinion on this?

[DVA]

1 minute ago, NotAVAP said:

Hey guys,

I'm browsing through ebay right now and I came across this:

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Neu-GTX-1060-3G-6G-GTX750TI-2G-GTX-1050TI-4G-DDR5-GTX650-GamingGrafikkarteD/352465821406?hash=item5210999ede:m:mydZvimCoccrcTaEuGRDtcg:rk:1:pf:0

The're selling a brand new GTX 1060 3 gb for €70 (US$80).

Do you think it's that type of scam where they send you something like a GTX 550 ti that acts like it's a GTX 1060? What's your opinion on this?

It's one of those Chinese looking knock offs. Bitwit and Linus have dealt with these before and they do not perform very well at all. Cheaply made, horrible booting (won't allow the PC to post or anything) and so on. 

 

Stay away!

[DVA]

Dude lol, I just took a better look at this thing and these are all the models they have it listed as:

 

1060 3g

1060 6g

750ti

650

"GM107"

970m

1050 with 7gb

 

 

[NotAVAP]

1 minute ago, DVA said:

Dude lol, I just took a better look at this thing and these are all the models they have it listed as:

 

1060 3g

1060 6g

750ti

650

"GM107"

970m

1050 with 7gb

 

 

I know, that's why it seemed off to me

[DVA]

Just now, NotAVAP said:

I know, that's why it seemed off to me

Just remember the old saying!

 

"If it seems too good to be true, it probably is"

[NotAVAP]

Just now, SnowWolf370 said:

These china cards are usually a scam.

 

Usually they are the GPU of a much older card.. Let's for example...

 

That card might be a GT 720... But the bios on the card might be "hacked" or modified so that it shows up as a GTX 1060 card with 4 GB DDR5 memory. While in reality it might just be a GT 720 with DDR3 memory..

Yeah, that's what I think it is

[Egg-Roll]

What you do is buy it, find out it is not the real deal, go threw PPBP, if they demand you to send it back at your expense tell them they scammed you if they want it back they pay. Get money back likely keep the card

 

No idea why ebay keeps letting things like this on their site...

[NotAVAP]

1 hour ago, Egg-Roll said:

What you do is buy it, find out it is not the real deal, go threw PPBP, if they demand you to send it back at your expense tell them they scammed you if they want it back they pay. Get money back likely keep the card

 

No idea why ebay keeps letting things like this on their site...

I think I might do that 

 

[blaze2210]

Or, just don't waste the cash on it....Why spend money on something that you know is fake, then potentially spend a boatload of time trying to recuperate your costs through policies?  Just avoid it, and save the cash for a genuine card....