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17 minutes ago, hiimFred said:

What's the deal?

Legit? Most likely, no.

 

It's probably just some pile of shit card that they're going to try selling with some cheap aftermarket cooler. Flashed with a modded bios to look like a 2080 when you look at it in GPU-Z (but it'll likely still detect the card is fake)

 

I'd just stick to known legit sources such as Amazon, Newegg, eBay (from high rated sellers), and so on.

What's the deal?

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for that price and seller info there at the bottom, seems fishy to me. 

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3 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

for that price and seller info there at the bottom, seems fishy to me. 

Me too. Can't comprehend how AliBaba made 30 billions yesterday with so many scams in there. How people trust this site? And it has a rating of 4.8/5 too.

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I still don't understand how people think these are legit ;

  • it's half the regular price ... even used they don't go for that low
  • seller is asking you to contact him outside of the platform

 

Those are the BIGGEST red flags, that's stuff that I personally report on eBay or Amazon when I see it and it always gets removed quite fast.

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2 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

I still don't understand how people think these are legit ;

  • it's half the regular price ... even used they don't go for that low
  • seller is asking you to contact him outside of the platform

 

Those are the BIGGEST red flags, that's stuff that I personally report on eBay or Amazon when I see it and it always gets removed quite fast.

There are so many of these on AliBaba, it's insane.

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5 minutes ago, hiimFred said:

There are so many of these on AliBaba, it's insane.

I know, sadly. That's why I don't purchase anything on there unless it's from some brand official store.

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17 minutes ago, hiimFred said:

What's the deal?

Legit? Most likely, no.

 

It's probably just some pile of shit card that they're going to try selling with some cheap aftermarket cooler. Flashed with a modded bios to look like a 2080 when you look at it in GPU-Z (but it'll likely still detect the card is fake)

 

I'd just stick to known legit sources such as Amazon, Newegg, eBay (from high rated sellers), and so on.

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16 hours ago, TheKDub said:

Legit? Most likely, no.

 

It's probably just some pile of shit card that they're going to try selling with some cheap aftermarket cooler. Flashed with a modded bios to look like a 2080 when you look at it in GPU-Z (but it'll likely still detect the card is fake)

 

I'd just stick to known legit sources such as Amazon, Newegg, eBay (from high rated sellers), and so on.

Agreed, only way to know 100% is to look at it in person.

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