themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoDevastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraudwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1657arrow-down113
arrow-up1644arrow-down1external-linkDevastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraudwww.tomshardware.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squarekboos1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoWhy put a weight? DDR2 weight vs DDR5 weight difference wouldn’t be noticeable until they put the weight in because now it would weight 3x what it should. I suspect the person claiming fraud is the one committing fraud or this is a fake article.
minus-squareORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoIn case Amazon does weight comparison to the original in the shipping center. They have to be close or the package gets rejected and inspected.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoMaybe they ordered a kit of 2 sticks and they put 1 stick and a weight in there
Why put a weight? DDR2 weight vs DDR5 weight difference wouldn’t be noticeable until they put the weight in because now it would weight 3x what it should. I suspect the person claiming fraud is the one committing fraud or this is a fake article.
In case Amazon does weight comparison to the original in the shipping center. They have to be close or the package gets rejected and inspected.
Maybe they ordered a kit of 2 sticks and they put 1 stick and a weight in there