Some Newegg Customers Received Fake Intel Core i7s 447
Several readers have mentioned the strange goods that some customers received from Newegg in place of the Intel Core i7 920 processor they ordered. Word on the problem first surfaced on TribalWar on Thursday evening. Newegg still hasn't commented on this. It's not known whether it happened as a result fraud by another Newegg customer, in shipping, or where. The "processors" are made of aluminum, and the "fans" are some kind of synthetic molded material. The "factory seal" was printed onto the box; the holographic stickers on the boxes were also faked. The first part of this video shows the bogus goods. At this writing Google News lists a handful of blogs mentioning the fakes.
Not me! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not me! (Score:5, Funny)
If you bought Intel, you might have had a first post.
easy way to tell a fake (Score:5, Funny)
Fire up Excel and open any spreadsheet that has a fair amount of numeric calculation. If results greater than 65535 are shown as "#MANY", then you most likely have one of the fake Intel chips.
I blame the Chinese because ... (Score:2, Funny)
...I'm an American and it's my patriotic duty to blame the Chinese.
Huh (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Video Games (Score:3, Funny)
Ah, so you're the one who found it. Sorry about that...
Re:Video Games (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds a little excessive for "fraud by another Newegg customer." Another customer would at least have had real stickers (from the original box).
In fact it reminds me of a childhood experience. Back when Final Fantasy "II" came out for the SNES, I bought it at Toys R Us. It was shrink-wrapped and everything. When I opened it, instead of a cartridge it had a bolt with a couple nuts screwed on so it would weigh the same as a cartridge. Fortunately, the manager was willing to swap it out for me--but from then on, I always opened my cartridges at the register after paying. Considering the shrinkwrap and the contents of the box, to this day I suspect a factory worker took home a little souveneir... but who knows?
Hopefully Newegg follows through, I'd be interested to know what happened here. At the very least I imagine they will be inspecting their shipments a little more closely for a while. I buy from them all the time, they have a great reputation, and I doubt they are doing to ignore these claims (whether we hear about it or not).
That's freaking uncanny. When I bought A Link to the Past at Toys R Us, I opened the box in the parking lot and found two bolts instead of a cartridge.
Come to think of it, years later I crunched down onto a much smaller bolt in a soft taco at Taco Bell. Is bolt-related crime this common in everyone else's life?
Re:Video Games (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not me! (Score:3, Funny)
Duh. Ethanol.
I want one! (Score:3, Funny)
This is sooo sweet!
I've been wanting to build a fake computer for quite some time now. It will go perfectly with my fake Italian leather chair and fake wood desk!
Relax, NewEgg is a fine store (Score:3, Funny)
I've been very happy with my purchases there--a Panaphonics TV and Sorny monitor. Shop there with confidence.
Re:Not buying Neweggs explanation (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I want one! (Score:1, Funny)
and your wifes fake tits
Re:Video Games (Score:3, Funny)
Man you nailed that one.
Re:Video Games (Score:5, Funny)
Your story reminds me of a teenage experience. In 1991, I had a small project that required small bolts and nuts, so I bought a few boxes of those at Home Depot. The boxes were shrink-wrapped and everything. When I opened one of the boxes, instead of bolts and nuts it had a few E.T. game cartridges in it so it would weigh the same as bolts and nuts. Fortunately, the manager was willing to swap it out for me--but from then on, I always opened my bolts and nuts boxes at the register after paying. Considering the shrinkwrap and the contents of the box, to this day I suspect Atari was looking for creative ways to get rid of their failed game... but who knows?
Re:Well something fishy is going on (Score:5, Funny)
And what does the SUB generation use?
Re:Video Games (Score:5, Funny)
I always figured a good slight-of-hand magician could get away with all kinds of "at the cash register" mischief. No shrink wrap machine required...
"Hey! You just saw me open it, and there was nothing in the box but this rabbit!"
Fake processor? You were lucky. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Well something fishy is going on (Score:5, Funny)
They've been using nuclear reactors for sub generation since the '50s.
Re:Please Don't Restock This! (Score:4, Funny)
In the cases I brought up, someone was out to actively screw the merchant or (sometimes) the manufacturer by deliberately repackaging the wrong merchandise.
Re:Not me! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not me! (Score:4, Funny)
SARAH PALIN WILL NOT HAVE SEX WITH YOU.
Bill Clinton set the bar other politicians have to reach.
Two's compliment. (Score:4, Funny)
Still twitter, but they take pains to be very polite.
Re:Not me! (Score:1, Funny)
As a New Egg executive, I have to tell you that this whole business has nothing to do with Intel. The problem appears to have started when we started outsourcing our supplies from a Nigerian middle man. He said they have a surplus of chips that they can't get out of the country because of export restrictions (apparently he is wanted by Interpol for smuggling UF6 to Iran), so he gave us a deal that we couldn't refuse if we helped him unload these processors.
The tough part is trying to get our customer reps to convince the customers that when they signed for the delivery, they acknowledged that they got what they paid for. Too bad really, it hardly seems fair. I almost feel like giving my quarterly bonus to the Better Business Bureau. And yes, I really am a New Egg executive. The only reason I didn't login to Slashdot is because I don't have an account here.
Signed,
Tally C. Liu
Re:Video Game (Score:4, Funny)
Well fucking played, sir.