themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down112
arrow-up1515arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squarekboos1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up5·2 months 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-up4·2 months 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