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Amazon returns buyer gets scammed out of a Ryzen 9 9950X3D — 'CPU' came with just a 3D-printed base underneath a real heat spreader​

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We covered a very similar story a few months ago, where an Amazon customer bought an open-box "like new" Ryzen 9 9900X3D from an Amazon warehouse, only to find the chip they actually got was a Ryzen 9 3900X. If you're looking for a used CPU, it would be best to steer clear of Amazon's return sales until Amazon gets more strict with its return policy. CPUs aren't the only products being counterfeited, as we've seen counterfeit GPUs as well, including one case where 42 Amazon RTX 5090 customers were served with fanny packs instead of the GPU they ordered.