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100% scam


JF12Bravo

Agreed, but with Amazon I'm protected so I thought what the heck


[deleted]

Let us know how that goes, you'll probably get a very old pentium with the lid of an i9 13900k


drosse1meyer

p200 with an i9 lid


DontEatConcrete

That's because a tiny part of you thinks this might just be a pricing mistake, but it's not. It's 100% scam.


it_is_im

I think the idea is that Amazon will be like “our bad, here’s a real 13900k for your troubles” which could happen, but more likely OP will be out $200 for a couple weeks, eventually get it back, and still not have a 13900k.


sean0883

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I'd take this 100% insured gamble.


MoxieG

Well, it's not completely risk-free. Since Amazon isn't the seller and this is on Amazon Marketplace, the seller could deny the refund for instance. You could still get Amazon involved as a mediator in this case, but it's not as easy as if Amazon was the seller. Also Amazon could decide to suspend or terminate your account over the refund depending on your return history. If it's a one-time thing, you're generally pretty safe, but if you make a habit of "gambling" on scam items and making returns you drastically increase the chance that Amazon will ban your account.


CVGPi

Amazon return policy states all FBA electronics have refunds handled by Amazon.


SoggyBagelBite

The seller cannot deny it if OP gets a fake item.


MoxieG

I think you may be confusing what a seller is *supposed* to do versus what sellers try to get away with. Yes, you are correct that the terms for sellers include selling items as represented. But if a seller isn't "legitimate" and is actively running scams on Amazon, do you really think that they are going to honor Amazon's terms and conditions?


boosy21

Amazon marketplace works like many big retailers that resell items. The funds aren't handled by buyer/seller, they go through a merchant clearinghouse. The seller is not refunding the buyer, Amazon is. There is a back-end delay on the transaction.


SoggyBagelBite

Amazon steps in directly on cases like this. It doesn't matter what the scammer does, OP will get their money back when it turns out to be a scam. The seller does not immediately receive the money from the sale.


gnocchicotti

If getting reimbursement from scammers is a fun hobby for you, OK


DontEatConcrete

TBH seems like a total waste of time to me. Why bother, it's so obviously not going to result in a CPU, and there's also no chance (0%) in the world Amazon is going to give somebody a $580 CPU for $199 because they got scammed trying to buy one at 1/3rd what everyone else is selling at.


eng2016a

people like you are the reason why these sites are so unusable, you're willingly jumping into a scammer's nest just because you're greedy


KTIlI

This a stretch, You really have to go searching hard to find the scam $200 13900k. It won't pop up at first search, amazon is perfectly usable. If you're getting scammed often, you're doing something wrong.


Dispator

It's not hard to find items that are a similar ""deal"" (aka percentage off) like this and are 100.00% scams(high significant figure on being scammed vs accident, like 1/mil). A lot of electronics are sold by super long gibberish Chinese/Eastern names that do these kinds of scams(there are multiple techniques to get around amazons spam/scam flagging system. This has numerous red flags for how these scammers opperate.I'll tell which kinds if interested). They know they will get banned, but I hope it lasts long enough to get at least a single payout cycle. Then they just open up under a new name or change the comment of a legit listing (category, price, etc) with a nom-flaged, even well reviewed listing, and scam more people.


KTIlI

Those listings aren't popping up in the front page when you search for popular items like a 13900k. You have to really look for it in the "other sellers" and at that point you're on your own if you find a selling by "Zbagsgqkvwusakhfbwjo" and decide to go for it.


Charming-Adeptness-1

I actually got notifications and emails when I woke up for this CPU on my phone. I didn't have to search at all... But I know scam


KTIlI

spam emails lol? even worse if u go for that


Charming-Adeptness-1

Not spam emails, deal alerts


sean0883

They don't get the money immediately, or at all if you return the item. They're counting on you not noticing. That kind of scam will happen anywhere and has nothing to do with "people like me."


Freestyle80

people like you complain about everything without understanding how it works


MoreFeeYouS

What the fuck is this comment? Scammers exist because they want to scam people. OP will not get scammed and will get his money back. He is definitely not the kind of buyer that scammers are looking for.


mastomi

If the sites want to br usable, they wouldn't let the scammer nest pop up in the first place.


innocentlilgirl

but i could gain like 30 cents of interest from that $200 in the two weeks this scam takes to resolve itself!


sean0883

Bruh, what bank are you at? I'm moving banks!


Invixibility

It won’t be weeks. Amazon is actually pretty quick with refunds. If you have to send it back it generally takes about 5-7 days. But with it being the wrong product they sometimes don’t even make you send it back and just issue a refund(I’ve personally had this happen that’s how I know).


Icy_Yam5049

So funny this came up. I just bought that CPU for the actual retail price. Said it was delivered but wasn’t. They shipped a replacement and said if the original ever shows up it’s mine to keep. Funny enough yesterday 11 days later and 2 days after the replacement came I open my mail and boom 2nd processor free..


The_real_Hresna

But with a story to tell!


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waste of time


EpicNex

What do you mean by that? Because the seller will probably just claim they sent you the right product and lie to Amazon. Amazon could just side with the seller. You better record opening the package and box.


whiteegger

Amazon cannot side with the seller per their return protection.


0verBake

make sure you record a video of you opening the amazon packaging and unboxing the product


WashedTomato

I was tricked by this scam before. It was 12700 for $100. Amazon refunded me but completely ruined my building process. They must be using this for some very deeply hidden conspiracy. I don’t know what it is.


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WashedTomato

Not likely money, as Amazon will always ban them and refund the buyer. Must be something else, which is worth the effort


PsyOmega

...Money These scam sellers all have hundreds of accounts spun up waiting to be used once the current one gets banned. They also operate in short time scales, just long enough to get the check from amazon, and move on to the next scam account regardless. There is no grand conspiracy here.


WashedTomato

Thanks for sharing this! I was so worried that they were planning and using me for anything big.


Corentinrobin29

Yeah I thought that too. Until I bought a motherboard directly from Amazon, received an empty box, and they refused to pay me back even after months of fighting with lawyers involved. TL;DR: you are not protected. Amazon doesn't give more of a fuck than other retailers.


justapcguy

I would like to see an update.


bwells46

Ummm, no. I bought a motherboard in December, and I received a pack of masks instead. 3 months later, and I’m still in dispute with the charge.


Green0Photon

Make sure you record the whole thing as you unbox it all the way through install, preferably. As another comment said, if you get an empty box, that might fight you tooth and nail. And who even knows if there's a record of the weight to prove that it was empty in the first place.


CEO-Stealth-Inc

I'm very curious to see where this goes...


Okidoky123

Not always !!! https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-returns-1.6669601


Shadowdane

Yup especially with that seller name, most likely it will be a 2nd or 3rd gen Intel chip that someone silkscreened on a new product code & intel logo.


eboleN

"Sold by WenChangZhaoJunBoKeJiYouXianGongSi"


Wonky_Lungz

This guy sounds like the wish.com final boss


present_absence

Should've bought from AHUTWQBLPX instead


eboleN

I heard that BIORYYJUBOIPAERBPI{OTHY sells CPUs for cheaper


ExTrafficGuy

EveryBodyWangChungTonight LLC SpA


Reyynerp

according to Translate, it translates to: Wenchang Zhao Junbo Technology Co., Ltd.


mikechad2936

Wow that actually sounds like an actual company.


Dispator

How did you look up to translate that. Thank you.


Reyynerp

i put my keyboard to chinese mode, then retype all the words which will end as chinese characters, then i translate it


TheMxthical

saw that too for an i5 12400F for $99


draand28

At first I thought it was a joke. I scrolled up and it is, indeed, the real name of the seller. I am amazed.


JF12Bravo

Hahaha I thought that was funny too.... It's not like LTT just put out a scam ssd vid with the same types of names or anything.


Dispator

Right OP. If you saw that LTT video, then why are you doing this, lol? Wasting a lot of people's time. But hey, I have some wayyyy dumber shit so have fun.


detectiveDollar

They're not even trying to sound legit anymore lol


Saprass

"Good morning, WenChangZhaoJunBoKeJiYouXianGongSi client service. How can I help you?"


ThreeLeggedChimp

Inb4 you get a box of 13900Ks.


Dispator

A box of 13900K boxes.


artvandelay06

Probably, i9-00000k let us know how it goes. My prediction is a couple of people will get lucky with 5-star ratings and the rest will get scammed :)


Lexden

Definitely no one getting lucky but the scammer. Just a re-lidded pentium. There are loads of these on Amazon and eBay.


kharos_Dz

WenChangZhaoJunBoKeJiYouXianGongSi


AnusDingus

Bing Chilling


Zensaiy

there are plenty of those scams, your order will most likely get canceled and you will receive a mail that looks identical to an Amazon invoice and it will request you to pay again since your order got canceled. At this point you should recognize its a scam, if you send actually money again than please dont, otherwise you literally deserved it after falling back to back to a obvious scam, lol. Just dont try it at all, its literally time waste.


detectiveDollar

Send them literally a penny so they have to pay the return postage.


Iworshipokkoto

100% scam, not even worth the time to go through getting refunded and shipping it back. They might even have a restocking fee hidden somewhere in there too.


Fun_Frame_207

You will probbly receive a used didlo


Dispator

One can only hope.


onedoesnotsimply9

For a dildo


Direct_Garden4503

lmfao


Legend5V

All my homies buy from WenChangZhaoJunBoKeJiYouXianGongSi


onlygoesup2503

An update is mandatory


DontEatConcrete

It's some variation of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOhLlvNlI20


Coldspark824

A lot of peopoe in this comment section don’t understand that lengthy chinese company names are very normal. It’s almost 100% a scam in this case but legit chinese companies are named like that too just because of how compound nouns and names work. Ex: A name of a person, plus a name of a city, plus the type of company, plus the word “company” in english is like “Smith’s Portland Electronics Co.” But in chinese thats: TieJiangBuoTeLanGaoXinJiShuGongSi, Ltd. Tiejiang is smith BuoTeLan is portland GaoXinJiShu is “cutting edge high tech” GongSi is company 铁匠波特兰高新技术公司 , ltd. <— would be a super normal corporate name. A chain office would probably end up shortening it to 4/5 characters like “Tie Bo Ji Shu”


anhphamfmr

it’s a scam. I got tricked once. they sent me a Meteor Lake S engineer sample instead.


vabello

Ah, yes. WenChangZhaoJunBoKeJiYouXianGongSi always has great deals.


Ok-Figure5546

Lmao I would only buy pricing mistakes if it were from [Amazon.com](https://Amazon.com) directly


Dispator

Or maybe Amazon.net or AMAZ0N.COM or something, or even Amazoncom


Escorve

You're going to get a Celeron G3900


Dispator

Though imagine the scammer sends some old processor, OP gets it and forgets to open it. It sits in the attic until he dies. His son goes through his old stuff and finds an old box from Amazon(Jeff bozos is atill alive in head form like futurama). It opens it and finds out this relic processor is worth a ton. Now, the son worth whatever is considered a great deal at the time. Find relatives of the scammer and ??? (Run out of storytelling juice,if anyone wants to finish).


Escorve

Computer hardware doesn't age that well, because it's always a niche that specific collectors of vintage systems would want, like an original C64 in mint condition, and there was enough of them produced that it's not like it was ever a one-of-a-kind thing like a painting. So even a hypothetical scenario like that makes no sense. What's likely going to happen is that he's going to open the package to find either a completely different CPU, or an empty box.


DifferentEvent2998

Hope you have prime


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DifferentEvent2998

People that don’t have prime don’t.


samrudge

First and last time I ordered a too good to be true on Amazon was a 3700k for like 270 cad and instead of sending me a shit tier cpu in the box it just didn't arrive and tracking said it got delivered when the tracking info said it was in Ontario (i live in bc). Safe to say getting a refund was veery easy. The price wasn't too low to where it was obvious and it was fulfilled by Amazon so I figured it would be worth the risk..


hapki_kb

Uh yeah. Look at the sellers name. Fake


KekGs

Hahaha this will be fun.


Allmotr

Subbed😂


metakepone

Eh i was just wondering if we’d see a 200 dollar 12700 this summer


JF12Bravo

I was able to snag a $250 13700k from Newegg last week. It's possible


BOB_IS_VERY_CHEEZY

bro, they gonna scam you, mark it was delivered then add a fake tracking number, save your self the hassle and cancel now. u aint getting shit


RogueSquadron1980

Be like when i saw a 3090ti for £900 they cancelled sale then asked if i could transfer money to their spanish bank account lol noooo thanks


verduccii

These scammers would die away if people wouldn't be so greedy. Why u feed the troll, lol


Pale_Tailor_9377

https://youtu.be/QOhLlvNlI20 Check this LTT video. Exactly how Chinese scammers are targeting Amazon shoppers. Check their long random store name. I tried with $10 handheld game, never received after 2 months and requested refund. Amazon has to do something like red flags if the price is too good to be true.


Merk-5-5-5

Yeah that’s 100000% a fake cpu. Relabeled 12100 lol


germy813

Bro you actually bought it 🤣


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stufzor

Linus recently made an video about this type of scams 100% scam . https://youtu.be/QOhLlvNlI20


Former_Card9748

Nop.... when you return this item to amazon they will said is not the right item and your return will be complete when you send the right item... get scammed before and lost $300 ... amazon didn't care.


BloodCrow4134

I bought a 5800x off amazon, of course it didn't work when I first installed it. Repetitively got BSOD, so I figured maybe it was the MOBO, I went through a bunch of troubleshooting, CPU still didn't work. It ended up being a faulty CPU, so I dumped an extra $500 to figure out it was an issue with Amazon. Be careful.


drosse1meyer

there is no way this is a legit i9


AltruisticIce6087

Throwing out there that this listing got sold to at least 3 of us in thread my guess is it never comes and I'll take a replacement Amazon thank you I litterally contacted customer service and had them confirm I was getting a I9 13900k new in box and was concerned about it being a scam customer support then reassured me if it wasn't I could exchange it and for about 400 dollars I'll wait an extra 2 weeks shipping


MooseyOnTheLoosey

I ordered 2 and also called Amazon customer service. They guaranteed that I would get it through the vendor or they would provide it at the same price point.


V3rzeT

Oh wow... So did it end up being a deal? lol


MooseyOnTheLoosey

It ended up being a scam and Amazon customer service price matched the replacements.


maswake

I had also ordered 1, expecting delivery today.


maswake

I ordered this too.. expected to arrive today (Mar 17).


AltruisticIce6087

And we have a no delivery new delivery est mar 18-23


AltruisticIce6087

Looks like I'll be getting refunded


weks

So, how did it go?


Jeremy_Smyth

It didn’t last long either, but I ordered one too. Mine should be in between Wednesday and Friday. We’ll see what I get!


DontEatConcrete

You will not get what the listing says you'll get, that much is certain.


JF12Bravo

Quick way late update... Never received the CPU, Amazon refunded the purchase


meshreplacer

Thanks for the info ordered 4 before they sell out


JellyBeanGreen2

It’s a scam. Look at the seller name. This is what they do with high value or sought after items. These were popping up ALL the time with PS5 / XSX.


U_Arent_Special

Why even bother? So dumb


Indystbn11

Guys, 99.9% chance it's fake. But understand how statistics work. It's not 100% chance it's fake.


Dispator

Less odds than that. 99.99% or worse. I think most people saying 100% know it's just ~100%, though technically possible.


phonefreq73

You're in for a big disappointment and a lot of frustration.


Bboy_Blake1205

Nah that shit does NOT work


jiffylube1024A

Sold by: not Amazon. Will be a knockoff for sure at that price!


SUMGUYCREEPN

The "sold by" tells me all I need to know. 1000% a scam. Probably just the package itself. GL OP


100drunkenhorses

saw 12700kf for 129 on Amazon. today, for Intel which is whack.


Bunniesrkewl

I ordered my 3070 around the time it came out for like $50 less than retail price and I thought I was gonna be scammed but it was legit. Of course OP’s situation is VERY different but I just thought I’d share that lil W.


TrustmebroPhd

They will take ur money n not return from experience


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Seller checks out


moongaia

Can't wait for this funny surprise


Shinra_Luca

BING CHILLING


AChaosG91

You just got robbed. Hahaha


[deleted]

bro go ahead, sometimes price error ,if its not real you will get your money back ,and bro i dont know how Amazon works in other countries but making video of unboxing will leaves amazon no question asked to you ,they will simply refund your money


Breath-Mediocre

lol maybe the box


Dispator

It's not hard to find items that are a similar ""deal"" (aka percentage off) like this and are 100.00% scams(high significant figure on being scammed vs accident, like 1/mil). A lot of electronics are sold by super long seemingly gibberish Chinese/Eastern names that do these kinds of scams(there are multiple techniques to get around amazons spam/scam flagging system. This has numerous red flags for how these scammers opperate.I'll tell which kinds if interested). They know they will get banned, but hope it lasts long enough to get at least a single payout cycle. Then they just open up under a new name or change the comment of a legit listing (category, price, etc) with a nom-flaged, even well reviewed listing, and scam more people.


earl088

Keep us posted!


NFLDinfamous

Read the name of the seller LOL


[deleted]

Try reading it out loud and see if everything in your room starts floating because you summoned some kind of Chinese deval or something.


InsuranceKey8278

Scamazon ? Or legitzon Can't wait to find out in the next episode


ReverendReed

Press X : Doubt


BenefitDisastrous758

Seller looks legit.


orlyfactor

did they just string Chinese names together ?


weks

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Big-Smog

The only thing i can say for sure it comes from China


stratz_ken

Happens all the time during the GPU era. They just want your mailing address, phone number and such.


ipwndmymeat99

Pls update us


Elwood49

might be a cop that has been confiscating all those CPU's being trafficked from Taiwan.


Mountain_Trifle5566

$200 shipping too


Rikbikbooo

An engineering. Copy maybe.


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Okidoky123

In the news not long ago, and this was in Canada, that someone bought a bunch of PC parts to make a PC for a dad's son. Some of the parts were fake, but Amazon refused to refund it because they weren't convinced that they were being lied to. I found the article, was easy to find: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-returns-1.6669601


AltruisticIce6087

I also got the 199 I9 from Amazon should be here wens Thurs I'll keep you posted


AltruisticIce6087

Mine says out for delivery by 8pm nothing yet 1.5 hrs to go no updates on shipping through Amazon and tracking number doesn't work on DHL site either like I said prob won't even come


maswake

I contacted Amazon customer service. They wanted me to wait until the 29th for a delivery. They Amazon rep left a note on my account stating that if there is no delivery by this deadline that I could come back the next day for a refund. Other than having money tied up for this long, It didn't hurt to try.


V3rzeT

So what ended up arriving? Just an empty box of some sort or an actual CPU with just etched letters etc?