Nvidia RTX 4090 eBay seller scammed by buyer who returned card with GPU and VRAM removed

WTF?! It's a sad truth that there are always risks when buying and selling second hand. But one would assume dealing with an eBay store that has lots of positive feedback wouldn't be dangerous. The person who sold their RTX 4090 to the company, only to have it returned without the GPU or VRAM chips, would likely disagree. The graphics card industry right now is as bad as it was in the pandemic/chip crisis era of sky-high prices and nearly no stock. It's led to the second-hand market becoming a Wild West of opportunists and shady businesses. A Redditor called piscian19 discovered this when he sold his RTX 4090 on eBay a couple of weeks ago. He writes that the buyer had feedback from over 30,000 previous transaction and a storefront. Piscian19 notes that there were some elements of the sale that raised suspicions, including why a business would pay retail price for a card. The California-based business' name, which isn't revealed, also seemed "odd." Out of caution, the Redditor prote ... Read full article.