At Least 32 Zotac RTX 5090 Buyers at Micro Center Find only Backpacks Inside the Boxes

At least 32 Zotac RTX 5090 buyers at Micro Center find only backpacks inside the boxes

A redditor going by the handle JamesFerg650 posted an image – taken in a car – of his Zotac RTX 5090 box that had been purchased from Micro Center Santa Clara. Other images showed the box opened on a bed, containing nothing but sealed GlamAholic backpacks.Read Entire Article

Backpacks, Instead of Graphics Cards, Were Found Inside Factory-Sealed Zotac RTX 5090 Boxes at a Microcenter in California

Image: JamesFerg650/Reddit One person’s bad luck turned into a greater scandal than expected at a recently opened Microcenter after purchasing the flagship RTX 5090. Reddit user JamesFerg650 (1, 2) went to the soft-opening at the Santa Clara store and happily walked out with a brand new Zotac RTX 5090 Solid OC, only to find out once they got home that something was horribly amiss. The proud owner of the premier and costly, even at physical store…

If it weren't so curious, we wouldn't report it, but on Reddit (#1/#2) a first report appeared yesterday, in which the buyer of a ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5090, bought from the electronics dealer Micro Center in the USA, instead of the graphics card, found three crossbody backpacks in the sealed packaging.