Nvidia RTX 5080 Amazon Scam Sees RTX 5060 Ti Passed Off as the $1,400 Card
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Nvidia RTX 5080 Amazon scam sees RTX 5060 Ti passed off as the $1,400 card
Redditor r/buildapc wrote that he recently bought an Asus SFF-Ready Prime GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition direct from the Asus store on Amazon. There's no mention of a price, but it's $1,400 on the product page.Read Entire Article
Unlucky customer buys RTX 5080, receives relabelled RTX 5060 Ti in the box instead — GPU was sold and shipped by Amazon, hinting at return switcheroo
An Asus Prime RTX 5060 Ti was swapped for the RTX 5080 the customer actually ordered, with reapplied stickers to add another layer of deception. The malpractice is easy to spot as the 5060 Ti has a single 8-pin connector, while Nvidia's 80-class cards have used 16-pin connectors for a while now. This is another entrant in the "commingling" line of scams.
Amazon buyer warns of scam after being left shocked by RTX 5060 Ti in place of their $1,400 RTX 5080
Last Updated on January 21, 2026 A recent GPU delivery incident has caught the attention of PC builders after a user reported receiving the wrong graphics card from Amazon. While stories of incorrect or tampered orders aren’t new, this one stood out because it involved a high-end GPU that arrived as a much cheaper model ...
We have the right this day to a new rocablesque order history at Amazon USA that ends badly. It is this time about a graphic card, and not a DDR5 memory kit based on DDR2. The story comes from Reddit, again, or a user relates his misadventure with the great American e-commercialer. The latter ordered a GeFroce RTX 5080 PRIME from ASUS and after delivery and opening the package, there was like a wolf. [...] Read more
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