Amazon sends a brick instead of a high-end RTX 5080 GPU

Sunday should be a reminder to always record the unpacking of expensive items bought online. It only takes a few seconds to start recording on a phone, and it provides peace of mind with evidence if something goes wrong with the order.

One Reddit user shared a disturbing story of receiving a wrong item instead of an RTX 5080 GPU. We often joke about massive quad-slot graphics cards being the size of a brick, but scammers are now taking advantage of this by returning literal bricks.

For context, a standard brick weighs about 2.2 to 3.5 kg depending on the material. To trick return systems, scammers only need to match the weight, which may go unnoticed by automated checks. The scheme is even easier if the original shipping label isn’t tampered with or is replaced.

These so-called “untouched” graphics cards, often not marked as returned or open-box items, are then sent to other buyers. That’s how some customers end up with bags of sand—or, as seen now, actual bricks.

Amazon sent me a brick instead of a 5080
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Paraphrasing one Redditor’s comments: imagine getting a “bricked” GPU, then imagine receiving a literal brick. Others joked that this might be NVIDIA’s new “Foundation Edition.”

Source: Reddit