RAM so hot even Satan signs for it: stolen kit “delivered” 300 miles away at 4 a.m.
A Redditor in the UK ordered a Crucial 32 GB DDR5 4800 MT/s SO-DIMM kit from eBay and watched the tracking take a strange turn. The parcel was marked as delivered at 4:15 AM , logged about 300 miles from his home, with a spiky star scribble in place of a name. People in the thread joked that the signature looked more like a rough pentagram than anything a real courier would write.
When a package did show up, it was just an empty packet. No RAM, nothing to suggest the kit had ever been inside. The post on Reddit quickly filled with similar stories of missing parts, most of them small PC components that are easy to pocket and easy to resell.
In the UK, the seller is still responsible for the parcel until it reaches the actual recipient, but people in these situations often describe being passed between retailer, courier, and local police. Each side tries to hand the problem off. It’s probably best to always pay with a credit card and ask a bank for a chargeback, even if it means being banned by the retailer.
We have covered so many stories about stolen GPUs that we have lost track of what people have found inside. Sandbags, potatoes, or even a brick (thanks to super heavy modern GPU designs, I guess).
RAM theft is rarely reported, but we suspect it such reports may now increase due to memory price hikes. It may be much harder to notice at the moment of delivery, though. Let’s use this story as a reminder to always open a package with expensive goods while video recording. It does not cost you anything beyond some storage on your phone, and you can always remove the video later. Do the same for packages that you send, too.
Source: Reddit
