I thought buying from scalpers or the owner warrants a receipt of purchase as well? It wouldn't make sense if there isn't
Scalpers are usually people who do not legally have open businesses, only the average joe trying to make some money without any risk, since they can return the items if they do not sell.
It's easy to do that, but I consider it unethical they return to the store to take the loss.
Some places don't accept RMA without you being the first owner with a receipt.
In my country, the video card can be returned within 15 days after purchase, but the video card must not be used. Some stores have extended return programs, but after the end of Ethereum mining, video cards were excluded from these programs
In my country if you buy something online you have 7 days to regret and return the item without any loss. But this is not valid to physical places, only some stores do that to attract customers.
Yes they were all Nvidia 4xxx pretty much. Most were unopened.
As I suspected, all 4xxx series.
No more demand now, it's pretty obvious, I don't know the numbers, but I would guess something like 95% demand reduction after the end of ETH POW.
Someone even posted some Craigslist ad on Nvidia Reddit or some gamer forum and basically was “Selling Nvidia GPUs at MSRP” and everybody there said they wouldn’t buy because if there is stock, why buy from a scalper and worry about getting a defective unit and then having to deal with warranty issues
Without being the original owner or having the original receipt. And I agree with them.
I agree too, because the store takes the risk in this case, the scalper will try to sell, but if he fails, it's easy to return everything and get the money back. It's not fair, the store have to pay employees, taxes, rent etc, the scalper don't have any obligation.