一位買家近日在亞馬遜平台，花費4193美元購得一塊二手的ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090。然而開箱之後，他發現盒中既沒有顯卡的核心，也沒有PCB電路板，只剩下散熱器和一副空殼。
據外媒PiratNation報道，該型號在官方渠道的二手標價高達6449美元，買家以明顯偏低的價格入手，本身就是需要警惕的信號。有網友推測，此前有人給這張卡裝上了水冷頭，用完之後把裸卡連同風冷散熱器一併退回，而平台的檢查流程未能發現異常——類似情況此前已發生多次。
A buyer in Canada paid around C$4,500 for an RTX 5090 through Amazon Warehouse, he recorded the unboxing and found no GPU inside, no PCB, chip, or memory, He received only the cooler, heatsink, and backplate. The card had been returned earlier, so someone may have removed the expensive parts and sent back the empty shell. The buyer returned it. When buying expensive PC hardware, record the unboxing so you can get a refund just in case Imagine paying $4,500 for an RTX 5090 and getting only the cooler. https://twitter.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2105871142846406739
好在買家在開箱時錄下了完整影片，證據充分，亞馬遜已確認啟動退貨流程，拿到退款應當不難。不過也有網友指出，該開箱影片存在前後矛盾之處，質疑是買家自行調包後發帖；由於商品來自第三方賣家，責任追溯也比亞馬遜自營更為複雜。
Amazon is a middleman, pay attention to the name of the seller. Sometimes I see a seller name that looks like they headbutted the keyboard. When it appears to be too good to be true, it probably is. https://twitter.com/WastingSanity/status/2105879029912076553
事實上，針對高端顯卡的騙局近年層出不窮，從盒中塞入石頭、毛巾，到用低端卡冒充高端型號，手法不斷翻新。對於購買昂貴硬體的用戶而言，收貨時全程錄像，已成為一種常見的自我保護方式。
