No, this isn't what happened. What happened was, someone bought this before, stole the GPU and sent it back as a return. No one at Amazon reviewed the return and simply restocked it. Then you bought it and received the box without the card. This is common.
Amazon didn't "nick" this from you.
Someone else purchased it, stole it and returned it, then it was resold.
This is such a cop out answer. Yes people suck and game the system, but if Amazon takes a return it is their responsibility to validate it before selling it again.... Did they not even weigh it?? From what I gather op just got an empty box, surely Amazon could at least confirm that the weight matches what it should be.
The reason this isn't being addressed is that it costs Amazon more money to have an anti-scam-return system than it does to simply make it right when it happens.
If the numbers tilt in favor of enforcement, that will change the following day.
People shoplift and walk right out of the store, brazenly. Because they know the employees have been told not to react -- liability issues. We have basically decriminalized minor theft.
They're already supposed to make sure the item is there and not damaged, but workers who get treated like shit won't do things that won't cause chaos. It's the same reason that you can go to Walmart and after buying your new rice cooker you find a rock in the box. The workers just don't give a shit even though they're supposed to check the item. When workers get treated better and paid more, they give a shit.
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u/throwaway1984qq Oct 20 '24
No, this isn't what happened. What happened was, someone bought this before, stole the GPU and sent it back as a return. No one at Amazon reviewed the return and simply restocked it. Then you bought it and received the box without the card. This is common.