Some Newegg Customers Received Fake Intel Core i7s

Posted by kdawson on Saturday March 6, 2010 @10:58AM from the zero-gigahertz dept.

Several readers have mentioned the strange goods that some customers received from Newegg in place of the Intel Core i7 920 processor they ordered. Word on the problem first surfaced on TribalWar on Thursday evening. Newegg still hasn't commented on this. It's not known whether it happened as a result fraud by another Newegg customer, in shipping, or where. The "processors" are made of aluminum, and the "fans" are some kind of synthetic molded material. The "factory seal" was printed onto the box; the holographic stickers on the boxes were also faked. The first part of this video shows the bogus goods. At this writing Google News lists a handful of blogs mentioning the fakes.

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First post by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-06 11:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

is first.
Re:Newegg has responded by KiwiSurfer · 2010-03-06 11:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Mod parent up.
Re:Not me! by Ethanol-fueled · 2010-03-06 11:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Hahahah! Bra-VO, if only more Slashdotters had your scathing wit!
Re:Not me! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-06 12:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What damaged you so badly?
Re:Well something fishy is going on by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-06 12:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What the hell is twitter?
Re:asian counterfeits? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-06 13:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You ever see the faces of hungry children?
Chances are this kind of thing will continue on until there is some equivelance,