A gamer has bought a new processor. For the i9-9900K, he had to pay ‘only’ 9 euros. Because the seller had buried the product under a lot of other stuff.
A gamer reports how he claims to have made the purchase of his life (via reddit.com). He bought an i9-9900K for just 9 euros. This CPU is already 4 years old, but it still ranks among the fastest processors you can buy. At the moment, you will pay around 600 euros for the CPU (via geizhals.de).
He has been very lucky with his purchase, as he explains himself. The seller buried the good processor under a pile of other junk and probably didn’t know what he was selling for that price. Another gamer had bought a high-end graphics card for 18 euros from an uninformed seller.
The user himself says about his purchase:
It was the only thing I could find, and believe me, I searched. No idea how it [the CPU] ended up in the mix of rubbish. Usually, I only find junk from Target, but today they had a bunch of Amazon Basics items that looked like canceled/returned orders, so it might happen more often that they mess up.
According to the gamer, it is also original sealed goods. He did not receive used goods.
Our title image comes from the reddit thread we linked above.
Such sellers usually sell returns from Amazon and Co
Such sellers, like the one described by the gamer, usually sell returns from major mail-order companies. In Germany, you can also purchase such return pallets for different prices, but these offers are mainly aimed at commercial buyers. A YouTuber once bought such a pallet to see what interesting items were in it. We embedded the German video here for you:
Is it even worth it? Basically, you should avoid such experiments, as explained in a comment on YouTube (via youtube.com). Because valuable items have already been sorted out, and you mainly receive “hard-to-check goods, heavy goods, white goods, cheap stuff, no-name products, your own returns” and a lot of mixed junk. You probably won’t get a PS5 or a powerful gaming PC from such a return shipment.
If you still want to try this, the consumer protection has some important tips for you regarding what to consider when purchasing such “mystery boxes”. In many cases, these boxes are not worth it for private buyers anyway.
A well-known tech YouTuber wanted to build a gaming PC using only used hardware, but it went pretty wrong. This was mainly due to a specific component:
Tech YouTuber buys used hardware for 600 € – Builds a gaming PC from it that dies after 25 minutes
