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From: William on 5 Mar 2010 19:22 Newegg unknowingly got a hold of a bad batch of Core i7-920 CPU's from a distributor who passed some counterfeits into the order. Apparently about 200 out of 1000 purchased have these plastic fan/heat sinks units with faked CPU's in the box. The box is a bad knock-off and leads one to the conclusion the counterfeits originates in China, (grammar and spelling is bad.) To make thing even worse for NewEgg, HardOCP is all over this story giving NewEgg a hard time about the problem. See it at: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus . So all you builders of motherboards using i7 cpu's purchased from NewEgg better take a close look at the parts you just received from NewEgg before the week end builders party begins. William
From: David Simpson on 5 Mar 2010 20:28 "William" <nospam(a)pacifier.com> wrote in news:y4SdndfjY_6xPQzWnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d(a)posted.palinacquisition: > Newegg unknowingly got a hold of a bad batch of Core i7-920 CPU's from > a distributor who passed some counterfeits into the order. Apparently > about 200 out of 1000 purchased have these plastic fan/heat sinks > units with faked CPU's in the box. The box is a bad knock-off and > leads one to the conclusion the counterfeits originates in China, > (grammar and spelling is bad.) > > To make thing even worse for NewEgg, HardOCP is all over this story > giving NewEgg a hard time about the problem. See it at: > http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpu > s . > > So all you builders of motherboards using i7 cpu's purchased from > NewEgg better take a close look at the parts you just received from > NewEgg before the week end builders party begins. > > William Billy boy, Why do you think it's funny that someone ripped someone else off for ~ $4000? -- _______________________________________________ / David Simpson \ | dsimpson(a)NOnyxSPAM.net | | http://www.nyx.net/~dsimpson | |We got to go to the crappy town where I'm a hero.| \_______________________________________________/
From: William on 5 Mar 2010 21:47 "David Simpson" <d-simpson(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:Xns9D32C6108431Cdsimpsoncomcastnet(a)127.0.0.1... > "William" <nospam(a)pacifier.com> wrote in > news:y4SdndfjY_6xPQzWnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d(a)posted.palinacquisition: > >> Newegg unknowingly got a hold of a bad batch of Core i7-920 CPU's from >> a distributor who passed some counterfeits into the order. Apparently >> about 200 out of 1000 purchased have these plastic fan/heat sinks >> units with faked CPU's in the box. The box is a bad knock-off and >> leads one to the conclusion the counterfeits originates in China, >> (grammar and spelling is bad.) >> >> To make thing even worse for NewEgg, HardOCP is all over this story >> giving NewEgg a hard time about the problem. See it at: >> http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpu >> s . >> >> So all you builders of motherboards using i7 cpu's purchased from >> NewEgg better take a close look at the parts you just received from >> NewEgg before the week end builders party begins. >> >> William > > > Billy boy, > Why do you think it's funny that someone ripped someone else off for ~ > $4000? > David: If you want to go down that road, then be my guest. Have you read the article on HardOCP? They are calling the cooling unit is made of cheese, mash potatoes, and more. Apparently Hard OCP and NewEgg are not being friendly to each other currently, and HardOCP is taking advantage of the event trying to make more out of it than it is. By the way, NewEgg is handling this event admirably and are to be commended for their aggressive movement in taking care of their customers. They always do. I have spent tens of thousands of dollars over the years at NewEgg, so I have personal interest in this bru-ha-ha. Gee wiz David, lighten up. Do you have a dog in this fight? William > -- > _______________________________________________ > / David Simpson \ > | dsimpson(a)NOnyxSPAM.net | > | http://www.nyx.net/~dsimpson | > |We got to go to the crappy town where I'm a hero.| > \_______________________________________________/
From: PRIVATE on 12 Mar 2010 01:54 On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:54:52 -0500, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: >This is not what I call a counterfeit CPU; a "counterfeit" cpu is at >least a real CPU (typically, a lower speed version that has been >"remarked" to be labeled as a faster CPU than it really is); this is a >hunk of metal, and the "fan" is a photo of a fan and some foam rubber or >plastic. > >But, regardless, "someone has some 'splainin to do". "someone" has more to do than just some 'spaining. Like maybe, hire a good defense attorney. That "someone" should do time for this. I think this is called fraud, and if 300 units are affected, with a retail price of say $300 (rounding off a bit), that's 90 grand. Serious enough for the local DA to ask "someone" a few questions. -AH
From: Greegor on 26 Mar 2010 23:26
On Mar 12, 8:32 pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nob...(a)NotMyISP.net> wrote: > On 03/05/10 07:22 pm, William wrote: > > > Newegg unknowingly got a hold of a bad batch of Core i7-920 CPU's from a > > distributor who passed some counterfeits into the order. Apparently > > about 200 out of 1000 purchased have these plastic fan/heat sinks units > > with faked CPU's in the box. The box is a bad knock-off and leads one to > > the conclusion the counterfeits originates in China, (grammar and > > spelling is bad.) > > > To make thing even worse for NewEgg, HardOCP is all over this story > > giving NewEgg a hard time about the problem. See it at: > >http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus.. > > > So all you builders of motherboards using i7 cpu's purchased from NewEgg > > better take a close look at the parts you just received from NewEgg > > before the week end builders party begins. > > Some 25 years ago I was told that Sony UK ended up with a bunch of fake > "Sony" audio cassettes in their own warehouse! It was conjectured that > somebody bought a few cases of the genuine ones then returned the > packages for credit with the fakes inside. > > By a similar method, Intel themselves could have ended up with fakes in > their warehouse. Or the scan could have been perpetrated against NewEgg > -- or is NewEgg simply an order-taker, with the goods actually being > shipped by Ingram Micro or whoever? > > Perce http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniScribe MiniScribes failure centered on one of the first major accounting scandals in the computer industry; after losing a supply contract with IBM's PC division in 1985, MiniScribe falsified its sales records for several years before being discovered in 1989. The primary scandal erupted in the final weeks of 1989, when after failing to procure short-term financing, the company executives decided to embark upon a fraudulent course of action to bring in the financing unwittingly from their customers. As each unit sold was tracked via serial numbers and also sat uninspected for some weeks inside warehouses in Singapore awaiting use in production, the decision was made to ship pieces of masonry inside the boxes that would normally contain hard drives. After receiving payment, MiniScribe then planned to issue a recall of all the affected serial numbers and then ship actual hard drive units as replacements, using the money received to meet financial obligations in the short term. Astoundingly, MiniScribe embarked upon a round of layoffs just before their Christmas shutdown, including several of the employees that were involved in the packaging and shipping of the masonry. These people immediately called the Denver area newspapers, which broke the story during the holiday season. Following immediate investigations in Singapore and in Colorado the fraud was confirmed. MiniScribe lawyers filed for bankruptcy within minutes of the start of business on January 2, 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/13/business/fraud-is-cited-at-miniscribe.html Published: September 13, 1989 Sign in to Recommend Sign In to E-Mail LONGMONT, Colo., Sept. 12 According to an internal report released by the Miniscribe Corporation, former senior managers of the computer disk-drive maker ''perpetrated a massive fraud'' on the company for the last three years. The report, released Monday, paints a picture of a company run amok under the direction of its chief executive, Q. T. Wiles. Under pressure from investor lawsuits, Miniscribe initiated the in- house investigation in March. A copy of the 1,500-page report that emerged was given Monday to the enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the report, Miniscribe was so poorly managed that senior officials, including Mr. Wiles, fabricated financial data with tactics that included shipping bricks and scrap parts disguised as disk drives. Mr. Wiles, 70 years old, ran the company from April 1985 until he resigned in February this year. His entire management team has also left. Mr. Wiles increased sales from $113.9 million in 1985 to a now- disputed $603 million in 1988. Miniscribe reported a $14.6 million loss for the fourth quarter of 1988. In May, Miniscribe announced that its financial reports for 1986, 1987 and the first three quarters of 1988 were not reliable. The company said Monday that its restated financial results would show a negative net worth. |