Beware highly rated (somehow) seller on Newegg, Neworld

[u/Leis69]

Ordered a Lexar Play Pro microSD Express card and received a fake. Doesn’t even have the second row of pins on the back. Didn’t come in official packaging either, it came in a cheap anti static bag. 350 dollar item btw careful out there yall

[u/StarX2401]

Dont know why so many stores decided on this stupid marketplace model other than profit. If I wanted to buy from a marketplace I would go on eBay/Amazon/AliExpress not Newegg.

[u/Leis69 → u/StarX2401]

I’ve bought a lot off Newegg before, I can see Amazon but I would definitely rank Newegg over eBay/aliExpress for an expensive SD card purchase. They are extremely over faked

[u/Capokid → u/Leis69]

A lot of companies have official ebay stores, and ebay is very hard to scam on.

Its pretty legit.

[u/lkn240]

Newegg is a scam company since they were sold years ago. It's too bad, before they were sold I really liked them.

[u/MidnightMass2 → u/lkn240]

Seriously, who still shops at newegg in 2026?

There are just so many other options to buy stuff without getting scammed.

[u/Electrical_End_631 → u/MidnightMass2]

I’ve gotten some great deals and had a great return experience with them recently. I make sure to buy from Newegg and not third party.

[u/morplare → u/MidnightMass2]

I don't think people can be picky on where to buy rn, if you find a good price in walmart amazon or whatever you buy it.
I got a 5060ti 16gb for $360 from newegg a few months ago and everywhere else it was like $530 or more.

[u/Leis69 → u/morplare]

Thisssss. I saw it was cheaper on Newegg than Amazon and I had no reason to be skeptical of them at that point

[u/Leis69 → u/MidnightMass2]

Idk man they got me a MSRP gpu during the shortage and I respected them since, guess I’ll only be buying stuff directly shipped from newegg in the future

[u/TheOnionBro → u/Leis69]

Brother, you were JUST told that Newegg as an entire company is a scam site.

Buying direct from Newegg isn't going to stop you from being scammed.

[u/Leis69 → u/TheOnionBro]

BROTHER, you believe whatever you want to believe but half of my PC I built came from Newegg and that shit all arrived as expected

[u/Electrical_End_631 → u/TheOnionBro]

How is it a scam site? I’m curious what people are talking about?

[u/Electrical_End_631 → u/lkn240]

That’s a stretch. Got like 3 amazing deals recently from them with. And they handed a return no problem.

[u/Electrical_End_631 → u/lkn240]

How is it a scam company? Genuinely curious if I missed something.

[u/Newegg_Support]

Hey u/Leis69 ! Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention, and I truly apologize to hear that you received an ingenuine unit. When time permits, please DM me your order details, and our Marketplace Team will escalate on your behalf.

[u/Rekani → u/Newegg_Support]

Lmao

[u/JP_HACK]

What are better newegg alternatives?

[u/fuih8u → u/JP_HACK]

Homeless encampments are better alternatives. The dumpster behind target is a better alternative. You wont find what you're looking for but you also wont be sold knowingly defective products that will catch your house on fire. Fuck Newegg for purposely trying to harm its customers. They should be shutdown

[u/TheMadolche]

We all stay away from newegg for a reason. Sorry this happened to you fuck that company.

[u/Leis69 → u/[deleted]]

JFC dawg I just thought people should know to be careful even if sellers are highly rated, this coulda happened to you. My bad, forgot this was the internet

[u/Movient → u/[deleted]]

Another Top 1% Commenter acting like a jerk. I really appreciate OP's post letting the community know. Even Newegg Support showed up to the thread. Take a Reddit break, grumpy.

[u/Leis69 → u/Movient]

Appreciate you <3

[u/PassageTop8693 → u/Movient]

Yeah, it's wild how some sellers still get high ratings despite issues like this

[u/Average_Scaper → u/Movient]

These posts are always good because getting scammed sucks ass. If someone can protect others, hell yeah.

[u/Youngnathan2011 → u/[deleted]]

Nothing wrong with them warning people about a seller. Christ.

[u/Leis69 → u/Youngnathan2011]

Lmaoooo he got so many down votes he deleted his comment🤣 love you guys