Amazon, Please Stop This Gaming PC Scam

The more I looked at this, the worse it got.

Chapter Titles:
0:00 Amazon has some explaining to do...
0:33 The Amazon "Gaming PC"
2:40 Meet Alarco
3:40 But how bad is it?
6:13 How are they doing it?
7:47 Custom vs Scamazon PC
11:38 Where are the reviews?

[b_man-]

It's honestly infuriating how all these amazon sellers make absolute garbage and then hide it behind RGB and false promises hoping to trick some unsuspecting parent into buying it because their kid wants to play Fortnite with his friends. I get that a lot of people make their product look better than it is, but blatantly lying about it should NOT be allowed.

[CodenameRockerika]

There was a period when sites like Amazon actually recommended the industry leading brand when you search for a product. Now everything feels like the scammiest internet ad from the bottom of a buzzfeed article all across the internet.

[msstefani]

14 years ago, I was using pre-builds. Now I built my own pc.

I am glad my nephew has someone like me. I can build him a pc he can game on.

[npctrucker]

I'm honestly, glad someone looked into this. I looked at this PC before ultimately making my own and lets just say there is so many red flags, ik not everyone is going to see or even know what too look for. I really hope you get a far reach with this video to raise awareness it's tragic that they're getting away with this stuff.

[antonistiger]

I really hope more people take this seriously. It's very odd that other tech youtubers don't shine any light on this issue. A lot of people are getting scammed by a "legitimate" business, which also happens to be one of the most successful sites out there. And this has been happening for a few years now.

[hanktank]

Really cool to see Austin take this seriously and call it out. Hope it gets some attention, I feel bad for people wasting their money on scam products. This PC would be fine if they marketed it for what it is and gave it a lower price.

[UmmmmActually]

"hey bro your pc looks expensive, what can it run?"
"gta 3"

[BananaVRyt]

i lowkey feel bad for the 12 year old luckily my parents bought me this pc so they knew what they were doing... hope that kid is ok and feelin well hahha

[DetroitDJSpade]

The saddest part about this is because of how tech savvy this channel's audience is, this message won't reach who it needs to.. at least not enough of them. ☹ Thank you guys for bringing much needed light to this trash.

[pjsw]

You need to find that 12 year old kid and provide him with a pc

[Abelii]

i recently ordered a motherboard on amazon (for some reason the shipping was set for a month) and when i look at the seller, every single negative review is crossed out by amazon, similar to this, which made the ratings 100% positive, even with hundreds of negative reviews

im praying that everything turns out okay

[jonathanlai]

Thanks for doing this. I’m so shocked that this is happening especially since I’m a computer enthusiast myself. Hopefully you can save some people from getting scammed. ❤

[zachjusta]

My friend just got that exact pc and as soon as I saw it I told them to RETURN IT NOW, thankfully she was still within the return date, so sad to see people getting taken advantage of not knowing what they are getting

[bubbledoubletrouble]

Would have been interesting to check the SMART data from the hard drive… also see if you can recover the old data from it to check whether it was securely wiped.

[Deadinthehead]

as a former amazon employee who used to take pride in my work making sure people got their packages on time it saddens me but with the betrayal the company did to me I hope they get held responsible for allowing this scam bs, removing reviews used to be against company policy. (let

[bou]

Thank you for helping bring this to light. As a system builder for people it makes me so mad to see others getting robbed of their hard earned money by upselling used older parts.

[btgm]

Tbh, the review removal by Amazon is not that uncommon - I bought a watch from amazon and was sent an empty box, left a 1 star review as they just straight scammed me, and it was removed by amazon with the same excuse

[Rivejix]

This is honestly why when I said to my parents that I'd have to get a PC in order to use the monitor they got me for Christmas, I told them I wouldn't get one off of Amazon.

I just have a feeling that every PC that could come off Amazon is just a Front facing Scam to catch those who are unsuspecting.

[randomgrinn]

Check out the 150, 000 lumen flashlights that Amazon recommends. When measured, they are more like 300 lumens. Amazon has absolutely no problem ripping off its customers because the government does not come after them.

[AshtonCoolman]

This is sickening to see. Amazon needs to be sued for false advertising.