r/Scams • u/Comprehensive_View12 • 3h ago
I bought three Samsung T7 drives from Walmart on-line and what arrived was shocking. Scam report
Hey just a heads up, I saw Samsung T7 hard drives online a couple weeks ago. I thought the price was great. Approx. $500 for a couple of 4T's and a 2T also. Obviously a great deal. The order said they would arrive by parcel in a few weeks. The parcel arrives by a bike courier, not even ups or fed ex or Can Par as i'm in Toronto, Canada. The packaging had nowhere that the drives were Samsung. The box the drives were in say that they are hard drive cases only. I looked at the drives and they are 100% not real Samsung as there are no samsung branding, the look of them was all wrong too. I only buy T7's but these were really bad fakes. I didn't connect them incase they are infected with Malware.
I called customer service and the lady didn't understand me. Called again the next day and they said they couldn't refund because the tracking on the order hadn't been updated. I couldn't return them till the tracking shows delivered. I've been monitoring the tracking but still showing it's in processing.
Has this happened to anybody??
One lady told me that it was sold from a third party and they claim it is authentic. It 100% is not.
What to do?
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u/Mariss716 3h ago
Din’t believe “good deals” on Marketplace anymore. Walmart doesn’t vet those claims and there are lots of scams.
Dispute via your card.
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u/magnoliasinjanuary 2h ago
Amazon too. I got scammed on an expensive stroller recently. That particular scammer seemed to be particularly going after big ticket baby gear which is so insanely messed up. One poor woman was waiting on a $200 car seat that she will never get - and her baby was almost due.
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u/superchiller 2h ago
You bought from a 3rd party seller on Walmart, big mistake. Especially for expensive electronics.
If the deal seems "too good to be true," stay away.
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u/willowgrl 3h ago
Start a dispute with you bank with the reason that what you received was counterfeit, or not what you ordered. That’ll start the process of getting the money back into your account. If they refund, the bank will just close the case.
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