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This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake Intel CPU's"



 
 
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Old March 6th 10, 01:22 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
William
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Default This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake Intel CPU's"

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/...ake_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

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Old March 6th 10, 02:28 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
David Simpson[_2_]
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Default This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake Intel CPU's"

"William" wrote in
acquisition:

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/...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?


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Old March 6th 10, 03:47 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
William
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Default This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake Intel CPU's"



"David Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
"William" wrote in
acquisition:

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/...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





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Old March 7th 10, 09:54 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Barry Watzman
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Default This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake IntelCPU's"

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".

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/...ake_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

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Old March 12th 10, 07:54 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
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Default This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake Intel CPU's"

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:54:52 -0500, Barry Watzman
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
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Old March 13th 10, 02:32 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Percival P. Cassidy
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Default This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake IntelCPU's"

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/...ake_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
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Old March 27th 10, 04:26 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Greegor
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Default This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake IntelCPU's"

On Mar 12, 8:32*pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" 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/...ake_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

MiniScribe’s 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/bu...iniscribe.html

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Old April 5th 10, 07:58 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Greegor
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Default This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake IntelCPU's"

Intel, NewEgg and IPEX are not talking about what
REALLY took place.

Way to reassure the market, guys! LOL

We know of 300 of these fake units.
There are no answers about how many may
have existed elsewhere.

Just this KNOWN bunch represents
150K of retail product, though less at
wholesale cost.

What if this was done for the reasons that
NATIONS counterfeit other nations currency?
Just imagine the instability this kind of thing
could cause on a larger scale, much like
flooding the banks with massive amounts
of worthless currency?

Then again, isn't that what our Politicians
are doing?

Is the intent to destabilize the market or economy?

This is the latest/last article on this incident I could find.

http://www.crn.com/hardware/22330017...KH4ATMY32 JVN

Supplier Of Fake Intel Chips Denies Being Original Source
By Scott Campbell, Damon Poeter, ChannelWeb
4:58 PM EST Tue. Mar. 09, 2010 Ipex Infotech, the Fremont, Calif.-
based technology distributor identified by Newegg Monday as the source
of fake Intel (NSDQ:INTC) Core i7 processors shipped to the e-tailer's
customers in recent weeks, said Tuesday that it was not the original
supplier of the phony chips.
Late last week, the first claims surfaced that Newegg had sold fake
Intel processors after customers posted photos and videos on the
Internet showing non-functional chip and heat sink lookalikes packaged
in fake Core i7-logoed boxes. On Tuesday, Ipex's Cathy Liu e-mailed
Channelweb.com the following statement:

"Ipex has been supplying computer components to the technology
industry for over 10 years with the goal of providing quality products
and services to our customers. Recently we were referenced in
connection with some counterfeit Intel Core i7 920 Microprocessors
sold within the US market. While we purchased these products in good
faith from a supplier we are very disappointed to learn of the
questionable status of these products and are taking appropriate
action to resolve the issue for any impacted Ipex client as well as
are fully cooperating with Intel's investigation in to determining the
original source."

Asked by e-mail to name the "original source" of the fake chips cited
in the Ipex statement, Liu replied that Ipex had disclosed that
information to Intel but could not comment on it publicly.

Meanwhile, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel is letting Newegg handle
the fallout from the scam, an Intel legal affairs spokesperson said
Tuesday.

Dan Snyder, an Intel spokeseman for legal affairs, said that from
Intel's perspective, "the ball is really in Newegg's court now" and
that Intel wasn't currently pursuing any legal action against parties
that might have been involved in the fraud. Snyder said that Newegg
was handling customer care admirably in the aftermath of the scam.

"Newegg has been really supportive to us and we've been speaking to
them several times a day," he said. "They're immediately responsive to
any customer that comes to them."

Ipex's Web site, www.ipexinfo.com, was up on Monday but was not
working Tuesday after Newegg's allegations surfaced. Channelweb.com
called Fremont police to ask if an investigation into the scam was in
the offing, but the call had not been returned by midday Tuesday.

ASI Corp., a Fremont, Calif.-based hardware distributor that shares
"some common shareholders" with neighboring company Ipex Infotech,
said it played no part in the scam and was cooperating with Intel in
the chip maker's investigation.

"ASI does not own Ipex. That is not the case. They're a completely
separate company. Ipex is not in any meetings with [us] with Intel or
any other manufacturer that we have. Ipex is a competitor," said Kent
Tibbils, vice president of marketing at ASI.

"If you ask our sales people, they'd identify Ipex as a competitor,
just like many other companies in the computer industry."

Intel did contact ASI after news of the fake processor shipments
broke, Tibbils said.

"We have been in contact with Intel. We're working with them on their
investigation on this particular model. We're cooperating in regards
to what Intel's asking us," Tibbils said. "ASI is not being
investigated by Intel. They're asking questions because of the same
shareholder relationship, but none of those [fake] products came from
us."

In fact, ASI does not even carry the Core i7-920 processors that Ipex
allegedly sold to customers through Newegg, according to Tibbils, who
stressed his company's longstanding relationship with Intel.

"We have to go through a lot to become an authorized distributor. We
are an authorized distributor [for Intel]. Integrity of the product is
very important to us," Tibbils said.

Intel's Snyder said would not comment on which companies Intel had
contacted in the course of investigating the matter.
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Old April 6th 10, 07:29 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Foke
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Default This is just too funny to pass up "Newegg Selling Fake Intel CPU's"

On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:58:12 -0700 (PDT), Greegor
wrote:


Just this KNOWN bunch represents
150K of retail product, though less at
wholesale cost.

What if this was done for the reasons that
NATIONS counterfeit other nations currency?
Just imagine the instability this kind of thing
could cause on a larger scale, much like
flooding the banks with massive amounts
of worthless currency?


OMG.

And how large a scale would it take to have an impact? If everything
Newegg sold for six months was counterfeit, you still wouldn't have enough
volume to destabilize US currency.

(Snipped the tin-foil hat thingy about the politicians. Low-hanging fruit
like that just isn't as much fun to ridicule.)
 




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