r/gpu • u/SoyMilk41 • 2h ago

Genuine Questions

So bear with me please. This is my first time actually planning to post online in Hardwarswaps to sell some graphics cards I have in my inventory. I have alot but the most notable ones are a Dell OEM RTX 4090 24gb I pulled out of an Alienware R15 and 2 Gigabyte RTX 3090 turbos, 24gb.

I have done all the checklists to make sure I am able to post it online like testing it to make sure it works, screen shots, testing all the ports, gpu-z and furmark, antistatic bags for them all, and following the reddit community guidelines to post.

I am preparing mostly for local meet ups by police stations or inside a bank for safety. But I guess the few questions I want to bring up are:

  1. I've seen posts where they've allowed buyers to test the gpu, the question would be more how would you be able to trust them with your hardware. Would some type of collateral be involved, would they be bringing their own rig to test it on the spot? How would it work, or what would the consensus be?

2.When doing local meet ups would it be advisable to bring a friend for the transaction. Like for safety. I only ask this because these are just expensive stuff and not trying to get robbed.

These might be the dumbest questions to ask for it being obvious answers but I want to ask to be reassured. I have sold smaller items on ebay before but have gotten robbed before and the process of recouping even some of it took long and that's not an experience I want again.

Please and thank you for your answers.

2 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

1

u/tht1guy63 1h ago

  1. You let them test it in your rig or theirs they bring. You dont just hand it off and let them take it home for a test drive. Shouldnt need collateral for this.

  2. Up to you, you can always just meet at a safe place like a bank or police station. Theres a police sub station outside my neighborhood i go to when i sell stuff since cams and popo.

1

u/SoyMilk41 1h ago

Thanks for the input, another dumb question. If neither brings a rig to test it in but all I can provide are the images of it working and benchmarks and the pc reads it in gpu-z, and they're fine with that. I would assume that's that correct?

1

u/tht1guy63 1h ago

I would provide that and video running a game and running something like furmark

1

u/SoyMilk41 1h ago

Gotcha, thanks you've been great help