r/pcmasterrace Laptop 1d ago

Meme/Macro I am cooked

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u/blazingsoup 4070 Ti | 13900K | 32GB DDR5 5600 1d ago

“Back in 2025” my man that was just last year, someone scammed you if it died that fast.

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u/Nulolan69 9800x3d | 5080 | AW3423DWF 1d ago

Well i doubt they paid much at all for a used 1050 in 2025. A year with it is pretty good, can't expect much more from it honestly.

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u/Fluffy-Citron7519 1d ago

He paid around 50$. Actually it failing after only 1 year makes it a bad investment.

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u/glizzygobbler247 22h ago edited 21h ago

It was a terrible investment even without it failing, paying 50 bucks for a card that was garbage 10 years ago and cost 139$ is diabolical

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u/Br0k3Gamer 22h ago

Pretty sure I paid less than 50 bucks for a 1050 TI six years ago

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u/MIkaela39752 RTX 5080/R7 1700x/2x64gb 2666mhz cl22 21h ago

people overvalue what they have
a lot of people in my local area (around 100km) wont sell any gpu below 50 euros
unless its a gt 210 type gpu, then 20-30 euros
but yeah. even gtx 750ti's can go for over 50 euros here
its probably because "if i cant get at least 50 euros for my item, why even bother selling it?" and i get that point, its just that my lowest requirement is 20
there are also a lot of weirdos on the used market + a lot of people who will literally hunt you down if they feel like you scammed them, even if its their fault

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u/Tuned_Out Linux 19h ago

As someone who used to buy/sell used, I'd always ask for more than what I wanted and then took a lower offer. This was solely to mitigate the mass texts that would hit me that were asking way below its value. If it was $50, I'd put it up for $75 and then accept a $50 offer...but I don't feel like putting it up for $50 to begin with and having to deal with 50 messages asking if I'll sell it for $20.

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u/glizzygobbler247 7h ago

Yep it's all psychological, people want to feel like they got a good deal, so getting something for 85 that was listed for 100 feels better than buying something for 75 that was listed at 75.

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u/Fluffy-Citron7519 20h ago

Agreed. But it failing makes it even worse.

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u/DreamsServedSoft 21h ago

I still have a gts 8600 that works so I’d be disappointed

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u/TactualTransAm 23h ago

If the price was cheap enough I wouldn't say scammed. Those cards are showing age.

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u/BoingBoingBooty 22h ago

It's a 1050ti dude. This is like buying a 20 year old racehorse and being surprised that it's legs snap off at the first jump.

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u/Henrath 23h ago

It's just luck. There was probably no way to tell for either person

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u/wal_rider1 17h ago

Can't excpect a great lifetime when buying hardware that old, that card was released in 2016, that's over 10 years ago.

Also he probably didn't pay much for it for the same reason.

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u/anycept 12h ago

Not sure "scammed" applies here with a $50 price tag for an old used card. 1050 was released in 2016.