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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Waaaay back I took a massive risk on two GTX 1080s.

Dude on my discord server "knew a guy" who was selling his SLI 1080's for £450 because he wanted a 1080Ti  (this was back when they cost around £550 new). SLI still had reasonable support back then and he was mostly using them for rendering video anyway, so I didn't get this logic, but whatever.

The catch was that this guy was in New York, and I'm in the UK. So I blindly sent off £450 across the Atlantic and crossed all my fingers and toes. Everyone told me I was mental and would never see that money, or the cards, again.

To my surprise and relief, two mint cond. GTX 1080's turned up on my doorstep 9 days later.

Sometimes, just sometimes, humans can be nice and decent.
gpt
Buying from a guy in New York vs buying from a sketchy Chinese company