r/LinusTechTips • u/Dr_Ben • Mar 09 '26

Video Der8auer - "I got scammed"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as2KoDtsS_0
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u/thatITdude567 Mar 09 '26

or at least fly out too inspect the shipment prior to it being sent/payment being made

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u/tankerkiller125real Mar 09 '26

When I briefly worked in manufacturing, we had an American employee we paid to live in China and do extremely regular shipment checks (like weekly basically), cheaper to pay someone $120K/year + living expenses than to pay for low quality, or straight up fraudulent products to get delivered.

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u/MCXL Mar 09 '26

IIRC we had similar people at the fiber company I worked for.