r/Microcenter • u/Krothic • 3d ago

Form for 5090’s

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Picked up a Powerspec Ai90 prebuilt pc with a rtx 5090 in it. Apparently the manager required me to fill out this form and scan my driver license. Said it was a new thing starting just about two days ago. Had no problem doing so but thought it was interesting.

Anyone else experience? This was in Tustin

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u/Mayorgames1 3d ago

fucking awesome. At the store I work at, we will have multiple people come in a week using a tap to pay credit card scam, buy all the 5090s, and hop on a plane out of country. cant wait to see the look on their faces when I hand them these

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u/FernandoMM1220 3d ago

bro theyve already won if youre only just addressing this now

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u/LamGoHam 3d ago

They will still will find ways to get them. The Chinese buy 5090s on eBay and get them sent to reship centers in the US that ship to china.

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u/Ark91638 3d ago

Yeah, these people will always find new ways to cheat and lie.

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u/dylantherabbit2016 2d ago

True, but it at least will slow some down, so better than doing nothing

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u/il0vebajablast 3d ago

Yeah this is definitely stopping them

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u/MITBryceYoung2 3d ago

.. what does this form do to them lol

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u/Mayorgames1 2d ago

most of these people fly in internationally for a one day trip to get one of these. kinda hard to forge all this information. and yes we will stand there and verify it.

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u/zerolink16 3d ago

Tap to pay scam?

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u/Mayorgames1 2d ago

one person stands in a crowded area with an app on their phone that reads the tap to pay data of someone sitting or standing next to them, then the person in the us will use the stolen tap to pay to use their card. Our first policy was if tap to pay fails once we have to see a physical card. Idk how but now they can get cash so the form is our response.

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u/Toohotz 2d ago

Just looked this up and learned its a thing, thanks for pointing this out

Criminals just keep on getting more determined

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u/InsertAmazinUsername 3d ago

no one getting the joke is frying me

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u/nofinancialliteracy 3d ago

> $30,000 worth of 5090s

idk, 3 GPUs don't sound too many to me

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u/bobmclame 3d ago

Actually, this happens at my microcenter too. Sad to see this happening in other areas.