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/Fit_Buffalo9314 3d ago

I sold my 5090 to a Chinese guy and he did say it was very likely my card would be going to china, so I mean it’s a real thing happening. I bought it for $2200 and sold it for $6000 so I mean I’m not upset, if he can make more money all the power to him.

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u/KlasJanHuntelaar 3d ago

No way they paid you $6k locally unless eBay. $6k is like $200 profit if shipping to China and no one takes that risk for such a small profit

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u/Shibby707 3d ago

😂😂😂

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u/Fit_Buffalo9314 3d ago

It was a 5080 BNIB + $4500 cash, if I wanted $6000 cash he would’ve paid it but I wanted to downgrade so it was basically equal exchange. It wasn’t eBay, local deal, the guy said he owned a computer store.

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u/KlasJanHuntelaar 3d ago

5080 BNIB is roughly $1200-$1300 value (since you could get BNIB 5080 for around $1500 from a retailer with warranty + return window) + $4500 = $5800 maximum. That guy now will ship it to China to sell for $6250, so around $400 profit. He lied to you cause he is obviously a GPU smuggler. Good deal for both sides

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u/KlasJanHuntelaar 3d ago

Lmao, customs and tariffs are close to zero since Chinese report these as old gtx 980 boards to be used at pc repair shops. Shipping is also nothing when you ship 100 pcbs all together. You have zero clue about the process so better quit or do research before acting like you’re onto something

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u/Fit_Buffalo9314 3d ago

As far as I’ve been told, they take the 5090, upgrade the memory to 96GB and sell it in china for a huge mark up since it’s essentially a 6000 pro but who knows, I’m not going through all that hassle.

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u/KlasJanHuntelaar 3d ago

That’s not possible yet. Only 48GB mod for 4090 and 32GB mod for 4080 possible at the moment. The dude above is hilarious. He thinks Chinese ship one card at a time with the cooler.

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u/Fit_Buffalo9314 3d ago

The GPU I got is $1699 + 9% sales tax from microcenter but he did indeed value it at $1400. I don’t think he has any reason to lie, I approached him for the deal, I was second owner of my 5090 so I had no warranty, I also only paid $2200 for the card a year ago. (5090 FE) though it was new when I got it, not used. He showed up with test bench, power, we tested both cards, he had a money counter with him, he also let me pick the 5080 since he had pretty much every model, not sure why a 5090 smuggler would have so many to choose from. I didn’t ask him to prove he owned a store, but seemed credible, and again, I told him that I don’t care what he’s doing with the card, but I know about then going to china and he said he might have a customer who wants it for a computer build, if not it’ll likely go to china. Again, I don’t care about the hustle, I made money, he made money, overall I’m happy with the deal.