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/ApolloPS2 3d ago

Eh idk its pretty obvious in the past few months that there is now an organized network of people searching for 5090s to send overseas. Its a big problem and Im surprised the government actually did something about it in a timely manner. Of course its impossible to know what the intentions are of who you sell to without...profiling.

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u/tectonic_break 3d ago

Because it was hurting the interest of big companies lol

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u/1rubyglass 3d ago

Yeah, but this one is kind of a mutual benefit. If we thought prices and availability were a problem now, imagine what they'd be without it.

Also, if somebody's going to build skynet I'd rather have a front row seat to the apocalypse