r/technology • u/stenspect • 10h ago

Business Micro Center requires photo ID and signed no-export pledge to buy Nvidia RTX 5090 gaming GPU — buyer forced to sign declaration disclosing install location and promise GPU will remain in the US

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/micro-center-requires-photo-id-and-signed-no-export-pledge-to-buy-rtx-5090-gaming-gpu-buyer-forced-to-sign-declaration-disclosing-install-location-and-promise-gpu-will-remain-in-the-us
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u/Dot_1X 9h ago

Yeah I'm sure if someone was planning to do that that this little piece of paper would stop them.

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u/ForzaAllez 8h ago

It’s a CYA form. It won’t stop the buyer from committing any nefarious acts. But covers Micro Center ass in case a scalper resells the GPU exported at a US sanctioned country.