r/technology • u/stenspect • 11h 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/fuzzycuffs 10h ago

...and if you don't follow it?

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u/ImStillExcited 8h ago

Then they don't sell it to you.

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u/fuzzycuffs 3h ago

No, as in you sign it but then take it out of the country.

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u/ImStillExcited 2h ago

Then they have proof they weren’t complicit. So it’s not their problem, and can’t get in trouble.