PSA: Beware of buying PC components from too good deals on Flipkart

...my one & only flipkart acc will be cancelled
INGRAM covers that as well - it's like they actually have someone smart to foresee such issues. Literally the first reason in the list.

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More importantly, would you really trust Fk after this? Providing refund isn't them being generous: it's them making you pretend this scam never happened. Till now it was the delivery chain stealing stuff. Now Fk itself is conning you.
 
INGRAM covers that as well - it's like they actually have someone smart to foresee such issues. Literally the first reason in the list.
That's good to know. However, do keep in mind that INGRAM has no "regulatory" or "legal" powers. They are more like a govt appointed intermediary & it is mentioned on INGRAM site itself that if not satisfied with resolution then consumer court is the only option left. INGRAM also doesn't consider any complaint for which proceedings are underway in any consumer court. I have seen cases where INGRAM resolution was not in favour of consumer & a note was added to final resolution that if still not satisfied with resolution then consumer may approach consumer court.

More importantly, would you really trust Fk after this? Providing refund isn't them being generous: it's them making you pretend this scam never happened. Till now it was the delivery chain stealing stuff. Now Fk itself is conning you.
I won't trust FK for any "good" pc component deals for sure unless it is a processor with open box delivery or some recently launched pc component which I know for sure cannot be more than 6-7 months old. It is though true that I had to unnecessarily suffer because of flipkart's fault for which now I am thinking of asking for appropriate compensation as another of my product is also in same situation with reply awaited from manufacturer regarding warranty on 2 years old product. For that I will definitely ask for compensation as I missed getting B550M Pro4 for 9200 from mdcomputers because of the flipkart deal & now it is out of stock everywhere & the next option in my list cost around 11.5k currently.
 
Update: Flipkart picked up the card for return & refund was processed after escalation & around 2 weeks of multiple calls.
@puns @Crazy_Eddy Please sticky this post in this section as I think buyers should be aware regarding this "trap" on flipkart's "pc component loot deals".
 
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any RTX 3060 12GB or RTX 4060 Ti 16GB deals?
If buying from flipkart then in open box delivery make sure to check the mfg date on the sticker on box & if it is more than 1 year old then refuse to accept the delivery by not sharing the otp. Many gpu brands won't consider purchase invoice date as start of warranty if difference between mfg date & invoice date is more than 1 year.
 
any RTX 3060 12GB or RTX 4060 Ti 16GB deals?
If buying from flipkart then in open box delivery make sure to check the mfg date on the sticker on box & if it is more than 1 year old then refuse to accept the delivery by not sharing the otp. Many gpu brands won't consider purchase invoice date as start of warranty if difference between mfg date & invoice date is more than 1 year.

Any good SSD deal in the sale? (PCIE 3.0)
Get WD SN580 from amazon/fk whichever is cheaper. If you can extend the budget a bit then get WD SN770 from amazon/fk whichever is cheaper.
 
Just saw offer on BB day in FK on Zotac 4060 GPU. Attaching SS for reference. Is it legit or again a fraud?
 

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Just saw offer on BB day in FK on Zotac 4060 GPU. Attaching SS for reference. Is it legit or again a fraud?
Legit but the main doubt is, how old is its mfg date? If buying from flipkart then in open box delivery make sure to check the mfg date on the sticker on box & if it is more than 1 year old then refuse to accept the delivery by not sharing the otp. Many gpu brands (especially zotac) won't consider purchase invoice date as start of warranty if difference between mfg date & invoice date is more than 1 year.
 
Legit but the main doubt is, how old is its mfg date? If buying from flipkart then in open box delivery make sure to check the mfg date on the sticker on box & if it is more than 1 year old then refuse to accept the delivery by not sharing the otp. Many gpu brands (especially zotac) won't consider purchase invoice date as start of warranty if difference between mfg date & invoice date is more than 1 year.
Appreciate your response. Thanks for the insight.
 
A friend bought a 4070 for 46k from flipkart.
Tell your friend to not accept the package before seeing the mfg/import date on sticker on the zotac box & if it is 1 year or older date (mfg/import date sep 2023 or earlier) then reject the package because zotac will not consider warranty from purchase date if difference between purchase date & import/mfg date is 1 year or more & instead warranty will start from import date so practically 2 years of warranty. Also, your friend won't get 2 years extended warranty either because for that the condition is that difference between purchase invoice date &import date should be 90 days or less.
Official reply from zotac to someone who bought a zotac card from flipkart in last year bbd/diwali sale at good discount.
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P.S. For those who are wondering how can anyone then get 2 years extended warranty from zotac with this 90 days limit then as per some online comments the answer is that direct/authorized sellers like primeabgb/md/vedant etc they "refresh" their distributor invoice date periodically so even if the import date is more than 90 days old the distributor invoice date is newer (supertron is the importer of zotac cards in India currently) which enables them to sell 4-5 months old stock still eligible for 2 years extended warranty. In any case, you can ask them over phone/email first to confirm this unlike amazon/fk etc where you will find everything only at the time of delivery at which point it all depends on your luck whether the distributor/import/mfg date is within time limit or not. For flipkart "good deals" the chances are almost certain that stock is going to be old if that card model was launched years ago like the case of 3xxx series.
 
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This is like taking the customer on a ride. Is it only Zotac doing this or is everyone else too?
I wish we had more stringent consumer laws against stuff like this in our country.
 
This is like taking the customer on a ride. Is it only Zotac doing this or is everyone else too?
I wish we had more stringent consumer laws against stuff like this in our country.
Zotac confirmed doing this. Some comments suggest gigabyte also do the same. I registered my almost 3 years old asus pcie wifi card posted here in croma deal with asus support receiving reply warranty will apply from purchase date so maybe asus will do the same for its graphics card but then there is never a "good deal" on asus cards on flipkart anyway. In fact if you look closely you will find all the good deals on nvidia graphics cards on fk are limited to zotac, inno3d, galax & occasionally gigabyte & I expect all of them to follow similar policy for such old stock.
 
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