Man 'Scammed By Amazon' Claims He Got A Used 'Dabba' Laptop After Ordering One Worth Rs 1 Lac

From vegetarians complaining about receiving non-veg food to those ordering electronics online and getting packets of soap instead, the world of online shopping is another cautionary tale in the making it seems. In a recent incident, a man named Rohan Das took to X to share his ordeal. He says he placed an order on Amazon for a new laptop worth Rs 1,00,000 but got a "used dabba" instead. Here's what went on.

Who is the man who claims he got a used laptop from Amazon?

He was shocked to discover that the warranty had already started in December 2023 | Image: X/Rohaninvestor

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Rohan Das turned to X users to warn them against ordering electronics on Amazon. "I Was Scammed By Amazon! @amazonIN selling used products as new. Today I received a "new" laptop from Amazon, but it had already been used and the warranty started in December 2023," he captioned his tweet which now has 166.9K views. The accompanying video shows him moving the camera over the 'new' laptop, before moving the order details. He was shocked to discover that the warranty had already started in December 2023.

What happened next?

Amazon reportedly apologised to him for the fiasco | Image: Unsplash

¡°Take this issue to ¡®consumer courts¡¯, write an application using words ¡®cheating¡¯ ¡®manipulating public trust: a non technical person would have never realised the scam¡¯ ¡®mental agony¡¯ ask for 10 lakhs compensation,¡± wrote one user. ¡°Never buy laptops from Amazon. They sent me i3 processor dabba laptop when I had ordered i7 worth 94k,¡± was another user's warning for him.

Amazon reportedly apologised to him for the whole fiasco.

Meanwhile, Lenovo, also tagged in the original tweet, got back to him saying ¡°Hello there, We maintain the machine¡¯s manufacture date in our database; however, the real warranty begins on the day of the customer purchase date, & we manually update it after sharing a Bill invoice copy.¡±

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Watch the video below

I Was Scammed By Amazon!@amazonIN selling used products as new.

Today I received a "new" laptop from Amazon, but it had already been used and the warranty started in December 2023.@Lenovo @Lenovo_in pic.twitter.com/TI8spJffgm

¡ª Rohan Das (@rohaninvestor) May 7, 2024

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