Getting an RTX 3090 graphics card for just $120 seems like a dream, but Amazon Japan is selling mystery boxes that may contain some of the best GPUs. Skip to main content Menu ...

If you just splashed out more than a grand on the latest, greatest, most powerful desktop graphics card on the market, you might be a bit miffed if you instead received… three backpacks in the box.

At ¥14,000, or $100-$125, the boxes may make some sense as an investment, if you're lucky, and even graphics cards at the lower end have been selling for way over $200.

An attendee of the Micro Center Santa Clara grand opening went home to find their $3,000 RTX 5090 had been replaced with dummy goods.