Learning IT

[froggyboy604]

I feel fake cables can also break your equipment, and may melt.

[Skeithex]

Or just not work, wasting time and money, adding more frustrations to the person.

[froggyboy604]

I think there is also a chance that you get a different item like a piece of rope in the box which may not even be a cable if you buy a fake cable by mistake.

[Skeithex]

True, I've bought PC batteries before and ended up with pc stylus instead.

[froggyboy604]

I think sometimes people at the shipping company or store may replace the real item with a random item to add weight to the package, so people may not notice the real item is not missing as quickly.

[Skeithex]

That's how it works, so they can take the item for themselves or sell it for extra cash.

[froggyboy604]

I heard of people getting slower CPUs instead of faster CPUs which they bought.