Man, GN is legitimately a pillar of investigative journalism. They’ve broken, like, a LOT of (tech-oriented) corporate fuckery stories, and they ALWAYS bring receipts.
yea, as usual its a "we will strive to do better in the future" not-apology.
This should be a either a rent-to-own system, or just a monthly payment system. Be clear "you will pay 150% the purchases price of the equipment over this time period", and it would be mostly better.
Yeah I've waited 2 GPU generations before upgrading my GPU, which was several years. So this whole I can't wait I need it now subscription model for hardware is just bizzare to me.
Not sure such models can be fair and reliable. I guess an alternative would be an installment plan, where you at least own the computer when you paid it off. Not sure if it exists for PCs but I know sometimes there's 0% plans for electronics so you would not even pay extra, besides what stores add anyway for prebuilt computers. I'd still recommend saving up and building your own or use a build service for individual components, since that tends to usually be cheaper and you have more control over what you get, since a lot of prebuilt PCs have odd components.
I have an old NZXT case I'm still using. I recently have been thinking about a new case. It definitely won't be NZXT even though I've enjoyed the one I have.
If you could afford such a deposit, you would probably just buy a PC.
The GN video says they want a photocopy of your ID. They used a fake name so couldn't provide one. A few weeks later the PC showed up even though they didn't have a copy of the ID.