Comments on: The Amazon PC Trap: Why Those “Cheap” Deals Are Actually Scams https://www.maketecheasier.com/amazon-new-windows-pc-storage-scam/ Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:57:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lee C https://www.maketecheasier.com/amazon-new-windows-pc-storage-scam/#comment-133228 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:57:53 +0000 https://admin.maketecheasier.com/?post_type=pitch&p=857530#comment-133228 I never buy on Amazon etc. without checking user reviews. Of course there can be fake reviews, but when there are a lot of reviews and detail plus and minuses of an item you usually get a better indication of whether to buy or not. I would hope that any victims of said scams would write reviews about said items etc. and thus help make potential buyers aware of such scams. Thank you for advising of this. Its the first time I’ve read about it and will be sure to check when I buy.

]]> By: mark feldman https://www.maketecheasier.com/amazon-new-windows-pc-storage-scam/#comment-133197 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:57:05 +0000 https://admin.maketecheasier.com/?post_type=pitch&p=857530#comment-133197 see my prior comment …mark feldman

]]> By: mark feldman https://www.maketecheasier.com/amazon-new-windows-pc-storage-scam/#comment-133196 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:53:19 +0000 https://admin.maketecheasier.com/?post_type=pitch&p=857530#comment-133196 i type like this due to a neurological disease…its easier for me….thank you for exposing common law fraud….attorneys general will be all over this crap….they will not let me put in the appropriate words…..class actions ahead…wish i was a lawyer…amazon is on the hook too…..these hidden automatic un disclosed charges are fraudulent as they are hidden and undisclosed until you are on the hook…..its been done before with credit cards ….and other public purchase lures….you are to be commended for exposing the rats

]]> By: Col. Panek https://www.maketecheasier.com/amazon-new-windows-pc-storage-scam/#comment-133160 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:11:35 +0000 https://admin.maketecheasier.com/?post_type=pitch&p=857530#comment-133160 Well, you get what your pay for, so that’s not really a scam. Shop carefully, get what you need.

Last summer I bought a refurb HP laptop that was “business class”. It has a kensington lock, a smart card slot, and a LAN socket. That’s usually a sign of a more solid build. With 8 GB RAM, it ran Windows kinda sickly, but I immediately tried a couple Linux OSes, which all worked fine (settled on KDE Neon, for fun). It was only $125.

I learned not to buy a new HP consumer grade laptop.

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