check out this aliexpress motherboard gacha https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006100511771.html

[uep@timeloop.cafe]

@wezm @whitequark that, probably mostly the former, with the additional wrinkle that the packaging may not label them differently and they don't want to send opened boxes either.

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@wezm former I think

[fm_volker@mastodon.social]

@whitequark AliExpress lootbox?

[nicolai@babka.social]

@wezm @whitequark sorting the inventory costs more than it is worth

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@r it's a stark contrast to western retailers like amazon that bend over three times for any customer request no matter how stupid

[krutonium@social.treehouse.systems]

@whitequark @sen The worst part is when they have both, but you lose 2 SATA if you populate the NVME. ;n;

[theking@mskey.nekomimi.party]

@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems there is another header that is on yhe old one but not the new one??

[theking@mskey.nekomimi.party]

@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems there is a whole IC missing on the bottom of the new one

[whitequark@social.treehouse.systems]

@theking presumably the PS/2 controller sitting on the TPM bus

[ppxl@social.tchncs.de]

@whitequark wtf how do these folks do business

[viss@mastodon.social]

@whitequark ... wh.. whats.. whats that 'chance' section there at the top? is that like, youre rolling the dice ordering this thing because thats the odds you actually get what you ordered?

[ubik@fedi.turbofish.cc]

@whitequark Didn't know quantum products were a thing