Corsair ships customer $35 decorative memory sticks instead of $1,000 worth of 96 GB of DDR5 memory — buyer accidentally receives dummy RAM in unlucky warranty claim

Source: Tom’s Hardware

Incident Overview

In an extremely timely mix‑up, someone on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit sent one of the sticks in their 96 GB kit of Corsair’s Vengeance DDR5 for an RMA and received non‑functional dummy RAM in return. The customer’s real memory was worth at least $1,000 while the decorative modules are just $35.