The gamer orders his first computer for online gaming and receives it in a wet box

Of course, this is not how a new gaming PC should arrive with us (Image: reddit.com/user/Thegodfather424).

Anyone who orders a PC online will naturally hope that a good piece will arrive home intact. What no one really wants is to take a broken device out of the box in pieces or – worse yet – hand it over to a wet box. But that's exactly what happened to this guy who ordered his first real gaming PC.

Bad Surprise: A new gaming PC is delivered in a damp box

This is what it's about: This person who reported his fate on Reddit had a very unpleasant surprise. It would all have been so beautiful. He ordered his first fully assembled PC online and then received the device in the mail. However, the second box that was in the first box was completely wet and therefore completely damaged.

This is what it looks like in the two pictureswhich Redditor Thegodfather424 shared:

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That's between the larger outer box and the smaller inner box There are no packaging materials at all It was packed, and looked mysterious and suspicious. But the fact that the inner box is wet while you don't notice anything from the outside is the crown glory.

After all, this is a valuable product. We don't know exactly which PC it is, but the cheapest full PC available at Newegg with a Yeyian Phoenix case is Costs just under $1,500. This corresponds to about 1,380 euros.

But the good news: It appears that the computer still reached the author of the article without any damage. At least according to one Redditor, it's up and running so far. However, it remains questionable whether plugging in the device and trying it out is a good idea.

This is what you should do in such a case:

Ideally, you film the process of unpacking expensive electrical appliances that arrive in the mail. If something is broken, you have definitive proof that it's not your fault.

You should at least take photos of any external damage to the package. If this visible damage is very obvious, you may refuse to accept it when the package arrives.

Otherwise you must contact the distributorWho ordered the device? He must then take the necessary steps for you. It may also make sense to contact both the seller and the shipping company (such as UPS in this case).

Of course, it remains questionable how it happened that the inner box was so wet. Someone must have noticed this and still put the part in the other box.

all's well That ends well? At least a solution to the problem is already on the horizon: One Redditor has contacted Newegg, the mail-order company. One of the company's employees has already interacted with it, even on Reddit, in the comments below the post. So it can be assumed that a person will get their money back or at least not have to pay anything if the computer gives up the ghost due to moisture.

How would you react if you opened a box like this? Has something similar happened to you before and do you always take photos or even videos of these deliveries?