A Reddit user encountered an unusual retail error while purchasing storage hardware from Amazon. The individual placed an order for a single Samsung 990 PRO 2 TB Gen 4 SSD. Instead of receiving one drive, the user received ten units of the same model.
Amazon shipped ten units instead of the single drive ordered by a Reddit user.
The Samsung 990 PRO is a PCIe Gen 4 NVMe solid-state drive. The specific model involved in this incident is the 2 TB capacity variant. The user paid $479 for the single unit they originally intended to buy.
The total estimated value of the ten drives the user received is nearly $4,800. Amazon allowed the customer to keep the extra drives rather than requiring a return. The user plans to use the proceeds from selling the additional units to fund the construction of a gaming PC.
This incident highlights the high retail price of current-generation high-capacity NVMe SSDs. The Samsung 990 PRO sits in the premium segment of the storage market. Retail errors of this magnitude are rare but demonstrate the significant financial stakes involved in consumer hardware purchases.
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