Dodgy tech retailer closes down after scamming RTX 5090 buyers for months

Earlier this year, we heard from a number of readers who had issues obtaining their paid-for product after pre-ordering RTX 5090 graphics cards from uwgamespecialist.nl, a tech retailer in the Netherlands. Following our initial report, the CEO of uwgamespecialist claimed that an internal investigation would be launched but by July of this year, we learned that the company was in fact still scamming customers. Now another couple of months later, the company appears to have shut down.

As spotted by Tweakers, the uwgamespecialist webshop is now closed and is no longer accepting any orders, the company's LinkedIn page has been taken down and the company owner declined to answer any of Tweakers' questions. The website now states that “unfortunately Your Game Specialist is no longer available”. The company listing on Google has also been marked down as closed.

In the image above, you will see one of several screenshots we received from verified customers a few months ago, in which the uwgamespecialist website falsely reports RTX 5090 GPUs as being ‘available', only for customers to be left waiting for months.

One commenter on the article, Joostbakker, claimed to have reached out to Jeroen Vukkink, the former CEO of the company and learned that a bankruptcy petition has begun. This means that customers with pending orders likely won't have their purchases fulfilled. However, if you are impacted, you may be able to contact your bank and have the charge reversed after explaining the situation.

KitGuru Says: We've been following this story closely for months, having reported on the initial RTX 5090 recall claim, which we quickly learned was a lie. Months later, they were still up to dodgy antics. If you had a pending order with this company, we would love to hear from you about your experience. You can reach us by going to our Contact Us page (HERE) and selecting the Editorial option. 

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