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I ordered an external graphics card (which retail price has gone up another $200 recently after 5 days of ordering) on August 8th, with an estimated delivery date of August 20-22.

On August 15th, I get an email from Afterpay stating Amazon cannot fulfill the order, so they're sending a refund. However, when I check Amazon, the order is still active and is awaiting shipment. There's nothing indicating that it was cancelled at all.

I contacted AP from the app's support, and the responses (I'm sure AI, even though it says it transferred me to an actual Advocate) has responded with the same reply repeatedly, stating I am expected to get my refund in 7-10 business days.

What do I even do, other than play the waiting game to see if it ships? With the recent crazy bump in price, I simply cannot lose this order! AP is unfortunately not helping with this situation at all.

Thanks in advance!

Basically, the title. It causes the controls to not work as well on boot. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Hey!

I have a ROG Ally Z1 Extreme. In great condition. Purchased brand new back in June 2025 and babied this thing since. Installed a 74whr battery mod and comes with a 1TB 2280 form SSD. Like most of these units, the micro SD card slot doesn't seem to be working. Comes with original charger, kickstand grip case, and tempered glass screen protector installed. Selling for $415 shipped. Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/DnNiLuM?s=sms SOLD ELSEWHERE

In addition, have a PlayStation Dualsense Edge controller. Good condition, nothing wrong with it, I was just gifted the black version. Comes with original case and accessories. Comes with brand new, never used stick modules coming directly from my black version. Has comfort grips applied as well. Selling for $115 shipped. Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/GeHk9ea?s=sms SOLD IN A PREVIOUS POST

Comment before PM'ing me, please and thank you!

Hey!

I have a ROG Ally Z1 Extreme. In great condition. Purchased brand new back in June 2025 and babied this thing since. Installed a 74whr battery mod and comes with a 1TB 2280 form SSD. Like most of these units, the micro SD card slot doesn't seem to be working. Comes with original charger, kickstand grip case, and tempered glass screen protector installed. Selling for $415 shipped. Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/DnNiLuM?s=sms SOLD TO u/DataNurse47

In addition, have a PlayStation Dualsense Edge controller. Good condition, nothing wrong with it, I was just gifted the black version. Comes with original case and accessories. Comes with brand new, never used stick modules coming directly from my black version. Has comfort grips applied as well. Selling for $115 shipped. Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/GeHk9ea?s=sms

Comment before PM'ing me, please and thank you!

Hey everyone!

I have a ROG Ally Z1 Extreme. In great condition. Purchased brand new back in June 2025 and babied this thing since. Installed a 74whr battery mod and comes with a 1TB 2280 form SSD. Like most of these units, the micro SD card slot doesn't seem to be working. Comes with original charger, kickstand grip case, and tempered glass screen protector installed. Selling for $435 shipped. Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/hGjC86G?s=sms

Next, I have a modded Nintendo Switch Lite. In good condition, some minor scuffs. It's the Dialga & Palkia Edition. Comes with original charger, grip case and a 1TB micro SD card. Selling for $315 shipped. Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/dOxHrWG?s=sms SOLD ELSEWHERE

Finally, have a PlayStation Dualsense Edge controller. Good condition, nothing wrong with it, I was just gifted the black version. Comes with original case and accessories. Comes with brand new, never used stick modules coming directly from my black version. Has comfort grips applied as well. Selling for $115 shipped. Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/emba2RO?s=sms

I have 20 confirmed trades on r/hardwareswap if you'd like to use as reference! :)

For more context (and for storytime purposes), my wife and I lived in an apartment with roommates (another couple) for 6 years. One day, I decided to do the math of the amount that we've wasted to be there since I managed all the bills anyway, and it was pretty eye opening to say the least, especially realizing it was an amount that could've been a real good chunk of a paid off house we would've at least owned in the end. The realization of owning nothing after all these years really hit me. After this discovery, my wife and I started to discuss our next move, and ultimately decided to tough it out for one more year in our apartment to get more prepared, to pursue our own place to start our dream of having a family.

Shortly after this, our roommates decided to bail without telling us, during the holiday season of all times (our lease was always up for renewal in February and we learned the hard way of them bailing via the office contacting us out of the blue, not even afforded the decency of a warning, despite them being the problematic couple that we had to tolerate), on top of the insane increase in rent (started off at $1300 in 2020, now being offered to renew for $1950 in 2026) which was a rude awakening as well. Suddenly, we were forced to make a decision immediately, instead of one more year we had just discussed.

With a pretty short amount of time to act, I locked in and decided to finance a beautiful manufactured home, after years of learning about these homes from my mother, who's had one for almost a decade now. We couldn't have been happier with our decision, and it really feels like a new chapter in our lives.

That is, until we started to realize that literally everyone is moving out this place! We've been here since February 2026, and nearly every day, there's a new "For Sale" sign posted. Hell, even my next door neighbor put one up this past weekend! I know there's nothing wrong with the neighborhood itself, this is honestly a real nice place, and the only thing I could think of is the yearly increases of the lot rent, which my mother already warned me about. However, I guess having just come from an apartment, I don't understand what is the real alternative here unless you're deciding to spend more upgrading to a traditional home which I can't really see that happening in today's economy. In the end, we're paying for about the same as we'd be paying in our apartment rent before the proposed increase. Average out everything, from the bills, gas prices, etc., everything looks the same for us, and we're pretty sure the intention of neighbors moving is due to cheaper alternatives, unless it's my own ignorance.

I just can't help but feel that maybe we've made some sort of mistake. Or maybe this is a FOMO situation. It feels like we the only new ones that have moved in, while everyone is cashing out. Are we missing out on something here? To be clear, we're pretty happy with our move, but if there is a true alternative that I'm not seeing here, I'd love to know.

Appreciate you reading this far of my ramble session!