> Getting a refund for the "broken" equipment is a standard ebay RMA process, and Craigslist/meta-Marketplace returns can be a bit more complex. But the equipm

> Getting a refund for the "broken" equipment is a standard ebay RMA process, and Craigslist/meta-Marketplace returns can be a bit more complex. But the equipment isn't broken: it's perfectly-functional. Some third-party putting the GPU's serial number on a naughty list is no reason to demand (nor approve) a return. Even assuming that spoofing is impossible (it's not) and the GPU was involved in illegal behaviour, why assume the seller knows that? Not everyone plays your video game. > This is pointless, as there are several anti-cheat queries companies can run, I'd say it's pointless because you can just instruct your computer to report a different GPU serial number. There's no reason for a cheater to replace the hardware: the only reason to replace a GPU is if it's faulty, or you want a different GPU. > > This reads as condescending > It is not my call what companies do with problematic users. That too, but: what you've written reads as condescending. > And MTG events also bans cheats for marked decks, and pulling unfair tricks that violate the rules. Every time someone writes a criticism of the ban methods, you start defending the bans. There's some kind of miscommunication going on here. GPU serial numbers are not a good proxy for people you want to ban. The burden of this fact should fall on the decision-makers, not everybody else. "Guilty until proven innocent" is not usually considered just.