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Creator says Amazon closed his account after he tried to buy seven Nvidia DGX Sparks

Customers report account suspensions and order cancellations following attempts to buy hardware on Amazon.

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Creator says Amazon closed his account after he tried to buy seven Nvidia DGX Sparks

Content creator Nick Saraev has stated that Amazon closed his account after voiding an order placed for seven Nvidia DGX Spark units. The report follows separate claims from Epic Games chief executive Tim Sweeney, who also experienced order cancellations following an attempt to acquire graphics cards. The episodes highlight frictions in procuring high-end compute equipment through consumer retail channels.

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This summary was written by the GPU Data Hub desk from reporting published by Tom's Hardware on 3 Nov 2026, 11:00. Read the full article at the original publisher.

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