Clickbait title. They removed a faulty 32GB module from a 2x32GB machine and shipped the laptop back with the removed module.
dcrazy 12 hours ago [-]
The article clearly states the module was not shipped back to the customer.
gwerbret 12 hours ago [-]
The article is a clickbaity rehash of a Tom's Hardware article, which is a rehash of this Reddit post [0], in which it clearly indicates the extra stick was shipped back to the customer.
0: https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1vpew29/...