Hello strangers, Man I wish to be even 1/2 as active here as my 20's... That said I have a aggravating experience to share:
So I order an Asus z97-a for my eldest's new box only to discover 2 RAM slots are dead. End result is I have like 8 bent pins on the CPU socket. Not mashed, squashed or otherwise an effect of "down" but more like bent 180deg backwards like spon face down & then bent backwards. Now I, like the rest of us, have bent my share of CPU pins but sure as shit this was a genuine factory defect given the pattern & method. Newegg takes it back on RMA only to return it back to me days later unrepaired.as "customer damage" Good news is it seems Google Trusted Stores was a worthwhile freebie checkbox. I tick it all the time after Newegg orders submit because GTS is sending full refund on a MC gift card! Oh and I got to keep the damaged mobo which otherwise works fine... Moral of the story is Newegg doesn't check box contents on the way out but they sure do at return!
