I said that because they claim the board had no flaws yet they had not looked at it before sending it out new thus how could they insist the damage happened at my end. Then throw in that pic showing a rather unusual, almost precision path of destruction that is not reflective of CPU insertion causing damage.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a pretty bizarre problem. I don't know how 'the customer' could have > bent back a few pins in the middle. I don't think the problem is the fact > that Newegg doesn't inspect incoming (think of the number of each of > thousands of products), but rather the idiot (probably a vice president) > that made the decision to send the board back to you. > > > On 9/19/2014 6:01 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: >> >> Oh, forgot I was going to post a pic taken with the "free" microscope >> cam I bought with the token $25 refund I got from Newegg. So I >> basically made $25.00 on the deal in a sense because GTS covered full >> replacement cost. >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/87scp4nq6hl2ga0/Image4.png?dl=0 >> >> On the bright side I really like the Asus board even though it's the >> less expensive "A" model. >> >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Stan Zaske <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Fuck NewEgg piece of shit business that once cared for their customers. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:44:51 -0500, Joshua MacCraw <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> 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! >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > >
