For the cause, I have opened a dispute with paypal for the remainder of the cost of the motherboard that was not refunded, which is 84.99. I explained the situation and linked this thread in the complaint. I will be recording any future RMA's to any company.
Just for reference, I have built three intel i5 pc's in the past two years, spending over $6000 with Newegg. I have only had to RMA this one motherboard for this small issue. I am not too concerned about what other customers do. I was a loyal customer who gave them no problems. I would think...
The motherboard was in perfect condition, the CPU power pins were straight. The fan just would not power up off of the CPU fan jumper. Here is the email I recieved:
"My name is Carl and I am contacting you in regards to the MB GIGABYTE|GA-Z87X-UD4H R motherboard that was returned to us under...
I would like to also add a situation I just had with Newegg to this list. I too returned a motherboard, Gigabyte z87 to Newegg only because the CPU fan header did not work. I carefully put everything back in place and returned it for an RMA. I then got the same message that CPU socket pins were...
This is not entirely true. If you catch a video card in the new arrivals section, they don't have a game bundled. Check this out: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130952