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Whats with Newegg's return policy now on many of their popular motherboards?
While deciding on which mobo to get, I initially looked at only P35s due to their maturity and cost. Then I started realizing that of the 5 or so Gigabyte flavors of P35, some had only a limited 30-day replacement policy, while the subsequent model would have a 1-year replacement policy instead no rhyme or reason why.
Ive personally never had a mobo go bad on me in the first month (knock on silicon), but Im buying a new one now because of one that eventually went sour a bit later down the line I think Neweggs RMA process is the shit and as easy as it gets. I think dealing with the actual manufacturer is a nightmare/hassle more times than not, and I prefer to do my shopping at Newegg as a result of this
Well, I finally decided on the IP35 Pro at roughly $180 and then I see the questionable 30-day replacement policy on it. GRRRRR! The additional 1-year replacement policy on it would be an extra $30 to the cost. Thats would put the total at $210 or so
Sticking with Abit, I check out the IX38 Quad GT and see its inviting price of only $220. Quite the deal for an X38 board. Whats even better is that the IX38 has the typical 1-year replacement warranty that Newegg keeps my business with. So for $10 more and the same piece of mind, Ive been forced to buy the IX38 over the IP35 Pro.
Just thought some of you may be in the same boat soon and miss the fine print of this dynamic on their website. It may influence your decision as it did mine
I was lucky enough to get in on the Buy.com Ballistix Tracer deal and ordered 4x1GB stix. The IX38 should be here on Friday. I hope to rebuild this weekend with my current memtest suspect flashy LED Corsair stix and do an OC comparison between the sets, in both 2 and 4 stick configs. Wish me luck.
While deciding on which mobo to get, I initially looked at only P35s due to their maturity and cost. Then I started realizing that of the 5 or so Gigabyte flavors of P35, some had only a limited 30-day replacement policy, while the subsequent model would have a 1-year replacement policy instead no rhyme or reason why.
Ive personally never had a mobo go bad on me in the first month (knock on silicon), but Im buying a new one now because of one that eventually went sour a bit later down the line I think Neweggs RMA process is the shit and as easy as it gets. I think dealing with the actual manufacturer is a nightmare/hassle more times than not, and I prefer to do my shopping at Newegg as a result of this
Well, I finally decided on the IP35 Pro at roughly $180 and then I see the questionable 30-day replacement policy on it. GRRRRR! The additional 1-year replacement policy on it would be an extra $30 to the cost. Thats would put the total at $210 or so
Sticking with Abit, I check out the IX38 Quad GT and see its inviting price of only $220. Quite the deal for an X38 board. Whats even better is that the IX38 has the typical 1-year replacement warranty that Newegg keeps my business with. So for $10 more and the same piece of mind, Ive been forced to buy the IX38 over the IP35 Pro.
Just thought some of you may be in the same boat soon and miss the fine print of this dynamic on their website. It may influence your decision as it did mine
I was lucky enough to get in on the Buy.com Ballistix Tracer deal and ordered 4x1GB stix. The IX38 should be here on Friday. I hope to rebuild this weekend with my current memtest suspect flashy LED Corsair stix and do an OC comparison between the sets, in both 2 and 4 stick configs. Wish me luck.
