Question, what do I do here......

[FrEaKy]

Heres the entire lowdown of whats going on.

Today, 01:37 PM
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Re: Memory
I've got bad news and I'd like to hear what you think.

Upon having an employee test the Hynix memory, two of seven sticks failed mem-test in the first 5 minutes, but thats not the worst of it. When he tried to test the Samsung there was a bad electric smell and the machine shut down. It wouldn't start back up so I told him to test the PSU. That worked fine so I checked the system myself and found the Samsung memory was pc2-3200 and the misalignment shorted the motherboard. I was amazed the memory fit the board until I notice the RAM slots were slightly elongated. That .5mm was just enough.

So in short, I've got five working sticks of ddr266, six sticks of ddr2-400 and at least a fried mobo.

What are your thoughts,

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When I get home Tuesday I will have it, im stuck in Atlanta till than. I called my wife to see if she had it, but she thinks she may have throw it away, but assures me it went out on Tuesday morning like I asked her.

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Mail has come and gone, still no luck. Do you happen to have that tracking number? Damn if the Post Office has to screw up when I'm time limited.

Thanks,

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I know she did cause I was the one who packaged it and labeled it, all she had to do was run to the post office and send it on its way. So it should be there tomorow, if not, let me know, I will throw some bucks back for the delay on the receive.

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Thank goodness for the USPS still delivering on Saturdays. Do you know if she sent it Priority?

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Sorry for delated response, your package was sent out yesterday. I am in atlanta for the next few days but my wife did get the package out for you.

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Money sent...

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Originally Posted by FrEaKy
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Wont get it out till either this afternoon or very early (8:00AM) tomorow morning, didnt get this message till now. Sorry bro.

Make sure to include your mailing address, real name and heatware in a response PM so I can ship to you properly and give you good heat!

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I almost forgot to do this... what's your Paypal.

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Heatware is http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=22344
I live in GA
I ship USPS Priority flat rate of $5.65. The items are sent in anti-static bubble-wrap. And I can ship on Monday.

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I'ts on the lower end of what I'm looking for, but it will definatly work. What's your Heat and if we do deal can you ship on Monday? For my shipping guestimates what state are you in?

Thanks for the offer, I would like to see if I can find some Gig sticks so I'm going to keep the thread up for the weekend. I'll make a choice and pay on Sunday in order to hopfully get a Monday ship date.

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6x Samsung 512MB PC2-3200U-333-12-D1
7x Hynix PC2100U-25330 512MB DDR 266 CL2.5
1x Nanya 512MB DDR 266 CL2.5

Ive got all this memory.....

Will sell ya for $50 shipped?
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So, i'm confused. It almost looks like in the message that he wants me to cover a motherboard too, but I cant say thats what he wants because he hasn't clarified.

I can cover the bad sticks of memory, and just refund him for those sticks, which is fine. But i'm confused.

What do you guys think?

 

[gotendbz1]

what is there to talk about. refund him the money for the bad sticks if you believe him that they are bad.

him putting ddr2 memory into a ddr mobo has nothing to do with you. the bad memory didn't burn out his mobo, him putting wrong memory in there did.

 

[sttubs]

I think you should receive a refund on the two sticks that failed. The motherboard incident is on you/your employee. I don't believe it's the seller's fault, unless he was trying to pass it off as something it wasn't.

 

[Pagan_Ranger]

Well, a little confusing, so let me see if I have this straight.........

You stated the Samsung was PC2-3200 (DDR2) when you sold it to him. Then he put it into a DDR1 motherboard? If that is the case, then the motherboard is not your fault.

I would refund for any bad sticks but I do not see how you would be responsible for him or his employee putting incompatible hardware in his motherboard.

**On a side note, my brother did that once to my other brother's system (that I had built), thinking he was upgrading the memory. I took a quick look at it and saw he was trying to use DDR2. Swapped back in the DDR1 and it booted right up. Probalby lucky they didn't fry the board.

 

[FrEaKy]

This is resolved. I am refunding for the 2 dead sticks and the DDR2 sticks, which is fine with me, I dont mind. 50%.

I dont mind the loss of money or anything as much as I mind getting bad heat, so if I have to take a hit on money to keep a good rep, I would rather that!

 

[DuronClocker]

I would hope you still end up getting good feedback. You clearly stated what you were selling in the first PM, and it wasn't your fault he didn't read clearly enough

 

[gotendbz1]

This is resolved. I am refunding for the 2 dead sticks and the DDR2 sticks, which is fine with me, I dont mind. 50%.

I dont mind the loss of money or anything as much as I mind getting bad heat, so if I have to take a hit on money to keep a good rep, I would rather that!

there is no reason to fear bad rep, cuz you ddin't do anything wrong. unless you knew sticks were bad in first place. otherwise you're in the right on this all the way.