the broken 2900 Pro....

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AmongTheChosenX

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THIS IS NOT A TROLLING THREAD, I AM IN CONTACT WITH THE SELLER AND ALL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT!

I bought this from someone on here.

USPS was homo and they man handled the box. the card was sucrely wrapped in peanuts in the box. i honestly thought damage would not occur...

when i opened it, this is what i saw.
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it looks like no circuitry is there, and its not essential to the crossfire connector. the bracket was smashed in on both pieces. i straightened the top one out before I took the picture (not thinking, duh).

the card works fine and everything. i just want to know if anyone thinks i'll have problems sometime soon down the road with this.
 
claim insurance from USPS. That is the only thing you can do. (get the cash, and use it towards a 4870 or 4850)
 
risqu3 said:
claim insurance from USPS. That is the only thing you can do. (get the cash, and use it towards a 4870 or 4850)
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the card works. i dont have money for a 4850 right now. i have a court date for a ticket in 2 weeks i need all the cash i can get. this cost me nothing to upgrade.
it works, i just want to know if you guys think i'll have problems with it.
 
If you can get a good amount of cash from insurance then go for it. If not, the card looks like it would still work, since none of the actual components are broken off as far as I can tell from that picture.
 
Goodluck with insurance through USPS.

I kinda consider USPS below UPS and I had a hard time claiming insurance through UPS. Their "only" 1-800 number for support just kept leading me in a circle. Once I enter my tracking number they would report it has been "deliver" and hang up after that. Luckily my neighbor was UPS manager and he made a few special calls and even newegg help me out. After 5 weeks I got my refund but unfortunately it was out of newegg's pockets than UPS.
 
AmongTheChosenX said:
the card works. i dont have money for a 4850 right now. i have a court date for a ticket in 2 weeks i need all the cash i can get. this cost me nothing to upgrade.
it works, i just want to know if you guys think i'll have problems with it.
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well thats what im saying, try it and see if they will give you money. If they don't, keep it. If they do take the money, and get a 4850, and spend the rest on RL stuff.
 
I received a box from newegg with $2200 worth of parts delivered by UPS.
The box looked like the one Ace Ventura kicked in the opening of Pet Detective. :eek:
Thankfully nothing inside was damaged.

I'd make a claim on that damaged package/contents myself.
 
i have a friend that works at the jacksonville,fl UPS hub and i asked her wtf do you guys do to the boxes over there. she said that people kick and smash boxes around all the time...FOR FUN. i've been terrified to order from newegg since.
 
With the video security cameras on site, I find that hard to believe.
 
leetskeet said:
i have a friend that works at the jacksonville,fl UPS hub and i asked her wtf do you guys do to the boxes over there. she said that people kick and smash boxes around all the time...FOR FUN. i've been terrified to order from newegg since.
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Sounds like someone has a personal vendetta against UPS. :rolleyes:
 
so it turned out that the seller never bought insurance, so that wasn't an option.

but one month later, the card is still kicking with no issues :D

jsut wanted to let everyone know. apparently these are actually very durable, physically.
 
Circuit boards are actually much stronger than they look, so I'm not surprised that the card still works. If anything, it would have been a surface-mounted component that broke, but since none of that happened, the card naturally works :).
 
A friend of mine who works at UPS himself has said people throw boxes around for fun. Its a terrible job, gotta spice it up somehow.
 
I have a friend who's sister's brother's cousin works there and said they eat the Do Not Eat bags included in the packages...
 
You should of asked the guy to send it usps. Any who, if it works I don't see an issue. Looks like that little square piece of pcb is probably more for support when it's in the slot than for function. Still sucks though that it's physically damaged.

It wouldn't hurt fo file a claim. I still think the packing could be at fault, as there should be a good layer of cushion surrounding the item...and then the peanuts can come into play. If it was just the card amidst a bunch of peanuts...that isn't the way it should be packed.
 
BigCactus said:
You should of asked the guy to send it usps. Any who, if it works I don't see an issue. Looks like that little square piece of pcb is probably more for support when it's in the slot than for function. Still sucks though that it's physically damaged.

It wouldn't hurt fo file a claim. I still think the packing could be at fault, as there should be a good layer of cushion surrounding the item...and then the peanuts can come into play. If it was just the card amidst a bunch of peanuts...that isn't the way it should be packed.
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yeah i told him he should ALWAYS use bubble wrap when sending out cards like these.

he actually did send it out USPS. I dont remember ever saying he sent it out UPS.

and i cannot claim anything because he didn't buy insurance.
 
well so much for the "durable" 2900 Pro. 40 days after its shipment to me, and only after about 2 wks of using it bcause of a broken motherboard, the card has now CRAPPED OUT on me, and corrupts after 1 min of FEAR. graphics reset, display driver is listed as recovered, rinse repeat etc...

i've asked for a partial refund since i've barely used the card. we'll see how things go.

:( :( :(
 
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