ASUS x58 OPEN BOX and NEWEGG

[GEOrifle]

Hi guys, NEWEGG sells Open Box: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 for $80 cheaper than new one.
Should i buy ASUS OPEN BOX from NEWEGG and what the risk will be (any charge for return) ?

 

[xj0hnx]

If you can get by with just the motherboard, I'd go for it.

 

[nenforcer]

yeah absolutely no accessories are included so make sure you aren't missing anything crucial you might need like the SupremeFX sound card or something like that

although you might be able to find those on eBay for less that $80 as well

 

[ahenkel]

I would recommend waiting though till you get the board before you start shopping for accessories. I've bought open box boards that have all the accessories, and some that didn't

 

[faxon]

yea they advertise that the board comes as just that, just a board, but in reality it's just a box that's been opened and returned for whatever reasons. if that's okay with you then go on ahead, but it could be that the board was returned because it was bad in some way or another that newegg didnt or forgot to test for. happens all the time with frys returns, newegg just gets a lot fewer of them

 

[GEOrifle]

Newegg didnt or forgot to test for??? $300 motherboard???
I don't think so.
Do NEWEGG have open items from manufacturers itself like opened while delivery or broked packing box ?

 

[Beanie46]

Originally posted by: GEOrifle
Newegg didnt or forgot to test for??? $300 motherboard???
I don't think so.
Do NEWEGG have open items from manufacturers itself like opened while delivery or broked packing box ?

Then you need to rethink your assumptions. Do you really think Newegg tests each and every returned part for complete functionality?

I think not....having received more than a couple of open box motherboards from Newegg that were DOA, or having major issues with memory slots dead, or USB ports dead, or SATA ports not being recognized......and the list goes on. And these are problems that are not typically caught when just booting up the board to make sure it "works", which is more than likely what Newegg does for return testing.....

Buying open box from Newegg is like playing Russian roulette.....most times nothing untoward happens and the board works perfectly. But other times, you get crap.


I've given up on open box junk from anywhere....no warranty, and I just don't need to buy someone else's problems for any price. CPU, I might chance, but a motherboard? Couldn't pay me to take one any more.

 

[kaiser02]

although you might be able to find those on eBay for less that $80 as well

 

[xenolith]

This has to be the most common question on geek message boards, "should I buy a newegg open box?" And these threads are usually spattered with, bitter, anecdotal, uninformed replies by people - for whatever reason - personally didn't have a favorable outcome when they purchased of an "open box" or recycle it from someone who did.

Newegg handles all opened, customer returned hardware pieces by shipping them back to the vender (OEM). It's then up to the OEM as to the extent they test for or repair any defects (and if the OEM knows what's good for their bottom line, they better take their QA seriously.) I believe newegg even informs their customers of this fact in the checkout process when they have an open box item in their shopping cart, at least they used to.

Plus you have to use some common sense here. The number of Newegg returns is huge, and if that's all they did is turn around and ship opened, untested customer returns right back out the door, the number of complaints would very likely be equally huge. Look at most retail review sites, newegg doesn't always appear at the top of their class by accident.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: xenolith
This has to be the most common question on geek message boards, "should I buy a newegg open box?" And these threads are usually spattered with, bitter, anecdotal, uninformed replies by people - for whatever reason - personally didn't have a favorable outcome when they purchased of an "open box" or recycle it from someone who did.

Newegg handles all opened, customer returned hardware pieces by shipping them back to the vender (OEM). It's then up to the OEM as to the extent they test for or repair any defects (and if the OEM knows what's good for their bottom line, they better take their QA seriously.) I believe newegg even informs their customers of this fact in the checkout process when they have an open box item in their shopping cart, at least they used to.

Plus you have to use some common sense here. The number of Newegg returns is huge, and if that's all they did is turn around and ship opened, untested customer returns right back out the door, the number of complaints would very likely be equally huge. Look at most retail review sites, newegg doesn't always appear at the top of their class by accident.

This!

With that said, I buy open box all the time. I've also gotten a few bad items via open box BUT i've also gotten DOA items that were "brand new" so ......

 

[DefRef]

I'll buy open-box stuff like monitors from a local store because you can see what you're getting before hand and it's easy to return if there's a problem. Taking a flier on a mobo, which may be missing the added-value stuff or manual; which becomes the foundation of your system; isn't worth the risk IMO opinion because even if they'll refund your money, you still have to tear everything out of your rig to pack it up and send it back. For components that can be fried if someone pets their cat before touching them without any visible sign, it's not a good idea.

 

[TurK-FX]

try your luck, worst case you return it and they dont charge you restocking fee. If they charge just talk to the customer service. Also you can have them pay for return shipoping if you talk to them prior to RMAing

i bought 4 Asus P6T duluxe V2 openbox for a friend and they all work fine ever since.