Does Newegg check the refurb MB to see if they are in working order??

[dannybek]

 

[jaeger66]

No.

 

[eclectro]

They deal in way too much quantity to spend time testing motherboards. Plus they would say that it's not their job too, and that it is already manufacturer tested.

Some other places will do it for a fee though, but generally they are not rigorous tests like a 24 hour burn-in.

 

[Idoxash]

lol so in other words you are just ripping your self to think on buying a refurb... crazy glad i never thought about doing that eh... I at least figure they would send them back to the factory and the factory looks the mobos over and stuff.

--Idoxash

 

[Johnniewalker]

Originally posted by: Idoxash
lol so in other words you are just ripping your self to think on buying a refurb... crazy glad i never thought about doing that eh... I at least figure they would send them back to the factory and the factory looks the mobos over and stuff.

--Idoxash

Major misinterpretation!

Newegg does not test them - but that does not mean that they do not get tested. Newegg refurb MB's are ones that the manufacturer (or a company the manufacturer pays to do the job) has already received and tested. Boards that pass tests are used as warrantee replacements or sold as refurbs. Boards that fail are repaired, or recycled/destroyed depending on the cost to repair.(*see fine print)

You are not ripping yourself to think on buying a refurb, at least not for the reasons you stated. You just read that thread and put a whole new perspective on it!

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*I do not work at NewEgg so cannot say this is absolutely the way it works...but in general, this is how it works in the computer hardware industry. It probably is the same here since that is the most cost efficient process and that is what the market usually adopts.

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: Johnniewalker

Originally posted by: Idoxash
lol so in other words you are just ripping your self to think on buying a refurb... crazy glad i never thought about doing that eh... I at least figure they would send them back to the factory and the factory looks the mobos over and stuff.

--Idoxash

Major misinterpretation!

Newegg does not test them - but that does not mean that they do not get tested. Newegg refurb MB's are ones that the manufacturer (or a company the manufacturer pays to do the job) has already received and tested. Boards that pass tests are used as warrantee replacements or sold as refurbs. Boards that fail are repaired, or recycled/destroyed depending on the cost to repair.(*see fine print)

You are not ripping yourself to think on buying a refurb, at least not for the reasons you stated. You just read that thread and put a whole new perspective on it!

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*I do not work at NewEgg so cannot say this is absolutely the way it works...but in general, this is how it works in the computer hardware industry. It probably is the same here since that is the most cost efficient process and that is what the market usually adopts.

I don't know about that. Newegg implies that their stuff might be tested, but they use dodgy language so it's hard to tell. I really think they don't. Someone returns RAM, and they just resell it. You still have 2 weeks to return stuff so I'd take the risk.

 

[MoFunk]

I bought an 8k7a refurb from them many months ago and it is still going strong. Paid like $35 for it too. So it has LONG lived passed what I expected.

 

[Eagle17]

I bought a asus a7v8x and it stoped working 17 days after I got it... Asus has never returned my emails nor have I gotten hold of there tech support by phone... (always rings)... needless to say I have given up on asus because of a refurbed MB( I know I should have bought new... too late now)

 

[Curley]

I believe these refurb'd boards are not tested by NewEgg but received back from the manufacturer already tested and explained above.

Some of my best boards have come from the refurb section of NewEgg.

I have never had Asus, or MSI for that matter ever refuse to replace a board. Giga-Byte, I personally have had major problems with getting them to repond to anything.

Eagle17, call the RMA number and leave a message, they have always called me back. Also, don't leave any more information than you have to. Example, you purchased a board, it stopped working, you tried everything to get it fixed, i.e... reset the CMOS, tried a different powersupply, different video card.

I remember one instance when I screwed up on a bios flash and it was my fault and I told them it was but just wanted the board fixed at my cost and they just RMA'd for me at no cost.

Hope this helps.