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FYI, used Visiontek cards not warrantied for life!!!

In the world of hardware manufacturars lifetime warrenty means the lifetime of the hard ware not you lifetime. Meaninng if the part is no longer being made then it's lifetime is over.
 
Originally posted by: Melchior
Actually, lifetime warranty means the life time of the company warrantying the product.
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It really depends on the company and warranty, and is not something you can give blanket statements about. I've definitely seen 'lifetime' warranties defined as the 'product lifetime' -- that is, they'll fix/replace it until they stop making the product (but they won't give you a free upgrade to the next-generation replacement).
 
Originally posted by: columbiaflier
By the way, fix your post.
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By the way, you can go ahead and leave.

Mathias knows what I am talking about. The x800xt agp is the highest quality agp card available, and yet Visiotek won't warranty it? Hell I bought it on Ebay, which means if it doesn't work right off the bat I can get my money back. They told me if I bought it from a store on Ebay they would warranty it, basically saying if I was a moron they would cover it (Ebay stores notoriously overprice hardware in order to make a buck on noobs). I believe they should be willing to warranty it, since if it comes in screwed up I would take it up with the seller & not them. If they're having problems with RMA's from overclockers they should figure out a way to detect overclocking on the card to protect themselves instead of taking it out on honest people like me.
 
Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
Originally posted by: columbiaflier
By the way, fix your post.
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By the way, you can go ahead and leave.

Mathias knows what I am talking about. The x800xt agp is the highest quality agp card available, and yet Visiotek won't warranty it? Hell I bought it on Ebay, which means if it doesn't work right off the bat I can get my money back. They told me if I bought it from a store on Ebay they would warranty it, basically saying if I was a moron they would cover it (Ebay stores notoriously overprice hardware in order to make a buck on noobs). I believe they should be willing to warranty it, since if it comes in screwed up I would take it up with the seller & not them. If they're having problems with RMA's from overclockers they should figure out a way to detect overclocking on the card to protect themselves instead of taking it out on honest people like me.
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Stop blaming everyone else and start taking responsibility for your own mistakes. You tried to be cheap and it backfired.

 
I don't see how spending $400 on a video card could even remotely be considered cheap. Seriously though, you can go ahead and leave now. You're not helping and you're not able to carry on a constructive conversation judging by your few posts here.

Thank you, come again.
 
Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
I don't see how spending $400 on a video card could even remotely be considered cheap. Seriously though, you can go ahead and leave now. You're not helping and you're not able to carry on a constructive conversation judging by your few posts here.

Thank you, come again.
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Seriously, this sounds like a case of them not having a transferable warranty -- many companies do this. In these cases, only the original purchaser has the warranty. It's lame, but you should have looked into this before you bought the card. Caveat Emptor.
 
Originally posted by: Matthias99
Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
I don't see how spending $400 on a video card could even remotely be considered cheap. Seriously though, you can go ahead and leave now. You're not helping and you're not able to carry on a constructive conversation judging by your few posts here.

Thank you, come again.
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Seriously, this sounds like a case of them not having a transferable warranty -- many companies do this. In these cases, only the original purchaser has the warranty. It's lame, but you should have looked into this before you bought the card. Caveat Emptor.
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you ddn't do your homework and now you are complaining. 😛
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MOST companies do NOT automatically transfer warranty from the original purchaser to the next buyer.


 
Originally posted by: Matthias99
Seriously, this sounds like a case of them not having a transferable warranty -- many companies do this. In these cases, only the original purchaser has the warranty. It's lame, but you should have looked into this before you bought the card. Caveat Emptor.
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Yeah that's what they told me when I called, so i figured I would educate the rest of the AT folks with my little tale. I understand why they do it (overclockers mainly), but it doesn't mean i have to agree with it...especially since the only only thing I ever overclocked is my damn alarm clock.
 
Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
Originally posted by: Matthias99
Seriously, this sounds like a case of them not having a transferable warranty -- many companies do this. In these cases, only the original purchaser has the warranty. It's lame, but you should have looked into this before you bought the card. Caveat Emptor.
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Yeah that's what they told me when I called, so i figured I would educate the rest of the AT folks with my little tale. I understand why they do it (overclockers mainly), but it doesn't mean i have to agree with it...especially since the only only thing I ever overclocked is my damn alarm clock.
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So this is hypothetical?
Your card is fine?

We're already pretty well-edumacated. 😛

most of us know that a used ("anything") is no longer covered by manufacturer's warranty (unless it specifically says "transferrable").
:roll:
 
Yeah that's what they told me when I called, so i figured I would educate the rest of the AT folks with my little tale.
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Gee.

You just seem to be learning all the little secrets.

I figure you just found out about Santa Claus last year, right?
 
Well if you already know this you could just disregard this post & let me warn those who don't know this.😉
 
Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
Well if you already know this you could just disregard this post & let me warn those who don't know this.😉
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if we did that, your little "commonsense" topic would drop off the GH page quicker than the last RePost. 😛
:roll:

consider all this ridicule a "bump" service. 😉

And is your situation simply hypothetical? Is your card fine? and WHY did you call VisionTek after you bought the card off ebay (not b4). 😛
:roll:


(edit: and are you ALSO aware what (the "old") VisionTek did to the people who bought nVidia cards from them with "lifetime" warranties?)
:shocked:
 
BFG is the only gfx card company to offer a true lifetime warranty. When I've bought ATi cards, I typically try to buy a cheap extended warranty.
 
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
Originally posted by: Matthias99
Seriously, this sounds like a case of them not having a transferable warranty -- many companies do this. In these cases, only the original purchaser has the warranty. It's lame, but you should have looked into this before you bought the card. Caveat Emptor.
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Yeah that's what they told me when I called, so i figured I would educate the rest of the AT folks with my little tale. I understand why they do it (overclockers mainly), but it doesn't mean i have to agree with it...especially since the only only thing I ever overclocked is my damn alarm clock.
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So this is hypothetical?
Your card is fine?

We're already pretty well-edumacated. 😛

most of us know that a used ("anything") is no longer covered by manufacturer's warranty (unless it specifically says "transferrable").
:roll:
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I honestly did not know this, but it does kinda make sense.
I've never had to do anything regarding warranty on used stuff, so..
 
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