I bought a video card from a friend, and it doesnt work

[rudeguy]

I was in the hunt for a video card and a really good friend of mine had one he was willing to part with. He is kind of strapped for cash so I figured I would buy it from him to help both of us out. Long story short, it doesnt work. There is no way to RMA since it is kind of old. I don't know what to do. Do I be an ass and just give it back to him or what? I knew I should have bought it from the egg....

OK...a little clarification. The cards works until I play a game. I tried BF and UT at medium levels, then it pixelates and/or my computer reboots.

I deleted all my old drivers, installed new ones. Tweaked my bios a bit, and now I am going to try beating on it again.

Lets leave Zim's . thread alone.

UPDATE from below:
Just got off the phone with the tech support guy. I was ready to do battle. I told him what it was doing and he agreed that it was overheating. They RMA'd it without even asking the serial number. Gotta love that.

 

[Sluggo]

How much money are we talking about?

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

first try telling him the card doesn't work and see what he says?

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Be an ass and demand your money back. A real friend would never do that to a friend bro. If he gives you any grief about it at all either A) beat his ass & quit talking to him or B) walk away and quit talking to him.

 

Pee on his pets.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Pee on his pets.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Sluggo
How much money are we talking about?

$140

 

[KarenMarie]

how much money are we talking about...
under $40.00 and he is in a bind... I would right the $$$ off as charity to a friend...


any more than $40.00 i would mention it to him.. if he did not immediately offer a full refund, it would be time to beat azz.



edit: you answered as I was responding...

$140!!!..

I would want my money back immediately.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
first try telling him the card doesn't work and see what he says?

the poor guy has so much crap going on that I hate to put more sh....stuff on him. I hate being nice.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Sluggo
How much money are we talking about?

$140

jebus! get your money back!

 

[shelaby]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Pee on his pets.

 

[dethman]

tell him it doesn't work and he'll give the money back.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
first try telling him the card doesn't work and see what he says?

the poor guy has so much crap going on that I hate to put more sh....stuff on him. I hate being nice.

worst case scenario: tell your buddy that the card doesn't work. you could also tell him that he can pay you the money later, or perhaps exchange somethign else for the card.

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Sluggo
How much money are we talking about?

$140

If it was still WORTH $140 as of right now, then there is no way it's too old for the warranty to be in effect.

What kind of card, and what manufacturer?

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: dderidex

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Sluggo
How much money are we talking about?

$140

If it was still WORTH $140 as of right now, then there is no way it's too old for the warranty to be in effect.

What kind of card, and what manufacturer?

sounds like a 9800 pro ?

 

[SynthDude2001]

$140 is a bit more than I'd be willing to write off as a loss to a supposedly good friend, unless I had money to burn myself (relatively speaking, compared to what I have now). I've been screwed over by friends too many times, unfortunately.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: dderidex

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Sluggo
How much money are we talking about?

$140

If it was still WORTH $140 as of right now, then there is no way it's too old for the warranty to be in effect.

What kind of card, and what manufacturer?

BFG assylum 5900. It is worth more than $140, thats why I jumped on it.


Gaaaaaah

 

[Kishan]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: dderidex

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: Sluggo
How much money are we talking about?

$140

If it was still WORTH $140 as of right now, then there is no way it's too old for the warranty to be in effect.

What kind of card, and what manufacturer?

BFG assylum 5900. It is worth more than $140, thats why I jumped on it.


Gaaaaaah

BFG has a lifetime warranty, right?

I have RMAed through them-very easy to do so, and I suggest you RMA it

 

[TipsyMcStagger]

I thought BFG had lifetime warranties on all their cards. RMA it in to them.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

wait, are you trying to imply that you believe you were ripped off? that your friend purposely sold you a bad video card?

Also, did you bother to first test it out before you bought it? If he showed you it worked in his comp and then you bought it, took it home and it don't work, then maybe you messed it up?

Maybe it just doesn't work on your computer.

Have you even bothered to talk to him about it in a civil manner? You said he was a really really good friend. If he was a really really good friend you wouldn't need to come on to ATOT and ask a bunch of geeks (myself not included) what you should do....

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk
wait, are you trying to imply that you believe you were ripped off? that your friend purposely sold you a bad video card?

Also, did you bother to first test it out before you bought it? If he showed you it worked in his comp and then you bought it, took it home and it don't work, then maybe you messed it up?

Maybe it just doesn't work on your computer.

Have you even bothered to talk to him about it in a civil manner? You said he was a really really good friend. If he was a really really good friend you wouldn't need to come on to ATOT and ask a bunch of geeks (myself not included) what you should do....

he told me he never gamed on it, so I doubt he would even know. I havent talked to him because I dont want to put any more stress on the guy.

If I RMA through BFG will they require a receipt of some kind?

 

[rudeguy]

anyone know?

 

[MX2]

Big toe--->Sphinter muscle

 

[miri]

Why dont you call BFG and find out???? They have 24/7 customer service.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

hahahah ownage