How long is the newegg's return policy on these refurbs? Also, does the time of the return policy start when you order it, or when you receive it?
just got an A7N266C refurb powering an XP2400+ (after flashing the bios of course). I could have probably gone with the albatron kx400 and have multiplier control but I wanted lockable PCI/AGP speeds. Might just turn around and get the upcoming nForce2 board after seeing how stable this Nforce1 board has been.
Can't rma a fefurb to a manufacturer. Then again, if your invoice doesn't note that it's a refurb you can always try.
called asus today and it seems they dont care if its refurb or not as long as its asus product but then again rma staff dont necessarily know what they are talking about!
Akaz
Akaz
I also bought a refurb KT3 Ultra2, and it seems to be fine. It's been up and running for a week now, no problems. It didn't come with the S-bracket (for 6 channel audio) though, which sucks.
I have bought quite a few refurbs from Newegg, mostly motherboards. I have had one bad Epox board and one dead Enermax power supply.
All the Epox refurbs I have boughts were factory refurb in a generic Epox box including all the accessories. It seems that Newegg has some partnership with Epox. When my 4G4AI died 2 months after I bought it, I contacted Epox and they told me to contact through Newegg. I RMAed it to Newegg and they gave me a FULL refund because they no longer carried the board. From this experience of mine, I suspect that Newegg sells all repair replacement boards which they get from Epox through their Refurb section. And that's also the reason why all the epox boards have the line **This item is NOT REFUNDABLE, exchange for same exact item only!!**.
Gigabyte, MSI, and other refurb boards I have gotten were bare boards without any accessories. They were all packed in a smaller FedEX box inside a larger FedEx box. One Asus board I got had all the accessories including cables and manuals but packed again in FedEX boxes.
For that reason, I prefer ordering Epox refurbs althogh I have had one bad one. Also, because I live in California, where they ship their products from, even those poorly packed refurb boards get to me in pretty good condition without getting them banged around on the way.
Lastly, there is a tip for you. Newegg refunds you the return shipping charge up to $10 and credits it back to your account if you fax them the receipt with the RMA number. and requesting the refund. They have done that couple of times for me in very timely manner. Here is the fax number 909-395-8907.
All the Epox refurbs I have boughts were factory refurb in a generic Epox box including all the accessories. It seems that Newegg has some partnership with Epox. When my 4G4AI died 2 months after I bought it, I contacted Epox and they told me to contact through Newegg. I RMAed it to Newegg and they gave me a FULL refund because they no longer carried the board. From this experience of mine, I suspect that Newegg sells all repair replacement boards which they get from Epox through their Refurb section. And that's also the reason why all the epox boards have the line **This item is NOT REFUNDABLE, exchange for same exact item only!!**.
Gigabyte, MSI, and other refurb boards I have gotten were bare boards without any accessories. They were all packed in a smaller FedEX box inside a larger FedEx box. One Asus board I got had all the accessories including cables and manuals but packed again in FedEX boxes.
For that reason, I prefer ordering Epox refurbs althogh I have had one bad one. Also, because I live in California, where they ship their products from, even those poorly packed refurb boards get to me in pretty good condition without getting them banged around on the way.
Lastly, there is a tip for you. Newegg refunds you the return shipping charge up to $10 and credits it back to your account if you fax them the receipt with the RMA number. and requesting the refund. They have done that couple of times for me in very timely manner. Here is the fax number 909-395-8907.
Lots of good info, some of which I disagree with.
I've had 2 MSI socket A mobo's come to me COMPLETE and in 100% working condition..
I thought they were brand new.
But maybe that's just my luck since I'm 7 for 7 with newegg refurbs.
All but 2 items came complete with retail packaging except for a PSU and GF3 card.
Anther tip of mine is to stay away from buying refurb boards which come with an unusual I/O panel.
Lately, because of the all kinds of integrated features, I/O panels have been becoming very different from each other. If you get one of these motherboards in bareborne w/o any accessories, you are going to have hell of a time looking for a right I/O panel, or your case will look stupid from behind. It will be good for cooling though.
My guess is that you get Newegg refurbs in one of the following conditions.
- Non DOA customer returns in retail packaging (Open Box with all the accessories. May be missing something)
- RMA replacements from manufacturers (Could be with accessories like Epox boards, or could be bare products depending on the manufacturers)
- Obsolete products (Brand new in retail packaging but sold through refurb as they have bee discontinued.
- Dead (Somebody killed it during installation but returned it without claiming it's dead)
Lately, because of the all kinds of integrated features, I/O panels have been becoming very different from each other. If you get one of these motherboards in bareborne w/o any accessories, you are going to have hell of a time looking for a right I/O panel, or your case will look stupid from behind. It will be good for cooling though.
My guess is that you get Newegg refurbs in one of the following conditions.
- Non DOA customer returns in retail packaging (Open Box with all the accessories. May be missing something)
- RMA replacements from manufacturers (Could be with accessories like Epox boards, or could be bare products depending on the manufacturers)
- Obsolete products (Brand new in retail packaging but sold through refurb as they have bee discontinued.
- Dead (Somebody killed it during installation but returned it without claiming it's dead)
If I ordered earlier before it was oos and they had multiple refurbs of the same product in stock, would they send me the most packaged "nicest" refurb? I did send in a money order so they had to wait for my payment, so would i be stuck with the last "dingy" one?
I'm thinking about getting the gigabyte GA-7VAXP (kt400) Pretty good price, but has anyone gotten one of these refurb yet? THe board comes with a lot of extras so I'm hoping to get a 'complete return', not just a board in a fed ex box... Some people mentioned the amount in stock can help indicate if it's a manufacture refurb (lots in stock) or a 'one off' return. But when I look at all the details I can't see a # in stock anywhere. How do you check that?
you gotta be fuking kiding me fedex! They didn't leave the package at my residence, my damn warranty is counting down!!! if it is true that the warranty of 15 days start from the day u order, it is already over for me and i didn't even have a chance to get it yet!
Having been dealing with them every so often, I am pretty sure that Newegg would be pretty flexible with it. Still, I would suggest you to track the package online and print out the page as a proof.
I agree, Newegg seems to be pretty flexible...
Hope they didn't ship you my bad board. =)
Too bad Newegg's out of stock on those K7S5A refurbs... meh, the Shuttle AK31 v.2 from mwave looks pretty good at ~$38 shipped.
Hope they didn't ship you my bad board. =)
Too bad Newegg's out of stock on those K7S5A refurbs... meh, the Shuttle AK31 v.2 from mwave looks pretty good at ~$38 shipped.
I've used Sandra Burn-in wizard to test my two refurbed ECS K7S5A boards for three days on and off. No problems whatsoever. I have a retail box Duron 1.3 and an OEM Athlon Tbird 1.0GHz in them. If this is hit-and-miss, I'm glad I got a "hit".
I got the same "board only in a static bag inside a Fedex box" with nothing else. But at $29 each, I can hardly complain!
Thanks to jukamafleka14 for the deal!
I got the same "board only in a static bag inside a Fedex box" with nothing else. But at $29 each, I can hardly complain!
Thanks to jukamafleka14 for the deal!
Originally posted by: Xtasy
Errrr, that is disconcerning.
Hehehe, don't worry about it, I'm sure Newegg isn't dishonest like that.
Statistically speaking, chances are good that you'll get a good board. For every post on Anandtech that complains about a "miss" (like me), I'm sure there are 5 or 10 people that got a "hit" and didn't feel like speaking up.
I got 3 boards- all in full box with all cables and manuals
the 3rd one was doa, but I waited to long to rma it (actually opened
it after time was up)- but that was ok, since
it was less than $40 I could afford it
I-ve ordered vid cards, hard drives, and burners from newegg- no probs,
returned a bad vid card once, got a better one for it
one of the better places on the net IMO
the 3rd one was doa, but I waited to long to rma it (actually opened
it after time was up)- but that was ok, since
it was less than $40 I could afford it
I-ve ordered vid cards, hard drives, and burners from newegg- no probs,
returned a bad vid card once, got a better one for it
one of the better places on the net IMO
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Originally posted by: gwlam12
aw..u shouldve shared with us! instead of laughing in triumph.
insane isn't it?....u knw what they sent me?...they sent me the MSI card w/ all the vivo stuff and tv out and all that good stuff....ahahah wat the... oh wells...yay for me...paid about 10-15 bucks less for the MSI ...i suppose they ran out or did a shipping/stocking error?..aha good for me...newegg's failures turn out to be good too lol....mega props to newegg ...
the $170 evga was the one i originally ordered online....they send me the MSI...came w/ everything..box...everything...everything was sealed too..it just looked like the box was opened, but everything else wasn't opened...
I got a giga-byte 7vrxp motherboard, it came bare bones but it seems to work fine. I need to figure out how I can get the cables/brackets to hookup the USB2 connections. The board wasn't brand new. It looked like it but I could tell that someone had used screws to mount it in a case. Can't beat the price.
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