Newegg Refurb Question

[remagavon]

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone here has bought and received an (any model) asus refurbished motherboard from newegg, and received the accessories. I think they cost like $25 and that somewhat offsets the cost savings by buying refurbished, but I'd like to know if you did get everything, and if not did you get new stuff from asus? Thanks a lot

 

[EarthwormJim]

I bought the motherboard I'm currently using in my rig from Newegg Refurbs. I got absolutely nothing with it, just the bare board (but it was like 25 bucks so no biggy). It's really the luck of the draw when it comes to Newegg Refurbs. Just depends on what the original customer sent back when he RMA'd the product.

 

[styrafoam]

I bought a Biostar and a Matsonic refurb last year from Newegg. The Biostar was basicly new in the box with everything included. The Matsonic was in an anti-static bag with foam padding and wrapped in bubble wrap, no accesories or disks of any kind were included.

 

[remagavon]

TTT

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

I've bought a few refurb mobos, most of the time receiving only the mobos.

 

[Mermaidman]

Many months ago, I bought 2 'refurb' Epox mobos. They looked brand new in retail box and all accessories/manuals/software. I think it varies, and with NewEgg's strict policy on refurb returns, I avoid it nowadays, especially on a major-hassle item like a motherboard.

 

[RobCur]

they now longer accepting any returns on refurbs, if it doesn't work well you got to spend money on shipping it back to have another headaches LOL

 

[DaveSimmons]

search "newegg" and/or "refurb" in archived threads if you want more opinions.

 

[darkamulets]

I bought a refurbed A7N8X-E and i just got the bare board

 

[Trygve]

Most of the time, I've gotten nothing but the bare board, but sometimes when they have a lot of a particular model, then it shows up complete with all accessories.

I've had pretty good luck with refurb motherboards, and not-so-good luck with video cards. Most recently I'd picked up one of the refurb 9800 Pro boards when they had a bunch of those in stock, got a bad one, shipped it back, got another bad one in exchange, shipped it back, and on Thursday I got a third bad one, which I'll RMA tomorrow. Eventually I hope to luck out and one that works.