Open Box Products

[covert24]

im currently looking at a motherboard on newegg that is a Open Box item. Does it just come with the motherboard itself and absolutely nothing or do they at least include the i/o panel?

 

[se7en]

I got a cheap shuttle mobo a few months back open box and it had the i/o plate.

No paperwork though.

 

[Shawn]

Don't ever buy an open box mobo.

 

[covert24]

why not? and yea i am not looking for any of the other cheap ide cables or anything. mainly just worried about the i/o panel.

 

[shortylickens]

OK, seriously, why the hell are you asking us?
Why dont you ask them?


If you're worried, dont get it. I dont trust open box myself. All the headaches are not worth saving a few bucks.

 

[covert24]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
OK, seriously, why the hell are you asking us?
Why dont you ask them?

wow chill the f out. im asking because newegg phone lines aren't open on the weekends. why don't you read up on wtf is going on before you start bullshitting. hate ppl like that and there seems to be more and more of you coming out of the woodwork. all i wanted was a simple yes/no answer. thanks anyway....

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: covert24
why not? and yea i am not looking for any of the other cheap ide cables or anything. mainly just worried about the i/o panel.

With open box from Newegg, you probably will get the backplate, but I wouldn't count on it. You can call them and ask, but if the backplate is a deal breaker, I would pass on the purchase.

 

[covert24]

alright thnx

 

[Eeezee]

I wouldn't go open box on a motherboard... that component is true crucial to go with the higher likelihood of getting a defective product or that certain things will be missing (I/O plate, extra cables, etc.)

 

[Shawn]

I didn't get the I/O plate with the open box motherboard I got from newegg. Not that it really mattered since it was DOA.

 

[olds]

Personally, I wouldn't buy anything used that can be overclocked. You never know what's it's been through. That includes New Egg and here.
I learned my lesson the hard way with a video card.

 

[jpeyton]

Everything I buy is 'open box' about five minutes after I get home.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Everything I buy is 'open box' about five minutes after I get home.

You wait until you get home? :shocked:

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Everything I buy is 'open box' about five minutes after I get home.

Except when it comes previously opened, it means some other nerd has had their geeky, greasy hands on it before you have.

 

[Exterous]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Everything I buy is 'open box' about five minutes after I get home.

Except when it comes previously opened, it means some other nerd has had their geeky, greasy hands on it before you have.

or worse, someone who doesn't know what the heck they are doing