Open Box video cards on Newegg?

[phexac]

I have found a cheap 5870 on newegg by asus that is open box. Have you guys had experience with open box items like this? The price of $300 is very attractive, but I don't want to get stuck with a POS.

Newegg does offer 30-day money refund policy with their open box items.

Thoughts?

 

[AzN]

Usually there's nothing wrong with them. All you would lose is shipping it back if it didn't work out for you and or not to your liking.

Why would you think you would get stuck with a POS? They offer a refund policy and even has warranty.

 

[dflynchimp]

yeah the only downside to open box items is that sometimes they don't come bundled with the original accessories (cables, CD) but if you have no problem with downloading drivers off of AMD's site and just need the card itself it should be no problem. I've gotten a motherboard this way an it's still running strong after 2~ years.

 

[Fox5]

Openbox usually equals no accessories (but not always) and shitty overclocking.

 

[dflynchimp]

Openbox usually equals no accessories (but not always) and shitty overclocking.

Why would it equal shitty overclocking? I don't see the the logic here.

 

[n7]

Why would it equal shitty overclocking? I don't see the the logic here.

Card was bought by someone who then returned it because it was a poor OCer.

I suspect this isn't a common scenario, but it happens, no doubt.

 

[Zap]

All you would lose is shipping it back if it didn't work out for you and or not to your liking.

Last I checked Newegg's official policy (not what you can beg/cry/threaten their CSRs) was a 15% restocking fee on returned Open Box items. Has that changed?

 

[shangshang]

Usually there's nothing wrong with them. All you would lose is shipping it back if it didn't work out for you and or not to your liking.

Why would you think you would get stuck with a POS? They offer a refund policy and even has warranty.

think of buying a "certified used car" from the dealer and end up getting a lemon. Dealer will fix the problems but you still have a lemon. Anything can be a POS if you have to put up with it for long, even your wife.

 

[ScorcherDarkly]

The only person I've heard of buying an open box 5870 off Newegg ended up getting a 5870 box with a 4670 inside. Definitely hit and miss, lol.

 

[Barfo]

anything can be a pos if you have to put up with it for long, even your wife.

lol!

 

[ZimZum]

Last I checked Newegg's official policy (not what you can beg/cry/threaten their CSRs) was a 15% restocking fee on returned Open Box items. Has that changed?

The restocking fee is the biggest sham in retail.

 

[n7]

The restocking fee is the biggest sham in retail.

No it's not.

It helps prevent stupid people from buying stuff & then returning it for no good reason, which is exactly happens @ places w/o them, & it happens in ridiculous excess.

 

[garritynet]

Worth it if you have the time to send it back, wait for your refund and buy another card if it turns out to be a dud.

Open box means someone returned it. Newegg just sells it to the next person at a discount. I purchased two cards. One a few years back, after hearing numerous times that they were usually fine. Mine was not. One a about year or so ago for a cheap build for a friend. Also not good. Its hit and miss.

 

[lyssword]

the only problem you would have is clicking on "add to cart" button fast enough

 

[The Boston Dangler]

i've bought open-box vid cards from newegg with no issues. don't expect to get the adaptors and stuff, tho. i will not buy an open-box motherboard or chip that some donkey has messed with.

 

[Elvis2]

I just pulled the trigger on an "open box" from the egg. A Sapphire 4870 to CF with my Asus DK. I don't need any accessories. For $114.00 shipped, wth? We'll see. Btw, which card do you hook up the dvi connector to or does it matter like sli?

 

[Skott]

IMHO 'Open Box' = Taking a big chance/Gambling. Do you feel lucky?

/chuckle

 

[AzN]

Last I checked Newegg's official policy (not what you can beg/cry/threaten their CSRs) was a 15% restocking fee on returned Open Box items. Has that changed?

http://www.newegg.com/HelpInfo/ReturnPolicy.aspx#29

You should really try reading their open box poloicy.

There's no 15% restocking fee for open box items since it's already opened. LOL

 

[AzN]

think of buying a "certified used car" from the dealer and end up getting a lemon. Dealer will fix the problems but you still have a lemon. Anything can be a POS if you have to put up with it for long, even your wife.

It's not used. it's been test driven.

edit:
I think what your thinking is probably re-certified products that usually come with lesser warranties. I see you hate your wife.

 

[T2k]

Card was bought by someone who then returned it because it was a poor OCer.

I suspect this isn't a common scenario, but it happens, no doubt.

True. I often buy open box VGAs for desktop spare parts here at work and every one I tried (mostly 4850s) were complete crap when it came to OC'ing.

 

[mindless1]

I'll echo the above, I've received some with corruption, some dead, some fine, some died months later (might've anyway... no way to know), some pretty terrible overclockers. Some even had surface mount parts like capacitors knocked off, but they still powered on and ran.

The way I factor is it's a 50/50 chance, I add my return shipping cost to the product cost to decide if I still want it - assuming it comes with nothing but the bare card.

Anyone know how the manufacturer handles warranties if they see a receipt that has it marked as refurb'd? On midrange and higher cards that might be another serious factor to consider if contrasting with cards that have 2+ year warranty.

 

[tviceman]

I bought an opened box geforce 9600 GSO from new egg just last week to use as a dedicated physx card for batman and cryostasis. It was $50. I've only played around with the batman benchmark only 10-15 minutes of cryostasis, but it's worked 100%.

Generally speaking, the more expensive the product, the more leery I would be of buying it already opened.

 

[QueBert]

The restocking fee is the biggest sham in retail.

I think the biggest sham in retail is when people like my neighbor would buy something from Best Buy, return it a day later and go back and buy it again when it's back out as an open box and marked down 20%. He did this on a very regular basis. Before they had the restocking fee on Notebooks he bought one, took it back and bought it for $250 less the follow day. That to me is the biggest sham.

 

[Kyanzes]

The question is: is there anything in the box?

I would certainly try my luck.

Best case, everything turns out to be ok, card is working.

Worst case, you have to send it back and lose a few bucks.

I would buy it.

 

[Tempered81]

I bought an open box Socket 775 motherboard from the egg that was DOA.