ZipZoomFly vs. AMD RMA Exoeriences

[raymondmar1mty]

Well I bought a retail boxed AMD Venice 3000+ CPU last week from ZipZoomFly, tested it on a couple motherboards, but both didn't POST.

I need to RMA the CPU, but am in a bit of rush as I need to finish my build by this coming Friday. I live in the Bay Area so transit time should be 1 day to both AMD and ZZF. What are people's experiences with both AMD and ZZF and which one should I try RMA'ing to for fastest turnaround?

Has anybody ever had ZZF take a return of a defective item w/o the restocking fee? I could buy another CPU then and do the return to ZZF.

 

[Bozo Galora]

The forum catagories on AT really badly need to be changed/altered/redefined etc.
Its just too big of a mess.
GH has gotten out of hand - really.

Like Gen Hardware" should be "Hardware Related Only", and motherboards and CPU dropped (no one goes there)
There should be something to the effect: "Vendor Issues", and "Gaming Help"
Etc Etc

 

[aatf510]

I don't think ZZF will take a return and give you a full refund even if the item is defective.

 

[imported_Nacelle]

newegg is the same way. You have to pay a restocking fee if you want a refund, even if it's defective. They will send you a new one though.

 

[allanon1965]

are you sure the motherboards are able to recognize them? i had to update my bios to use the venice core...and my mb is only a couple months old...