HUGE PROBLEMS with Monarch Computer

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Rob_63

Diamond Member
Dec 12, 2003
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Lets face it, NO ONE can compare to Newegg's service.

I had a bad experience with ZipZoomFly recently, (I used them ONLY because they still use Fed Ex at a reasonable cost) I spent 1600 beans there within the period of a week, got a bad set of fancy Corsair ram (303 dollars). One stick failed memtest horribly, I called them up about it and they told me they would give me a full refund. I sent them in, got the run around from them with the customer service representative switcharoo, and ended up receiving a refund minus the 45.45 restock fee.

I immediately called them and a trained monkey on the other end kept repeating " the memory tested good". that is all he could say. I asked to speak to his manager and got voicemail , and I left a message to return my call and guess what, not a peep from them. I sent multiple e mails and same thing, nothing.

Now before you say well maybe the memory was OK, I will tell you this: I have been building computers for 10 years, and know a bad memory stick when I run across one. Memtest86 verified that one stick was bad, (not both) and I tested them in two different platforms. The bad stick had scratches on it, so I was probably not the first own them.

I hate being ignored and hate someone screwing me out of my money even more so I did this:

1. Negative Evals at reselleratings.com and pricegrabber.com. they probably don't care about them since they never respond to any of the many previous complaints. BUT - other people deserve to know.

2. I wrote a very detailed complaint to the Better Business Bureau. http://www.bbb.org/ This is what you will probably be most successful with. (they have 10 days to respond back to the BBB)

3. I wrote to the manufacturer of the memory explaining my experience, how I received a defective product of theirs that appeared to be used. And that they charged me a restock fee which tells me they may be sticking it back on the shelf to be resold again.

I finally received this yesterday:
Dear Customer,
Our apologies, we will be refunding you for the restocking fee. Please allow 3-5 business days for the bank to update the information. Please feel free to contact us if you need anything else.

Regards,
ZipZoomFly Customer Service
Biggest thing is take your time when writing letters, include all the pertinent info and base your complaint on facts not emotional output.
 

yhelothar

Lifer
Dec 11, 2002
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Originally posted by: Phil
Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Average ATOT thread posted by a new member.. 300 people comes in to bash him.
Oh yeah, I forgot, ATOT is made up of mostly high school losers.

Speak for yourself, Mr "128kbps MP3s sound the same as CDDA".

Uh what does that have to do with being a high school loser?
In fact, your attitude resembles that of the high school loser.
Oh let's make fun of him because he's like most people, and can't hear the difference between 128kbps mp3 and CD!
:roll:
 

Hummin

Senior member
Dec 11, 2005
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Well, the thread is approaching some level of sanity.

But, to "continue" the Monarch-ing......

I've ordered a few parts over time from them. Not a problem at all ever.

In fact, ordered an Opteron 146 last Friday (Mar. 10th) and received it Monday (Mar. 13th.) Now, I honestly don't think Newegg, ZZF, or anyone else could have gotten it out faster or delivered quicker. I was impressed by this one.

But this is just my experience........and over the past decade, I, too, have had the rare poor experience with online retailers. But usually a calm, brief converstaion on the phone with someone fixes the problem.

From what I've seen in B&M stores and heard online, I wonder how most persons on these boards really approach returning items or dealing with problems. I've returned stuff to BB, CC, CompUSA, MicroCenter, Fry's, and have never been refused the return or been charged a restocking fee. But then again, I never go in with a chip on my shoulder, am always curteous and smile. Seems to work every time. Don't go in being confrontational and it almost always works out in your favor. Catch more with honey than vinegar.
 

AMCRambler

Diamond Member
Jan 23, 2001
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Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Originally posted by: EvolutionWRC
That's all for now; we need to let Monarch know that we bean busines, and the way they are treating their customers, both here and at Hardforum, is unacceptable.

NOTHING scares a company more than when you bean business!

lmao, good one
 

torpid

Lifer
Sep 14, 2003
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Originally posted by: Hummin
Well, the thread is approaching some level of sanity.

But, to "continue" the Monarch-ing......

I've ordered a few parts over time from them. Not a problem at all ever.

In fact, ordered an Opteron 146 last Friday (Mar. 10th) and received it Monday (Mar. 13th.) Now, I honestly don't think Newegg, ZZF, or anyone else could have gotten it out faster or delivered quicker. I was impressed by this one.

But this is just my experience........and over the past decade, I, too, have had the rare poor experience with online retailers. But usually a calm, brief converstaion on the phone with someone fixes the problem.

From what I've seen in B&M stores and heard online, I wonder how most persons on these boards really approach returning items or dealing with problems. I've returned stuff to BB, CC, CompUSA, MicroCenter, Fry's, and have never been refused the return or been charged a restocking fee. But then again, I never go in with a chip on my shoulder, am always curteous and smile. Seems to work every time. Don't go in being confrontational and it almost always works out in your favor. Catch more with honey than vinegar.

Surprised about CompUSA. They have always charged a restocking fee to me. That is why I never buy things there that I think I might return, and go with BB or CC.
 

EvolutionWRC

Banned
Feb 3, 2005
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Originally posted by: FoBoT
the bottom line is, the customer is NOT always right, sometimes the customer is an idiot


Right, so when I buy something and complain, I'm wrong, but when you buy something and have a bad experience, it's okay for you to complain.....I get it

EvolutionWRC
 

EvolutionWRC

Banned
Feb 3, 2005
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Originally posted by: Trucker61
Lets face it, NO ONE can compare to Newegg's service.

I had a bad experience with ZipZoomFly recently, (I used them ONLY because they still use Fed Ex at a reasonable cost) I spent 1600 beans there within the period of a week, got a bad set of fancy Corsair ram (303 dollars). One stick failed memtest horribly, I called them up about it and they told me they would give me a full refund. I sent them in, got the run around from them with the customer service representative switcharoo, and ended up receiving a refund minus the 45.45 restock fee.

I immediately called them and a trained monkey on the other end kept repeating " the memory tested good". that is all he could say. I asked to speak to his manager and got voicemail , and I left a message to return my call and guess what, not a peep from them. I sent multiple e mails and same thing, nothing.

Now before you say well maybe the memory was OK, I will tell you this: I have been building computers for 10 years, and know a bad memory stick when I run across one. Memtest86 verified that one stick was bad, (not both) and I tested them in two different platforms. The bad stick had scratches on it, so I was probably not the first own them.

I hate being ignored and hate someone screwing me out of my money even more so I did this:

1. Negative Evals at reselleratings.com and pricegrabber.com. they probably don't care about them since they never respond to any of the many previous complaints. BUT - other people deserve to know.

2. I wrote a very detailed complaint to the Better Business Bureau. http://www.bbb.org/ This is what you will probably be most successful with. (they have 10 days to respond back to the BBB)

3. I wrote to the manufacturer of the memory explaining my experience, how I received a defective product of theirs that appeared to be used. And that they charged me a restock fee which tells me they may be sticking it back on the shelf to be resold again.

I finally received this yesterday:
Dear Customer,
Our apologies, we will be refunding you for the restocking fee. Please allow 3-5 business days for the bank to update the information. Please feel free to contact us if you need anything else.

Regards,
ZipZoomFly Customer Service
Biggest thing is take your time when writing letters, include all the pertinent info and base your complaint on facts not emotional output.

What you did is a perfect example of what should be done in these situations, but if you look at the original post, I was just asking people to share their stories about Monarch, before I left negative feedback and filed a report with the BBB. I was also obviollsy waiting to get a response from Monarch.

All I got was flaming and bitching, and instead of taking it like a lot of people here do, I fought back. The insults kept coming so I kept replying. I'm glad all the losers came into this thread and made it obvious who they are.
 

cKGunslinger

Lifer
Nov 29, 1999
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Originally posted by: EvolutionWRC

All I got was flaming and bitching, and instead of taking it like a lot of people here do, I fought back. The insults kept coming so I kept replying. I'm glad all the losers came into this thread and made it obvious who they are.
LOL - whatever help you sleep at night, kid. :beer:
 

imported_Phil

Diamond Member
Feb 10, 2001
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Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Originally posted by: EvolutionWRC

All I got was flaming and bitching, and instead of taking it like a lot of people here do, I fought back. The insults kept coming so I kept replying. I'm glad all the losers came into this thread and made it obvious who they are.
LOL - whatever help you sleep at night, kid. :beer:

:laugh:
 

DanTMWTMP

Lifer
Oct 7, 2001
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Hmm, I've ordered from monarch on multiple occasions. Never had a problem. I even had a few bad experiences from newegg. Every etailer isn't perfect, and don't expect perfection.
 

pkme2

Diamond Member
Sep 30, 2005
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Its very difficult to sift through all the replies pro and con and whatever. When I want to checkout any seller, I rely on
Reseller ratings
This gives you a better view of who's who and what's what.
 

giantpinkbunnyhead

Diamond Member
Dec 7, 2005
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Originally posted by: EvolutionWRC
What you did is a perfect example of what should be done in these situations, but if you look at the original post, I was just asking people to share their stories about Monarch, before I left negative feedback and filed a report with the BBB. I was also obviollsy waiting to get a response from Monarch.

All I got was flaming and bitching, and instead of taking it like a lot of people here do, I fought back. The insults kept coming so I kept replying. I'm glad all the losers came into this thread and made it obvious who they are.

LOL you make a pathetic martyr. I wouldn't call what you did "fighting". I'd call it getting royally hosed by ATOT. Er, I mean AA.
 

aboothman

Senior member
Mar 21, 2004
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small retailer = small workforce

This saves you and I, the customers, money.
It also means that they get slammed when they put these good deals out there.
If you would rather pay more for 2 day service, go ahead.....but don't come here and bitch because it takes you a week to receive an item for $30+ cheaper thn anywhere else.

Furthermore, if you have READ the posts on any forum showing Monarch deals, you will know that they are a bit slow. You assumed the risk. ALSO, any noob moron knows about
reseller ratings.

If you were ripped off completely, fine, but so far I have seen no complaints except rebate issues and slow shipping.
 

jakedeez

Golden Member
Jun 21, 2005
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Originally posted by: EvolutionWRC

All I got was flaming and bitching, and instead of taking it like a lot of people here do, I fought back. The insults kept coming so I kept replying. I'm glad all the losers came into this thread and made it obvious who they are.

Yes, you fought back, and guess what happened. I think it is best described as it was here:

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger


o <---- ATOT
|\_o <---- OP
// \


BTW - I think this maybe the first thread that was twice nominated for pwnage of the year...
 

mugs

Lifer
Apr 29, 2003
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Originally posted by: EvolutionWRC
All I got was flaming and bitching, and instead of taking it like a lot of people here do, I fought back. The insults kept coming so I kept replying. I'm glad all the losers came into this thread and made it obvious who they are.

The only loser in this thread is the one who started it. When it became apparant that no one agreed with you, you started bumping the thread with immature taunts. Well all know you're crying like a little girl on the inside.
 
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