I hate people who do this kind of shit, jackass should of kept the card instead of acting like a lil girl and having his mommy pitch a fit so his dumbass could get a refund after his return policy. Your friend should grow some Cahonas
My friend bought a Videocard a few years back from newegg that was listed as exchange only. About a month after his exchange window had expired he decided for no real reason that he wanted a different card itself and all he had to do was get his mom on the phone to bitch and he ended up with a full refund.
It's always been suspected that Newegg grey markets a bit of their goods......I think the return policy almost points that out.
those "no return" items are probably gray market; rather then it being the store policy to not allow returns.
It is mainly because of the people that abuse return policies. When someone returns an item that has nothing wrong with it but the buyer didn't like it for whatever reason the seller cannot just send it back to the manufacturer.
BUT.....while this has never happened to me at Microcenter, I have purchased cpus, motherboards, and/or memory from Frys that was on sale, get home and find out that the cpu/memory/motherboard was returned and put back on the shelf as new and sold as such. (Cpu with TIM still on it, motherboard missing cables, back I/O plate open/missing, etc., memory with very visible scratches on the gold fingers, etc.)
I just noticed that video card sales in newegg are nonrefundable... forget restocking fee, there are simply no refunds.
What is a good place to buy video cards in the USA now that newegg went down the toilet?
I doubt 15% covers it. You can look through their site and find tons of open box products that sell for more than 15% below standard price. This for example.doesn't even cover it? ha!
the 15% restocking fee is WAAAAY to high. And last I checked they don't reduce the cost of open box items by 15%... heck, often not even by 1%
microcenter is UNUSUAL in that it doesn't allow refunds. Most stores in the USA do.
And so what? I said that best buy and frys have CONSISTENT policies... microcenter also has consistent policy "No returns unless it is DOA"...
with newegg you get an inconsistent policy, with some items being "no returns" and others allowing return... so you have to carefully examine each individual item rather then look at an overall store policy, and it indicates that those "no return" items are probably gray market; rather then it being the store policy to not allow returns.
Microcenter pricematch??? Anytime I have been in the Overland Park Microcenter they refuse to pricematch any online prices.
I doubt 15% covers it. You can look through their site and find tons of open box products that sell for more than 15% below standard price. This for example.
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Massive fail thread...
it doesnt appear to have anything to do with newegg. first off nearly all of their are cards refundable and most without any restocking fee and all you have to do is look before you order. next the ones that are non refundable seem to have the same stipulation at other e-tailers so its clearly the card manufacture making this decision and not newegg.
for instance this XFX card says "VGA Replacement Only Return Policy".
* Return for refund within: non-refundable
* Return for replacement within: 30 days
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-491-_-Product
well at tigerdirect it says basically the same thing.
This Product Has Limited Exchange Privileges.
For support on this product, please contact XFX at 800-880-3225. Defective exchanges for identical item within 30 days of purchase permitted on this product with prior manufacturer approval.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...=WARRANTY#tabs