Originally posted by: Otter
I've been hearing bad things about Monarch lately. I take most of what I read in these forums with salt, but right now I'm glad I decided to go with the new guys with the right attitude and the better price.
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=391206
Of the vendors currently taking pre-orders, TankGuys is the only one I'm willing to take a chance on. I'd rather wait for Newegg than order from a company that I don't have good reason to trust. I'll order other things online from companies I've never heard of without even bothing to check with resellerratings.com and the BBB. But for computer parts, I've become
very picky. I've been burned a couple times by vendors who expect me to pay for their incompetence, and it's just not worth the risk or hassle.
I might cancel and switch if Newegg or some other vendor known for getting it right has the 4400 in stock before AMD ships to TG. (That TankGuys is the only vendor expecting the retail boxes makes me wonder if someone at AMD goofed when he told TG they'd get retail in the first wave of shipments.) But as I need to get this system put together soon, and it's such an expensive part, I'm not inclined to gamble with companies that don't see customer service as having anything to do with their bottom line.