Originally posted by: samusaraniv
Received my first card today with some difficulty.
Apparently, eVGA shipped out my first card with a freakin' age restriction!! I am 19, and they put a restriction on the card where UPS would only fork it over if someone 21 or older signed for it. I was not at home upon UPS' first attempt, so I scheduled a will-call pickup that night. I got to the UPS location and was informed that I would have to bring someone 21 or older up there with me to sign for it (THE OUTRAGE!!). No matter what I said, they would not give it to me. So they suggested that I call eVGA and get them to fax over a note saying to lift the restriction. Stayed on hold for about 10/15 minutes waiting for the 24/7 tech support, then a UPS dude came out and told me that HE was just told that ANYONE that was 21 could sign for me, so I asked this cute Asian girl beside me and she happily obliged.
Christ.. :\
I had a similar issue with my card. I missed the first delivery attempt and went to the UPS hub to pick it up. The guy wasn't going to give the package to me at first, but then he asked what was in the box and the conversation went as follows:
UPS Guy: What's in the box?
Me: It's just a video card.
UG: Oh, what kind?
Me: 7900 GT
UG: Awesome. So you're a gamer?
Me: Yeah.
UG: What games do you play?
Me: I've got Oblivion waiting at home that I'm installing as soon as I can get this thing inside my PC.
UG: Well look, since it's just a video card I'm going to let you take it, but some of the other UPS employees probably wouldn't be so understanding.
Me: Great, thanks a lot.
UG: Btw, do you play WoW?
Me: I played in the Beta, but that was it for me.
UG: You're missing out, you should come back.
Me: We'll see. Thanks again.
I really lucked out.