pillagenburn
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Anyone have any experience with Supermicro open box boards from Newegg? Do they even test them? Or just straight on to the next customer?
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I'm not up on that one - was there some fiasco with refurbs? This board I'm looking at appears to be open box (though not sure what that even means - could have been returned from RMA?)Given what we've seen of their refurbs I'd be hesitant.
They are complete trash now, I'd avoid newegg as much as possible.wow, they are so different than what I remember.... though it's been years.
I'm looking for a H12SSL ... would prefer 10gbe. Newegg has a -NT for $450 but from what you all say it's probably got bent pins or has been shat on repeatedly.What board are you looking for? Have you tried ebay or alibaba? There are a few good chinese sellers on ebay that sell new & used server stuff, and alibaba has slightly better prices with basically the same people (much better prices if you're buying 10+). Most of the prices I've seen on newegg are too high.
Get any board and pick up a cheap Mellanox 10G nic, or a set of the newer Marvell ones.I'm looking for a H12SSL ... would prefer 10gbe. Newegg has a -NT for $450 but from what you all say it's probably got bent pins or has been shat on repeatedly.
I'm going with someone took a rotten dump in the CPU socket.$450 for that isn't bad but you can get a new one on alibaba for $410+s/h so probably the same price, but 2-3 week delivery instead of 2-3 days. If you trust newegg's open box return policy you could chance it I guess. If you're lucky it's just someone who put in incompatible RAM or something and didn't know how to troubleshoot it, but with LGA sockets it seems like people love to bend pins.
Yeah I like not losing money so thank you for helping me not lose money.Thanks for listening to our advice and actually listening. There's so many threads where someone asks if Newegg is good, people post the usual Gamer's Nexus story, and then OP continues to go "Yeah but... are you sure?".
This is a very good point. If they send me a fuboard I would just send a picture to Gamers Nexus and then Newegg would proceed to get their shit pushed in.I would go with the NE board. Good luck getting a refund from Alibaba. ME is on a short lease right now and they know better to screw people over ATM.
I would give it a shot. Worst case you return it within 30 days. Best case you got a solid mono for cheap.Anyone have any experience with Supermicro open box boards from Newegg? Do they even test them? Or just straight on to the next customer?
I doubt they have the balls to do something like that at this time. In my experience NE has never done me wrong and took care of me with no issues.That’s the whole point. When they tried to return it Newegg told them to fuck off. So worst case you’re out the money entirely
Maybe Steve/GN should check it out again since they supposedly changed their ways for open box stuff after beeing in that shitstormThat’s the whole point. When they tried to return it Newegg told them to fuck off. So worst case you’re out the money entirely
I doubt they have the balls to do something like that at this time. In my experience NE has never done me wrong and took care of me with no issues.
How about this? About two years ago I got curious about all those resellers on Amazon with obvious "made up" weird names. Given my career focus, I thought I should look into this a bit. First I discovered that there is an entire industry niche in China devoted to creating these weird names, like ADEVYYAID. (My example only.) It's the opposite of good marketing, since the brand names are not memorable. Then I discovered that among smaller Chinese manufacturers there is a lot of disdain and and even contempt for Western customers. Cheating, fooling, tricking these customers is admired. Think phony reviews on Amazon, very poor customer service, and outright misrepresentation of product information.If theyre resorting to passing losses on to customers via deception then thats the mark of a very distressed company IMO. No telling what theyd do in that case.
I wouldn't.so, what is current status buying Open box from Newegg?
Too much damage has been done to their open box reputation from all I'm seeing. They probably just need to spin up a company that dumps their returned stock through Ebayso, what is current status buying Open box from Newegg?