supergrover
Limp Gawd
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Demo box my ass.
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i think its kinda funny that display boxes have so many typos. The guy that made the youtube video says he tried to put it in his motherboard (thought maybe he wound up with an OEM with no heatsink? personally i woulda kept that thing far far away from the rest of my stuff) which completely destroyed the socket. Newegg is sending him a replacement motherboard too. So its not like they arent fixing problems that they didnt even personally create
The link says the image is too big and i can see the picture.
How do i see it!?
Demo box my ass.
Second, why pick one of the least expensive CPUs ... an i7 920 ... BS!!
Looks like newegg is sending out emails to possibly effected customers. I just got one.
Took the words right out of my mouth. This incident doesn't change what I think about NewEgg. I'd feel better now about dealing with NewEgg because they're taking every step to take care of the issue. They've acknowledged it and now they're sending out replacement orders to those affected. Far cry from deserving a shady reputation as if they told every customer who got one of these things to go fuck themselves.
Anyone who says ZOMG NEWEGG I'LL NEVER SHOP THERE AGAIN!!!1111, please... jump off a tall building and make sure you land with a handrail going up between your legs.
Second, why pick one of the least expensive CPUs ... an i7 920 ...
Newegg is aware of a shipping error that occurred with certain recent orders of the Intel Core i7-920 CPU. After investigating the issue internally it appears one of our long term partners mistakenly shipped a small number of demo boxes instead of functional units. Our customer service team has already begun proactively reaching out to the affected customers. In line with our commitment to ensure total customer satisfaction, we are doing everything in our power to resolve the issue as soon as possible and with the least amount of inconvenience to our customers
This has nothing to do with NEWEGG at all.
If D&H sent them these then they are the guilty party PERIOD.
If D&H sent these then they KNOW that they got them via a "Grey Market" channel. There is NO WAY these could have slipped into their inventory by accident.
Distributers do this all the time and they can and will get in SERIOUS trouble with Intel when they find out.
Serves them right for trying to cheat the system.
I am a D&H customer, and I would bet that they didn't realize what they had, either as they would have been buying directly from Intel. I'm sure the switch happened well before the pallet ever hit the states.
I agree it is not NewEggs fault, but people find reasons to sue for anything, don't see why this would be any different. NewEgg will be fine in the end.
Newegg does in fact, source their parts from various distributors. My girlfriend works there. She said that the parts came in a lot of about 300 pieces, all of which were fake. You also have to understand that MOST of the people that work in their warehouses dont speak much English. The same kind of people that would write SOCHET on a fake CPU box. She said they got the problem taken care of. All of the fake processors were in the same shipment and have been removed from stock. Its NOT an inside job. They all came from a distributor like that....possible that its an inside job there though.....
Why would they give him a free CPU for that? Makes no sense.
This is what sucks about the internet generation: they think they are entitled to everything and anything.
It damn straight is Newegg's fault. As a quality professional, I can confidently state that Newegg has a responsibility to it's customers to not ship out faulty product. It sounds like they need a better internal and external quality audit program to catch mistakes like this either at the supplier or at their own warehouse, and definitely before they get into the hands of customers.
The reason why this ABSOLUTELY doesn't even matter is because newegg is actually a reputable company and will take care of the problem instantaneously for anyone affected.
If you think this can't happen to almost ANY retailer you're wrong. How they take care of it is what to look for. If this actually scares you away from newegg you are a fool. 100% of the people affected will get real processors.
Well Newegg is going to make things right, that is clear.
If Newegg dropships product from D&H they never even handle the thing. D&H is the only one that ever sees it before you do.
I can say confidently it is D&H's fault OR Intel's.
Well Newegg is going to make things right, that is clear.
If Newegg dropships product from D&H they never even handle the thing. D&H is the only one that ever sees it before you do.
I can say confidently it is D&H's fault OR Intel's.
The demo box explanation seems reasonable, even for Intel. For they wouldn't want the boxes to get mistaken and passed off for the real thing. At least they're quickly identified.
If you have determined that you received the wrong product, please except our deepest apologies.
Do you seriously believe that Intel would have created demo boxes with atrocious spelling errors? I'm just asking.
I wonder if what NewEgg replied about the boxes being a "Demo" is true? Don't think so.
If not that's what you get for outsourcing your industry. I'd like to laugh but America keeps reminding me of late dying Rome more and more with each passing day.What are you gonna do about it?
That's right. If George Bush were still President, this mess would be his fault. But since Barack Obama is the current President, it's still George Bush's fault.
I wouldn't doubt that one of these fake CPUs was powering the computer that helped Rumsfeld and company devise their scandalous 9/11 plan.
In fact, I would place money down on a bet that not one, but TWO of these CPUs were powering the computer that spit out all of the phony global warming data (or global cooling, who really knows) that made Al Gore a rich man.
Honestly, there are more vivid and conspicuous signs of this country's troubles than a shipment of bum CPU retail boxes.