Careful with rebates
I try really hard to avoid rebates (always thought of them as scams) but I have received 99% of them back so other than the length of time waiting I tolerated them.
But yesterday I found out something that I will not tolerate. I bought a Seasonic 500 PS from Newegg (seems I keep taking my PSs apart and cutting them to pieces
) I wanted one to leave whole and use as a bench one to build and test equipment. Figuring that with Seasonic it was a safe bet quality was good. Well after a few days (about a week or 2) My comp emitted a loud pop and shut off. (It restarted but there was no way I was gonna leave it connected to my new hardware after that) Now I am VERY fussy about power usage/management and monitor all my comps. This one was drawing between 150watts and 250 so it was no way near the 500 the PS should have tolerated..
Ok no prob request a RMA (was well within the 30 days) and send it in...Now close to a week passes and no word (unlike Newegg) so I figure there is a prob I try their live chat and the girl says she has no clue wait till I receive an email.. Well that wont do to me and I call the store and chat with a person, she immeaditly says because I sent in the rebate they wouldnt honor the replacement and the unit had to be sent back to Seasonic to be repaired. When I asked how much longer it would take she said it was no longer Neweggs responsibility and I should contact Seasonic directly...
So take this into consideration when buying anything with a rebate from Newegg...
And now I really need to buy another PS to run this comp while I redesign the Corsair 750.. Dam this sucks
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