New Video Card Drama

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:01:33 Post Subject: New Video Card Drama

I bought a new video card from Newegg a few weeks ago... Shipped out on a Thursday, and on Friday I had a package already, even though I paid for 3 day shipping! Nice! Anyway, I didn't have a chance to look at it until Sunday, and when I open it up I find it is a free game that they threw in. What a let down, I thought I was about to install my new card. Pretty funny that a free game made it overnight, but the card itself took until the following Wednesday to show up... Uggh.

Anyway, that was minimal drama, the bigger drama came today when trying to complete the paperwork for the $20 rebate. They wanted the UPC, the rebate form, and the invoice as usual... But they also wanted the original packing list! WTF

- who asks for the packing slip? Problem was I had thrown it out days ago... and I have been on this kick of shredding everything that will fit into the shredder.

So, it turned into a craft project at my 6-year old's "project table". Like putting together a soggy, stinky puzzle using a sticky note board to hold all the strips in place until I could tape them all back together.

Laughing

They better send the $20... We earned it!

**Modulok** · Posted: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:13:28 Post Subject:

LOL

I think they put stuff in there out of the norm to refuse ones that aren't proper...I did one for Kaspersky...and one item is the "red and white K" from the spine of the box.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:13:42 Post Subject:

Now that's funny sh*t right there

Blue|Fusion · Posted: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:28:20 Post Subject:

I should probably pay more attention to the rebates on my buys. I never really bother with them like the company hopes we do. Pretty sure the vid card I got from Newegg last week didn't have any rebates though. And no new game either. Damn, oh well.

mrweasel · Posted: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:25:42 Post Subject:

good thing you don't have a good shredder. Then you'd have a 500 piece puzzle to do. Laughing

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:29:36 Post Subject:

**Modulok** · Posted: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:38:15 Post Subject:

LOL

and its not that 500 piece would be any fun to complete.

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

LOL Yea, had some rebates lately that asked for odd things as well.

Most recent was one for a WD 500GB My Book. Same as what you needed BB.

Had another one a few months back that wanted the box top. I suppose to make sure you didn't get an OEM version or something *shrug*

Jynxx · Posted: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:12:00 Post Subject:

Same thing happened here, only I didn't shred. I threw away the packing slips with all the peanuts and empty boxes. Luckily I read the instructions for the rebates and ran outside and got the slips! Now I keep everything unless I know there is no rebate.
The bad thing about my experience is I had an EVGA 8800 Ultra KO and I signed up for the Step-Up program, knowing that the 9000 series was due to come out (probably within the 90 days). But my fiance did the rebate for that one and CUT OUT the upc from the box to get the $30 rebate. GRR.
Whats better, getting the latest best card around for about $100? Or a $30 rebate?
Bang Head

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473