A Company Called MemoryC is Trying to SCREW Me [Resolved

A Company Called MemoryC is Trying to SCREW Me [Resolved - Update Video in Description]

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• See final update video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bt6nldKa1Z6waJc.html
• Update (6/17): MemoryC reached out with an apology and explanation, and offered several fair options to remedy the situation including a full refund option which I've decided to go with. They confirmed my hunch that the supplier (the one I mentioned at 7:47) to which they forwarded the board for repair had lost the board, and were upfront about the mistake in not sending an equivalent board and also not at least offering the replacement first, instead of just sending it unsolicited. They said my emails going un-answered was not intentional and that they don't operate that way, and explained it was because an upgrade to their ticketing system was causing my tickets to not show up for some reason. Which I assume is a simplified explanation but I guess I'll choose to take their word for it. Overall I'd say they seemed genuinely apologetic. I'll probably make a follow up video soon with more details once everything is fully sorted.
• Update 2 (6/18): I received the full refund today and have shipped back the Z690 Hero motherboard to them, so I consider the issue fully resolved.
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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - The Bricked Motherboard
2:23 - The REAL Problem Starts
3:22 - The Motherboard Was not What It Seemed
4:31 - Contacting MemoryC
5:23 - More Months Go By
6:07 - The "Equivalent Replacement"
6:41 - Why Might They Do This?
7:23 - One Last Chance
8:33 - No Choice Left
9:55 - Now What?
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@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

The situation has been fully resolved 🧐 Here is an update video including their response and explanation: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bt6nldKa1Z6waJc.html

@TheShornak Ай бұрын

Yeah well, believe it when you see it. Until than it's not resolved.

@JavanLapp81 Ай бұрын

Still wonder if us normies would've gotten this response, since it wasn't until after you revealed your platform that this solution was offered.

@Blinkerd00d Ай бұрын

Good luck, bro

@PalBatey 24 күн бұрын

It's sad that someone has to have millions of followers for them to make you whole. A regular Joe-Schmo would be stuck with whatever they send.

@BSGSV Ай бұрын

I'm still stuck on the idea that a mobo can cost $1245!!!!!

@buggerlugz6753 Ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY...........WTF IS IT WITH DDR5 MOBOS????

@esecallum Ай бұрын

@@buggerlugz6753 mine cost 60 giga z77-d3h

@Snorlaxiian Ай бұрын

@@buggerlugz6753 More features > more cost...? To be general, most consumer items are overpriced and we just accept that. We're weird.

@matbroomfield Ай бұрын

@@buggerlugz6753 Paid the same for a DDR4 mobo. When you need the additional features, that's what you pay.

@estusflask982 Ай бұрын

@@buggerlugz6753 It's Asus's best Intel motherboard. Not just DDR5 making it expensive.

@bluegizmo1983 Ай бұрын

Sending out a new motherboard that is worth half the original price is BS. If the same or real equivalent board is not available, they should've refunded the original purchase price!

@Mempler Ай бұрын

I wouldn't say full price refund but rather an 80% refund, depending on how old the thing is. If it's like a year old, yea. Just give the whole price. but if its like 5 years old, it wouldn't be too unreasonable

@bluegizmo1983 Ай бұрын

@@Mempler Yeah, agreed. I just figured it must still be pretty new because he showed it was still supposed to be under warranty for almost another full year when he looked up the serial number, and Asus only warranties motherboards for 3 years, so it should only be about 2 years old.

@Mempler Ай бұрын

@@bluegizmo1983 holy, only 3 years warranty for a 1k board? That shucks

@I.____.....__...__ Ай бұрын

I once bought an extended warranty for a graphics-card and had to invoke it a year later; they no longer carried that model and gave me the next closest thing they had, which was a bit of an upgrade. Ah, those halcyon days when that was actually possible. As for a full refund, the board has probably depreciated since he bought it.

@Pegaroo_ Ай бұрын

@@Mempler If your Ferrari died would you accept a refund that was only enough to buy a Porsche? Not a perfect analogy but you'll get the point

@The_Orgin Ай бұрын

Things like this scare me. If they dragged this through the year can they just say that the warranty expired ??

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

I don’t think they’d be legally able to do that if you at least get it to them initially within the warranty period

@ethimself5064 Ай бұрын

@@ThioJoe Off topic - Many people using Chrome keep getting signed out frequently including me - easy to sign in again. Have you heard much about this issue?

@The_Orgin Ай бұрын

@@ThioJoe Oh. Hope you get your motherboard back.

@michealrossiter148 Ай бұрын

they've said they're "ignoring" warranties" worldwide regardless if you get a DOA motherboard and return it on day one. They have openly said if people are unhappy "they can just sue for their money back". this isn't so much bridges burned, as the bridge has been burned (made existing customers angry), the buildings NEAR the bridge have been evacuated (ASUS on blocklists of hundreds of companies now) and a 3 megaton nuke is headed straight for the river. (lawsuits in dozens of countries). I will be surprised if ASUS even exists within 2years. Or hasn't renamed itself to try to escape the bad publicity.

@tedhead70 Ай бұрын

Absolutely not. While something is in repair I believe that in some circumstances t warranty time should be extended.

@_SJ Ай бұрын

Your level of patience in this situation is so amazing.

@Violet-ui Ай бұрын

It is disappointing. He should have put more pressure on them. If he's so patient, they might think what they're doing is okay

@piotr7805 Ай бұрын

It's inversely proportional to level of customer protection in the USA. The whole situation is completely unthinkable from European perspective.

@BOplaid Ай бұрын

l would've snapped at them as soon as I saw they sent a mobo half the price

@mjc0961 Ай бұрын

I don't think ASUS is completely blameless. Who cares what region the serial number is for? It's a motherboard, repair it. ASUS US saying they can't do anything because it's a German serial number is a complete load of crap. They can absolutely still repair it. Soldering irons don't care what the serial number is. They're just using a technicality to get out of fixing it.

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

While annoying it’s a pretty standard practice from my understanding. At one point they mentioned I could probably ship it to germany but that would have cost a lot in itself

@linuxstreamer8910 Ай бұрын

so it is standard still a bad practice

@estusflask982 Ай бұрын

@@linuxstreamer8910 It is a standard for a reason, it's so a product isn't extremely cheap in a rich country and isn't extremely expensive in a poor country.

@StephenMcGregor1986 Ай бұрын

Yup, everything related to the motherboard is ultimately ASUS fault. Release a mobo doesn't matter what issues it has with what parts, if the manufacturer decided to implement something that causes issues then blame also lies with them. Band wagon logical fallacies aren't excuses lol.

@Mr.Unacceptable Ай бұрын

It's has to do with product dumping and trade agreements. Sadly it has to be like this because of the scummy manufactures trying to undercut their competition in markets they do not pay the costs to compete in.

@Nethuja_GunawardaneSL Ай бұрын

I hate these kinds of "legitimate" companies that don't even give a damn about their customers and they probably don't even know anything about the tech they are selling but they do it anyway. Companies like this really are a pain to deal with.

@Twisted_Code Ай бұрын

My read of the situation is that the "vendor" referred to by MemoryC support is probably whatever smuggler got them access to the grey market boards. The two of them (Vendor and MemoryC) are probably splitting a profit on the price difference between economies (and trying to get a markup on top of that), so I'm not keen to call either of them legitimate (even in quotation marks) or act surprised when they conveniently stop responding.

@Nethuja_GunawardaneSL Ай бұрын

@@Twisted_Code Good point

@Eternal_Tech Ай бұрын

I had a problem with a third-party vendor (not MemoryC) on Walmart's site. In my case, I was sent a defective external optical drive and even though I contacted the vendor numerous times, I could not get a RMA or refund. Therefore, I contacted Walmart's customer service and they tried dealing with the vendor, but Walmart also experienced problems with them. Ultimately, Walmart issued me a full refund. If MemoryC does not solve the problem, I suggest getting Walmart involved. MemoryC probably does not want to lose their affiliation with Walmart, so they may have greater impetus to resolve the matter.

@WhatDavidDoes Ай бұрын

I was going to suggest the same thing. Sometimes, Walmart actually does help out.

@jblyon2 Ай бұрын

@@WhatDavidDoes Walmart is honestly one of the few places where I'll order from 'marketplace' sellers. They will get them in line if they need to. I rarely ever have issues and it's usually cheaper than Amazon too.

@BOplaid Ай бұрын

Too bad Walmart doesn't exist in my country

@daraocadhain2835 Ай бұрын

I’ve used MemoryC for years. Never a problem. I’ve even collected from their location. Staff are helpful. Also you have stronger rights from them than Walmart.

@halko1 Ай бұрын

Most of us don’t have “don’t you know who I am” card to play. So I just lie that I’m Steve from GN and every RMA process has been butter smooth.

@feynstein1004 Ай бұрын

Who?

@pipodrankje Ай бұрын

@@feynstein1004 Gamers Nexus

@sanyr80 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Steve!

@ItsZorroDood Ай бұрын

@@pipodrankje What?

@tomr3422 Ай бұрын

So you are the "other" Steve I keep getting confused with

@JeremyWhale Ай бұрын

Last time I was this early to a ThioJoe video I was downloading more ram and wrapping my router in tinfoil

@xila8861 Ай бұрын

Yeah the man has changed.

@mygodisyahweh8634 Ай бұрын

But does it work in India ??

@chucklesdeclown8819 Ай бұрын

Ya, he's certainly changed a lot in the past years

@Knards Ай бұрын

Is that a replacement for a tin foil hat? Does it work?

@rockpie.squashfs Ай бұрын

@@DRSDavidSoft spiTT hceT suniL

@wolflouis_official Ай бұрын

10:45 'WaitandC' hahaha

@KneeCutter Ай бұрын

I DIDNT CATCH THAT WHAAAA

@johnmiller9931 Ай бұрын

I had a similar experience with MemoryC. I was surprised to find out that products were sent over from Europe. Shipping wear was evident on arrival, but I ultimately accepted the product after I decided I would replace it in full from another retailer if it came to that. I will not order from them again.

@arkvsi8142 Ай бұрын

Dont buy asus, dont buy lenovo..... easy fix

@johnmiller9931 Ай бұрын

Actually, my purchase was neither. This was for a completely different computer component! Hope this helps.

@OtherWorldExplorers Ай бұрын

Suddenly big box stores are looking appealing

@janewu9432 Ай бұрын

Welp the big box store can still screw you. Maybe now is better, 10 years ago i cannot get my pc fixed. Go there 3 times then hand back and nope we cannot fixed the pc, bye.

@BarafuAlbino Ай бұрын

Suddenly ebay nonames look appealing: they have the same level of credibility as modern box stores, which is none.

@robertlawrence9000 Ай бұрын

@@BarafuAlbino lol I don't know about that.

@m8x425 Ай бұрын

for as much crap as people talked about Fry's Electronics customer service, they were at least good to me when I returned motherboards to them. All they did was check the socket pins and checked to see if I included all of the accessories that came with the motherboard.

@taropsyche Ай бұрын

@m8x425 I'm still mourning the loss of Fry's. I really hope MicroCenter starts building some more locations so I at least have a tech store as an option 😅

@themusesquad8554 Ай бұрын

That all "can't support for another country" should be illegal. A product is a product no matter where u get it. Assuming you buy original.

@NigelMelanisticSmith Ай бұрын

I'd say that there are legitimate use cases for region locking support. As an example, if I bought a radio from Sony Europe, I wouldn't expect Sony USA to be able to fix it, since both countries have completely different radio standards. Or if I bought a Japanese Import car, I wouldn't expect Honda USA to support all the Japan-specific car models, because Japanese-market cars have different needs, regulations, and components than American-market cars. Motherboards are a different story however.

@AnirudhTammireddy Ай бұрын

@@NigelMelanisticSmith What about for the cases where they are NOT different models, like here?

@aa15032261 Ай бұрын

different region has different law and policy, so its understandable

@koreyb Ай бұрын

I learned the hard way that buying the "international" version of an unlocked android phone was a big mistake. My carrier's sim card was incompatible with it. A big waste of money.

@NigelMelanisticSmith Ай бұрын

@@AnirudhTammireddy that's why I said motherboards are a different story.

@Dtr146 Ай бұрын

The moral of the story for anybody who's TLDW. Don't buy motherboards from third party vendor websites aka wallmart.

@estusflask982 Ай бұрын

Buying from Ebay is actually better than buying from a third party seller on Amazon or Walmart - unlike what the host said.

@AntonioRivera28 Ай бұрын

that goes for amazon too

@cheeseparis1 Ай бұрын

and if I needed to because of shortages, I would avoid to update the Bios, a heart transplant looks safer.

@JamesR624 Ай бұрын

Better lesson: Just don't buy anythng you need to function properly from Walmart, period.

@estusflask982 Ай бұрын

@@JamesR624 You're not actually buying it from Walmart it's from a third party seller that Walmart is allowing to sell goods on Walmart's website.

@XtomJamesExtra Ай бұрын

I'd just demand a refund via Walmart's website at this point.

@John_Fugazzi Ай бұрын

At least you were able to communicate with them directly and get answers (for a while). It's become very common with online businesses to encounter a wall of dropdowns and a chatbot which can only deal with certain issues and if yours is a bit different, forget it. Ghosting you was so unprofessional. Curiously, the KZfaq ad that ran at the beginning was for a Memory C product.

@diamonddemon7612 Ай бұрын

Btw, the american flag is only displayed if your visiting the website in the US. I visited the website in the UK and it showed a UK flag in its logo

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

Yea I know, I guess my point was it’s not some purely foreign seller

@icecreamjunkie6790 29 күн бұрын

Interesting, good to know.

@RazoBeckett. Ай бұрын

my whole setup cost $1000, dudes mobo is that much ...

@Karishin32 Ай бұрын

He needed the features! What features did he honestly need lol.

@ottergauze Ай бұрын

@@Karishin32 Did you watch the video? The 10GB RJ45, Optimem support, 24 phase VRM and the QLED screen for diagnostics. They're a hefty premium but the fact he was willing to pay for that doesn't suddenly make all these problems invalid. The point stands; he got scammed out of atleast $500 of equipment.

@edjupp6643 Ай бұрын

Mine costs 400$ 😂

@yashprogamer647 Ай бұрын

My setup is £700 lol.

@I.____.....__...__ Ай бұрын

The OP comparing his situation to Joe's is like saying you're not ripped like an actor in the MCU who gets paid millions and a personal-trainer and private-chef to get jacked. Different circumstances are not comparable. 🤷

@chadvanderlinden9548 Ай бұрын

I'd guess that your original board was repaired and resold, then they sent you the substitute board and closed your ticket. If they respond to you again, they'd have to re-open the ticket.

@Homurro Ай бұрын

This is why sometimes I go to a brick and mortar store, to ask every detail to the item I'm about to buy, and if something is wrong, I can easily find them to complain lol.

@Blindleoblake66 Ай бұрын

Tell them you want your dough back. I had a similar problem that dragged on for far too long till I got paypal to rattle their cage .

@DeceLatina Ай бұрын

I bought a 5TB 2.5in Hard Drive from memoryC. It arrived in a tiny cardboard sleeve, where it came in dead on arrival. I then contacted them, they accepted a replacement, they then only gave me a shipping label only after I asked. I received the replacement in a timely manner in a real box this time lol.

@badwolf01 Ай бұрын

Their website has a BBB accreditation banner. However, BBB says they're not accredited. There is also a customer complaint about a motherboard.

@ultenhiemer Ай бұрын

Simple, do a chargeback. Screenshot everything and send to bank arguing your case.

@gblargg Ай бұрын

Even better if he used an AMEX card.

@christ.4977 Ай бұрын

This is why I only go through reputable vendors/retailers.

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

I thought they were 😔

@estusflask982 Ай бұрын

Scalpers on Ebay are the same people scalping on Walmart, Amazon, etc.

@adriantm8430 Ай бұрын

"Out of region" is also a very annoying thing, why a company can resign their responsibility for their product because the motherboard they produced is residing now in a different region? People move around, what if you buy a motherboard in Germany and then move to US? Do you have to go to Germany to have it fixed? I can understand them charging shipping but they should still replace it.

@Mr.Unacceptable Ай бұрын

Has to do with product dumping and trade deals and it sucks but it has to be this way. The scum are why we can't have nice things.

@LarcR Ай бұрын

If they sold you the motherboard as a merchant under the WalMart umbrella, isn't WalMart ultimately responsible?

@loopernagic4658 Ай бұрын

This, I was wondering why he didn't asked Walmart first. The online shop I use still responds to me like returning my money even the vendor was closed (their product & profile disappeared after sending me a wrong product).

@AntonioRivera28 Ай бұрын

tbh they should be. even if it is a 3rd party seller. walmart let them sell on their site so some responsibility should be on them

@lejoshmont2093 Ай бұрын

@@AntonioRivera28 how does amazon handle it? Walmart is essentially in the same position.

@Uns_Maps_8 Ай бұрын

Amazon would try getting you a valid replacement or refund you

@brasilgirl2848 Ай бұрын

I would think Walmart would have some sort of disclaimer that removes blame from them for the service of any other supplier that uses their web store. It is misleading, but many other stores let other supplier sell directly from their web site. Best Buy does it too.

@SquishySenpai Ай бұрын

Apparently their site shows whatever country you're in. I visited it with my VPN set to Ireland and got the Irish flag and info.

@ConfidentialMeerkat Ай бұрын

0:13 I would like to extend my thanks for having proper subtitles on your videos as someone with dyslexia & APD, Auditory Processing Disorder (yes people there are many forms of which) i have difficulty following spoken word without experiencing 'in one ear out the other' syndrome and being able to follow with accompanying text really helps me.

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

Yea I've done real subtitles for all my videos for the past few years. Also because people have said I simply talk too fast anyway haha. According to my analytics around 30% of people watch my videos with the English subtitles enabled, so it is more than worth it to do them, and these days it's not very hard. I use OpenAI's whisper transcription AI which gets it about 95% right, then I manually go through and fix stuff like punctuation and the handful of wrong words.

@ConfidentialMeerkat Ай бұрын

@ThioJoe Sorry for the late reply, it is much appreciated!

@hgbugalou Ай бұрын

IMO this is on Asus. I understand they have regions and operate semi autonomously, but its still the same company and the US brand should have taken and replaced the board and worked it out with the german branch on the backside. Your company's organizational silos should not be your customer's problem.

@Hellspooned2 Ай бұрын

Legally speaking, those branches are not the same company.

@simonallen6427 Ай бұрын

My G-kill Memory kit died on me and I had to RMA it, As a part of the RMA process, I sent them a detailed description of the fault(s) Screenshots, fault diagnoses etc. When I sent it back to MemoryC, they said some of the controller chips were damaged in addition to the issues I found! Anyway, MEMORYC replaced the kit under the G-Skill warranty without any issues. In this day and age, one never really knows the originating vendor. I've come across multiple domain issues myself and it's a real pain because in making contact, everyone shrugs their should and says nothing to do with me, you need to contact companies where you bought it for help. ASUS is a real pain like this and won't help you make contact with the relevant branch. All this means that you're left holding a broken, useless and expensive product! In this case, one has to adopt the pragmatic approach and use the broken item for spares!

@Plasmacore_V Ай бұрын

Sounds like they sent you a cheaper board hoping you'll accept it and go away. Then they planned to have your more expensive board repaired and then sell it to someone else. In the end, still making a profit.

@kayu5h Ай бұрын

I recently had a similar bad consumer experience with me in India. I bought a Razer Cobra from Amazon and after 7 months I was having some scroll wheel issues so I though to RMA it as it was still in warranty. I got to know from Razer that I have to cooperate with a company called 'Acro' for my warranty. I shipped my mouse to them at their address and they took 15 fucking days to update on their website that they have received it. They don't even pick up calls neither do they reply to my e-mails. After 15 more fucking days, they said that they have accepted my mouse for warranty and will dispatch it soon, and will also send the dispatch details. The thing is that they never did send me any details and I needed to contact one of the company's executive from Facebook to look into this and finally, they shipped my mouse back to me. The whole process took 45 days for a simple mouse replacement. Hope you get your mobo back.

@sdrtyrtyrtyuty Ай бұрын

I bricked my 2011 Asus Maximus Extreme mobo several times. Yup, both bios chips. I got sent replacement bios chips from asus and that fixed it.

@IBM29 Ай бұрын

This sounds like something Steve at GN would be interested in pursuing...

@user-dy7bv3qs4j Ай бұрын

It is very likely MemoryC is also a scalper of limited edition boards, that is why they can't get proper RMA from ASUS.

@ShubhamKumar-re4zv Ай бұрын

I had to raise rma for WD harddrive . I shipped to them ,then they shipped it back to some other address and now they are telling that the harddrive had already been delivered.

@tedhead70 Ай бұрын

Please keep us posted!! This is a worth while video that needs a conclusion with a follow-up on suggestions on avoiding this kind of situation.

@SunsetArchon Ай бұрын

Sourcing parts can look like a massive conspiracy board with all the vendors you go through playing Telephone. Then you also have to confirm you're sourcing parts serialized in the right country.

@alexdhall Ай бұрын

3:18: Wow I didn't think gray market motherboards were a thing. Makes some twisted sense that they would try to sell gray market products during shortages. Still really sketchy.

@Pyxis10 Ай бұрын

I just assume they do it all the time because it makes them a profit.

@brianbrino4310 Ай бұрын

Big stores sometimes can be confused by vendors with so many connections between each other that they finally loose control with what is going on!

@RobertRoberts329 Ай бұрын

File a chargeback with your credit card. Item defective or not as described.

@matthewlwood Ай бұрын

It sounds like their play was to send you an "equivalent replacement" then they send your board in for warranty and resell it refurbished upon return, considering your matter "honored" though really it wasn't even close.

@IstyManame Ай бұрын

Replacing services are wild

@ottergauze Ай бұрын

Frankly I can't even be entirely sure ASUS would've been any better if he could go to them directly, given recent developments.

@tanguy_ Ай бұрын

Can't wait to see what happens next.

@ebencloete6176 Ай бұрын

Hope you get it sorted

@earlt911 Ай бұрын

If you paid by Credit Card or Paypal I would have talked to them about receiving a defective product.

@MegaLokopo Ай бұрын

Maybe don't buy from a store even LTT has never heard of before. That is rule one when shopping. I don't care what paperwork has been filled out. I would never trust a brand I have never heard of before.

@aj_aka_alan Ай бұрын

I would be initiating a chargeback with the credit card company I used to purchase the original board. Tell them you didn’t get what you ordered. Which is the truth.

@deltatango5765 Ай бұрын

I've been building PCs since the 90s, and I have had a few experiences like this. Every time I build a new PC I almost expect something like this to happen, so I research the hell out of everything I buy. Even that doesn't always help. It's a shame that companies will do whatever they can get away with rather than just be straight with their customers. Apparently they would rather blow their brains out than give any kind of refund. Typical of management, they can't fathom the fact that this will, sooner or later, backfire on them. Whatever school these people went to get their business degrees need to be sued into oblivion, because they learned nothing.

@theirisheditor Ай бұрын

Here in Ireland the MemoryC website shows the Irish flag and "100% Irish" below it, so was interesting seeing it show the USA flag in the video. I have only bought USB powerbanks and flash drives from them as they are usually cheaper than Amazon UK and are one of the few online retailers I can purchase a powerbank from as Amazon UK, Germany, etc. will not ship lithium ion batteries (which Powerbanks contain) to Ireland due to International postal restrictions. So far I haven't had to RMA anything with MemoryC.

@Phantom-mk4kp Ай бұрын

You are far to nice, polite and patient. You should have made a a video titled never buy from memoryC, really slagging them off, reference your channel and tell them you will publish in a weeks time if they don't give you a full refund

@estusflask982 Ай бұрын

That would have worked.

@matsounds Ай бұрын

If you used a credit card to purchase it, a lot of card companies will cover it for you or give you a refund, but you have to still have the device in your possession

@SLAPDOORS Ай бұрын

Breach of Contract - By selling you a motherboard with the expectation of specific specifications and then providing a replacement that is of lower specification, MemoryC may have breached their contractual obligations. Consumer Protection Violations - Failure to honor warranties or replace faulty goods with equivalent items can be a violation of consumer protection laws. Here are some maybe useful things Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act Federal Trade Commission Act Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) State Consumer Protection Laws

@barbieslegos8885 Ай бұрын

So, RGB broke your PC?

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

Yep

@ktheveg Ай бұрын

One of the few instances where RGB, in fact, didn't give you better gaming performance

@Montana528 Ай бұрын

People go to heaven.

@brem31 Ай бұрын

If you went through the Walmart marketplace, you have like 30 days to return it to a Walmart for them to ship back for a return. You can also possibly report them to Walmart customer service for fraud.

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

I bought it 2 years ago lol. I just assumed they’d submit it to asus on my behalf since it is still under warranty. Maybe I should have asked them that specifically

@Mr.Unacceptable Ай бұрын

@@ThioJoe Another option is to get the board back and collab with another KZfaqr to fix it. There is a huge talent pool of repair people here you should use them if it comes down to it. You already have enough time invested.

@davidg5898 Ай бұрын

Get in touch with your bank/credit card about initiating a chargeback. For extenuating circumstances (especially if you showed good faith to work with the vendor and the vendor is overseas), they'll often extend the chargeback period. Simultaneously, tell MemoryC that you are looking at doing a chargeback if they don't ship you a proper replacement ASAP and also send a prepaid shipping label for the existing "replacement". As you said, you want to be made whole. That means either getting a board of the level you paid for, or getting your money back.

@JonDoe-zi3mh Ай бұрын

It's headaches like this that I don't buy from third party sellers on Amazon or wherever, unless it's for very cheap items that don't matter so much. Selling you a grey import without telling you is a scam so the law is on your side. Hope you get a proper replacement motherboard. Personally, I'd be demanding a full refund at this point and given the $1000 cost, perhaps threaten them with court action if they don't comply.

@mind_of_a_darkhorse Ай бұрын

It may be a scam and they resold your board to someone else and gave you a cheaper one! Is the board they sent you under warranty in the US? Some companies are real sticklers for region-specific merchandise and they frown upon distributors bucking the system.

@matbroomfield Ай бұрын

Absolutely no way replacing with an inferior product is acceptable if the original product is still on sale. The number of companies I never deal with is getting unwieldy: ASUS, Newegg, Gigabyte, MemoryC and more. Scamming b's every one of them.

@Mr.Unacceptable Ай бұрын

Gigabyte is one of my trusted reliable companies. Them and NZXT have always gone beyond what I've requested of them. I'd be interested in what went wrong with them for you. EVGA that everyone fanboys about has been the bain of my existence. They use cheap proprietary parts on their boards to stop people from repairing them. $22US + 40 shipping from AU for a replacement HDMI port for an EVGA graphics card is absurd. I have over a dozen EVGA cards in my bin that are unrepairable because of EVGA manufacturing obsolescence.

@matbroomfield Ай бұрын

@@Mr.Unacceptable Gigabyte did a huge warranty scam. EVGA has perhaps one of the most generous warranties in the industry - extendable to up to 10 years. Of course, now that they are out of the business...

@SaloCh Ай бұрын

A similar thing actually happened to me, where some earbuds I bought off Amazon stopped working, well within the warranty period, but when I wanted to claim that warranty they wouldn't do it because it was a Chinese version. The worst part was that the seller stopped selling that model by then and I found no way of contacting them (it was unclear to me whether it was Amazon or a 3rd party), so all I could do was talk to Amazon directly, who would only either refund me _half_ its price, or offer a replacement (which I didn't want because of other issues I'd had), and it was like a one-time thing Overall, not _nearly_ as bad, just thought it was similar enough to share lol

@Jeff-66 Ай бұрын

The real lesson here is never order from some shady ass 3rd party seller on Amazon, walmart, etc. My feeling is, if the item isn't available from a legit seller ('sold by Amazon') then as far as i'm concerned, it doesn't exist.

@PaulC001 Ай бұрын

welp, another company i'll be avoiding.

@TheNinjaMarmot Ай бұрын

$1000 mobo! I would only spend $200 tops.

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

Mfw my “cheaper temporary” board was $400 💀

@atha056 Ай бұрын

@@ThioJoe I wish I could spend that much lolll

@jmtradbr Ай бұрын

My mobo, a MSI B350, was $100. I buyed 7 years ago and i still use daily.

@tadmikowsky7520 Ай бұрын

But it comes with official ROG stickers. 🧐 How else would he get his ROG stickers and matching ROG key chain? 😟🤷

@alexdhall Ай бұрын

@@ThioJoeWow motherboards have really skyrocketed in price in recent years! 👀

@johnhpalmer6098 Ай бұрын

I've been working on a spreadsheet for building a new computer and have 5 motherboards to choose from, 3 from MSI, 2 from Gigabyte, all with the Z790 chipset for a thirteenth gen i7 processor with DDR5 memory (32GB). I use Partpicker to get the prices, average them by counting up the places they find an item at, then add up each price and then divide them by how many sources Part picker has found them at to get an average price. On several occasions, MemoryC was listed, and always considerably more expensive, when a MB is costing $187 say, MemoryC has it for closer to $300. The 187 board is the Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX X, FYI. Before this project, never heard of this Memory C company before.

@robertlawrence9000 Ай бұрын

Wow! Thanks for the heads up! I wonder if Walmart can help with this problem someway. Sounds like an issue if the board is hard to find as well as ASUS right now going through some big RMA changes maybe resulting in long waiting times. But if the board's serial number was already submitted, at the very least that company needs to give you your money back or at least part of it if you keep the other board. Obviously if it was submitted for RMA from someone else, they will be given a board back or money back so they may be pocketing it. Hopefully they will do the right thing or they will go on the bad list for places not to shop at.

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

Yea the message about it being submitted already is odd. Unfortunately I don’t think I can check the status of that RMA without an RMA number so I can’t see if it was ever actually sent in or if they just created the request

@GamingGeek Ай бұрын

I've actually bought from this company before since they're based just a couple minutes away from me and are the closest place I could go to without heading into Dublin. Had no issues but all I bought was some RAM that I didn't even end up needing lol Interesting story though. Will not be buying from them again

@Psylliumhead Ай бұрын

So there’s no recourse through Walmart?

@talbarerez Ай бұрын

I had a similar experience, with the Razer Blackwidow V3 Mini Hyperspeed, in June of 2023 Razer published a firmware update that made the keys of the keyboard double or even triple register upon press, and it occurred almost constantly. A few weeks after, in July, they published an update to address the issue, but it didn't address it entirely (made it less severe). I contacted customer support, and was constantly redirected to the firmware download page (which wasn't helpful). And I couldn't make a warranty claim because I modified the keyboard (lubricated the switches), despite doing it more than half a year before the issue began. I tried finding the firmware version that my keyboard shipped with (which worked fine) on Razer's website, and couldn't find anything.

@danytoob Ай бұрын

Yeah ... wow. Your patience is most assuredly the model of the virtue in the saying from my childhood. I have seen MemoryC as a third party seller more than once in the past, though I don't think I ever made a purchase with them. You mentioned you found them originally on Walmart ... did you end up making the transaction through Walmart? I'll be on a `'crowd mailing" list to reach out to/at them on the atrocious practice. I think you'd get plenty of support from the community. Keep us updated ... and good luck!!!

@skelebro9999 Ай бұрын

I wish I was MemoryC.

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

🤔

@Neuer_Alias_erstellen Ай бұрын

😄

@itsarian. Ай бұрын

@@ThioJoehe's trying to uhhh.. I think you know what I mean.

@John-Smith02 Ай бұрын

@@itsarian.What do you mean?

@skelebro9999 Ай бұрын

@@itsarian. the joke is segs

@blackberuang Ай бұрын

BOYCOTT MEMORY C !!!

@Meitstime Ай бұрын

5 months waiting, going and forth? respect brotha, respect

@D.von.N Ай бұрын

Another thing: spent some time researching buying a complex device. Looked on various places, including Amazon, with various reviews. A few complained they received previously unpacked item - obviously a return. One device model I was after was marked on the supplier website as no longer available (not produced anymore). The last one of that kind was on Amazon, I couldn't find it anywhere else. I gave it a miss. Next day it was gone. I could almost bet it was one of those returned ones. Even if it wasn't, it probably won't have many spare parts available if it broke within warranty. I think I saved myself quite some hassle.

@Dragontamer7866 Ай бұрын

IM BACK :D

@domalash Ай бұрын

If they're ghosting you then it's time to file a report with BBB. That often gets their wheels turning quickly. They know that can affect sales as people look up companies on BBB often.

@estusflask982 Ай бұрын

Just do charge back. Done.

@domalash Ай бұрын

@@clintonmccool2330 You are totally wrong. They have the power to inform the public about bad companies. It's massive. And from my personal experience it works and gets companies to resolve issues. So please don't tell people they are useless. I have to ask you to please delete your comment because it's very wrong. Or edit it to say they have no jurisdiction but can still motivate companies to resolve issues. Because that's the truth.

@dragonwood4562 Ай бұрын

Things like this are exactly why there should still be brick and mortar stores you can walk into and get what you need off the shelf. Then if it doesn't work, you take it back to the store and exchange it. There are too many issues around having to get things online.

@jordanwardle11 Ай бұрын

If its sold on Walmarts website, walmart is ultimately responsible. If you paid walmart, thats where your warranty is

@tobi-b Ай бұрын

Only if he contacted Walmart. He chose to go directly to memory c

@GameIT. Ай бұрын

Comment for the algorithm lol

@estusflask982 Ай бұрын

RMAs take at least a month in my experience. Not a week lol.

@justinpatterson5291 Ай бұрын

You tested as many things as I did, when I couldn't figure out why my games refused to break 75hz. Had to change a setting in Afterburner screen record. Schitt was locked to 75Hz, instead of left uncapped.

@usernqme124 Ай бұрын

i never thought i'd see thio so mad, hope ya the best!

@AagneyS Ай бұрын

2 minutes ago... WHAT

@BigRhys02 Ай бұрын

Working for a reasonably sized company in the UK having dealt with RMAs I will say that I used to get unhappy customers most of the the time, and there was nothing I could do for them - which in some cases could potentially put their business at risk.

@vnc.t Ай бұрын

my theory is the vendor wanted to do the rma and then just sell the board on ebay claiming asus said the warrenty didn't cover that and send you a cheaper board

@colossalwa Ай бұрын

Ahhh asus, didn't even completed the video

@MarcoGPUtuber Ай бұрын

If you had watched it, it isn't about ASUS at all lmao.

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

But not really 🤔

@colossalwa Ай бұрын

I was on 0:18 while typing that comment 🤔 for the algo bost....

@brianburgess3231 Ай бұрын

a zoomer with patience that's a new one on me

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

Bruh i’m in my 30s 💀

@bishopofeternity48 Ай бұрын

@@ThioJoeYou've aged well. Congrats.😊

@brianburgess3231 Ай бұрын

@ThioJoe the oldest millennials turned 40 last year and they are just as impatient generally

@brianburgess3231 Ай бұрын

@bishopofeternity48 and still act like a zoomer yes you have aged well, to be certain

@alexdhall Ай бұрын

@@brianburgess3231Fellow millennial in their 30s. I don't know why you're lumping us together for a stereotype from gen z. Just because some people are impatient doesn't mean all of us are....

@PerMejdal Ай бұрын

It happen to me twice that I RMAed a special deluxe GPU, only to get an ordinary as replacement. The 1. time was 2000 where I my replacement was a TNT2 without the connector for my 3Dglasses. The 2. time was in 2011 where my HD5870 Eyefinity6, got replaced with a non Eeyefinity6 edition. The 2. time I managed to get the correct replacement later.

@Bourbonismbeta Ай бұрын

Good luck man, sounds like an international headache.

@MorganSullivan Ай бұрын

I blame Asus too! If it is a worldwide recall (like it seems it should be) they must take any motherboard irrespective of the intended market area..

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

It wasn’t a recall

@MorganSullivan Ай бұрын

@@ThioJoe I know! That's why I said "like it seems it should be"..

@intelinsidecomputer6603 Ай бұрын

Just don't buy from them anymore and don't recommend for other people

@ThioJoe Ай бұрын

Well yea

@gregoryhayball Ай бұрын

I've bought ram from memoryc a few times and my uncle on my recommendation. I had no problems. My uncle's ram didn't work initially. I found out there was a BIOS update for his motherboard that increased ram compatibility. Then the sticks worked. He'd already started the RMA process and got the replacements and when he asked if they wanted the first (now working sticks) back, they said he could keep them. Although we do both live in the UK, can't fault them really (at least for buying ram from them).

@SpaceMyName Ай бұрын

I've had to do a few RMAs and returns over the years, but the worst was Fry's Electronics. They sold me a motherboard with bent pins, then refused a return because they don't take back motherboard with pin damage. I should have known better to buy open box before looking, but even Ebay sellers will go through more effort than Fry's did.

@Anduvir Ай бұрын

The only thing I purchased from them is an SSD for a very old IBM ThinkPad back in 2013. As far as I remember the name of the company was Kingspec.

@edgkenny Ай бұрын

The only time I bought something from MemoryC was a 500GB Samsung 960 EVO in Feb. 2017. It was shipped from Pineville, NC. I never had a problem with it so I will never know about any RMA problems.

@HITMAN934 Ай бұрын

ASUS did something similar to me years ago, early 2000’s. I bought the top model in the line up at the time. A capacitor blew on the board while under warranty, 2nd or 3rd year of ownership. RMA it, after 3 weeks I contacted them for an update (they messed up and said they will ship out a replacement immediately). The new board I received was from the same line up but was the model below the board I had that was $80 cheaper.

@charlesrichards5389 Ай бұрын

When I ordered something from Walmart online and received the wrong item, I took it to the local Walmart and they immediately credited my card.

@SkalyGhostGaming Ай бұрын

I think they should remove region locks from new motherboards... the idea of still needing it with modern tech is just stupid... we should be able to have repairs done anywhere irrespective of where our hardware was purchased