[TriLUG] bad experience w/ tigerdirect.com

[Turnpike Man]

intrex++

I've had the same good experience with these folks and I hope they keep up that
level of service.

David M.

--- Magnus Hedemark <chrish at trilug.org> wrote:
> While I was in town I headed over to the TigerDirect.com outlet on Capitol 
> Blvd.  They had a vast array of motherboards made by companies I had never 
> heard of before.  But $80 for a combination of motherboard and 1.8GHz 
> Duron CPU seemed like a worthwhile deal so I went for it.
> 
> The motherboard is a Chaintech 7KJD.  It says on the box it will run any 
> Socket A processor.
> 
> So I get the thing "home", open the box and start to marry the CPU to the 
> moboard.  The cheap moboard doesn't support any processor so new as the 
> 1.8GHz Duron, which I figured was sort of a bottom end processor.  It 
> requires a 13.5 multiplier with 133MHz core clock speed.  The motherboard 
> only goes to 12.5 multiplier.  Needless to say, it's going back.
> 
> I already broke the seal on the processor so it's mine.  I hope whatever 
> moboard I exchange for is more compatible with the Duron processor.
> 
> You know, I would have spent more money for such a combo  at Intrex, but I 
> *never* had a problem with them selling motherboards that were much older 
> than their CPU's.  The staff there would actually put the motherboard, 
> CPU, RAM and cooling fan together for you gratis before leaving the store, 
> and it always just worked when plopping it into the case.  The guys at 
> TigerDirect.com store didn't want to help me, and seemed annoyed that I 
> wanted to buy a processor that was in a tub 10-12 feet off the ground 
> instead of their display case.  Then they were doubly annoyed when I held 
> up the register to point out that they overcharged me for the processor 
> (by $5).
> 
> Will see how accomidating they are with my return tomorrow.
> 
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