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Infernal_dream
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2359 Posts
May 02 2013 16:18 GMT
#21
He's given you logical and honest answers and you just don't want to hear them. Being that that's the case you should've never made this thread and just waited. No answer is going to appease you other than Steelseries seeing the thread and personally calling you and offering you dinner at seasons 52 or some other shit. If you have some new revolutionary idea on how to make RMA's better then go ahead and enter the field and do it. Until then this is the way RMA's have been done for quite a while. It takes a while. It took me two months to get an xbox back. It took a month for me to get a motherboard back when I had a broken one. You just have to wait. Quit acting like a spoiled little kid.
Oakenshield
Profile Joined January 2013
United States347 Posts
May 02 2013 16:26 GMT
#22
If the product lasted as long as similar products of half cost I wouldn't have even filed a ticket, let alone made this thread. To say I'm being childish for disagreeing with a company policy of not offering phone support and not checking online tickets regularly (let alone weekly) is a pretty silly claim. They closed the ticket without an apology and said the replacement was sent out, why no one could answer a question for two weeks I don't know. Both of you should work for SteelSeries though, and I do mean that as a compliment. While I do appreciate the replacement, it was the first time I've ever dealt with a company that took this long to reply about anything, even brief questions, so I'll say my concern was justified even if SteelSeries did the right thing in the end.
Belial88
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States5217 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-02 19:58:27
May 02 2013 19:42 GMT
#23
The product DOES last as long as similar products, you were one of the unlucky few who got the <1% of Steelseries faulty mice that was manufactured. Every single product out there, that is not hand made and non-electronic, will have a certain fault rate, no matter how much quality control you put in place. Especially devices like mice with delicate sensors that need to be calibrated and has buttons that need to withstand click click clicks.

Every single Intel CPU is like this - 99% can do not just their rated 3.5 speed, but 4.4ghz. However there is a very tiny fraction of <1% that can't do 3.6ghz, and rather than sell the i5-3570 for $50 more, they sell it at a lower speed and have less returns (and they can only deal with a certain number of people like you who will just tarnish the company name over nothing). Even a certain fraction of them can't even do 3.5ghz. Intel chose 3.5ghz based on a risk/reward ratio on an expected percentage of returns and dissatisfied customers, a certain percentage who will always be nasty and implacable for no good reason and will slander the company for no good reason, like you.

I would say on average, 1/8 computer components I buy is faulty in some manner and has to be RMA'd. Everything I buy, I buy from the best companies, yet I still have to RMA them - NZXT, Corsair, Gigabyte, Mushkin, Intel, AMD, Noctua, Coolermaster, Biostar, Ducky, Razer, Antec, Rosewill, and a few others. Most of them took a month, a few were very quick with just 3 weeks, a couple were 2 months. You will soon find you can't buy anything if you find this 'unacceptable'. They could very easily just say we don't do RMAs. Only one of those companies I would have complaints about, and it was partly not their fault because the mail got lost (which happens with about 1/20 of the packages I send or order, I sell a lot on ebay).

To say I'm being childish for disagreeing with a company policy of not offering phone support and not checking online tickets regularly (let alone weekly) is a pretty silly claim. They closed the ticket without an apology and said the replacement was sent out, why no one could answer a question for two weeks I don't know. Both of you should work for SteelSeries though, and I do mean that as a compliment. While I do appreciate the replacement, it was the first time I've ever dealt with a company that took this long to reply about anything, even brief questions, so I'll say my concern was justified even if SteelSeries did the right thing in the end.


There's nothing to apologize for, they accepted your RMA (which is an apology it itself) and decided to give you a brand new, free replacement. What do you need any more of an apology for, that IS an apology. Actions speak louder than words? What question do you need answered? You got your answer. You're just too childish to understand.

If your emails are anything like these posts, they probably got annoyed with dealing with you and didn't want to risk saying you are a childish turkey jerky who is implacable. But email them again, why not. And are you sure there is no ticket number or RMA status page you can check?
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Belial88
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States5217 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-02 19:44:00
May 02 2013 19:43 GMT
#24
dbl
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Oakenshield
Profile Joined January 2013
United States347 Posts
May 03 2013 00:34 GMT
#25
I'm not going to read all of that but I did get a PM with a warning, if you were offended I apologize but I don't think anything I said was any less playful that the fantasy you had and shared about me being frugal in restaurants. You definitely put a lot more jabs into your posts, along with more paragraphs than I did. I guess mine were more effective, I wish you luck in your continued posting spree. I already essentially summarized and ended my thread about the ineffective customer service so I haven't got more to say, take care.
rezzan
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden329 Posts
May 03 2013 05:41 GMT
#26
all this shit with defective items..its always the same sir, its SUPER slow.. and companies always sound so good but when it comes to hardware support its often shit,UNLESS you can go to the store yourself with the X item,then theyre really haulin ass.


ALSO. my worst experience with PC EQ, Bought a gfx card for 200 $,to my first ever computer, and the GPU didnt work.

I told the company about it ( i was a kid back then) and they really didnt care. after 2 weeks, my dad took my place, and talked to them,.still nothing, another 2 weeks went by, and my gpu still hasnt been changed.

after alot of bullshit, they decided to " buyback" my already broken GPU that i bought from them.. and i got abou 125 $ back.

it took them 1 month and 2 weeks until i got some money back and eventually bought a even better GPU.
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Belial88
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States5217 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-03 07:33:04
May 03 2013 07:23 GMT
#27
I said nothing about how you tip waiters, I said how you treat them. You are never happy, you seem like you get mad over nothing, and nothing calms you down. I just imagine your steak taking 15 minutes, resulting in you arguing with the waiter for 30 minutes about how steaks should cook faster and what a terrible restaurant gordon ramsey is running, and how it's a crap restaurant and you are going to go and go to another restaurant instead, where they don't serve terrible food, even though mr. ramsey personally offered to replace your steak as long as you wait another 15 minutes.

Send another email with a bit more pop, and get progressively nastier, until you actually post that negative review on a site like newegg where thousands can see it, until they respond. You sent what, one or two emails, and instead of trying to contact them again, you post on here to complain about... nothing? You don't care about solving the problem that doesn't exist, you want to create a problem and go pitchforks.

Take for example, my recent experience with a certain company. 2 months later, my rebate had still not come in, so I emailed them. No response. I sent an email to a different department, and called and left a message. No response. Then I sent another email, saying I was a long time customer who had bought multiple products from them, and was dissapointed, and I got a reply. The rebate was simply lost in the mail, as is very common with USPS, no problem, a phone call and they asked for a pic of my receipt. I did that, but did not get any response for 3 weeks. I emailed in reply to the email I got, asking for a status update. No response, so I sent a rather curt email threatening a negative newegg review. I got a response in 5 minutes, they looked up my status and said it was processing in a long line. That was all I wanted to know, and I got my rebate about 4 weeks later.

No one had to be called a crappy company. They are an awesome company, and they have insanely low prices (If I said what category the product was, everyone would know who I'm talking about) and quality products. They did everything just like everyone else does, although they are a bit on the slow side, it was still good customer service. I didn't have to ask for an apology, they obviously were sorry, and there was no need to get upset about anything, they did everything well and just like everyone else does, and I never worried my rebate would be rejected... because it was already accepted.

These are not responses to you, these are responses for the thousands of people who are reading this conversation.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED INTERNET?

edit: really though, the problem is you, not SS. Your RMA was accepted, RMA's don't get rejected after they are accepted unless the warehouse guy sees something obviously wrong like coke all over the mouse. Your free replacement mouse has long ago been authorized, now wait the ~month on average it takes for it to come back. Chill the fuck out.


User was banned for this post.
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Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
May 03 2013 09:18 GMT
#28
On April 25 2013 04:26 Oakenshield wrote:
I bought the Dota 2 bundle some months ago [...]

Sorry to ask something a little off topic, but shouldn't this be a job for the shop it was bought at instead of RMA with the manufacturer? The shop should replace the mouse immediately. The shop can do this as it can then go into the manufacturer's RMA process with the defective product and will not have a loss. Does this work differently in the US? How many months does a shop usually support the customer with an immediate replacement for a defective product?
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
May 03 2013 09:32 GMT
#29
Unless you purchase advanced warranty or similar service, you typically have a 30 day return / exchange / refund window.
Oakenshield
Profile Joined January 2013
United States347 Posts
May 03 2013 12:23 GMT
#30
SkyR is correct, Valve doesn't cover the product beyond 30 days. Sorry to hear about your experience rezzan.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20332 Posts
May 04 2013 07:31 GMT
#31
Why was Belial banned for his actions in this thread?
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Womwomwom
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
5930 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-04 09:13:36
May 04 2013 08:45 GMT
#32
He was banned for more than just this. I warned him to stop typing essays all over the place and acting confrontational and less than 4 days, he continues to do so. I posted reasons why his lengthy "know-it-all" posting is not particularly good, even if the content is mostly fine. If he wants to help on Teamliquid, he can make a new account and learn to pick his fights better and stop baiting people.

I mean, the whole thing regarding Oakenshield's RMA was resolved: he got slow and ineffective communication, most people suggest that its normal, he got a replacement, he's not happy with the process, and we can just leave it like that. He had completely valid complaints with a valid thread premise.

If Belial wants to tell him that "these are small companies, slow and horrible communication is normal but you'll get a replacement in the near future", he should just say it like that. There a reason why I want him to post more concisely:

On April 30 2013 19:56 Womwomwom wrote:
I don't even care if you get into pissing matches so long as there's some sensibility in it. But I have a problem with your need to post word spaghettis no matter how small the problem or question is. The amount of shit you post just encourages people to pick apart your posts because of your attitude and the amount of random trivia you put in your posts. Its also intimidating because:
- (1) some people are going to listen to you no matter how insane some of the things you might post because you're filling your posts with nice buzzwords.
- (2) people know responding to your posts is only going to have you type another 1,000 word essay so its hardly worth the effort trying to respond to you.
- (3) some people might not even try reading your posts because they're way too long. The guy asked how much he could overclock with a half decent heatsink and you responded to his question and build with a one thousand one hundred and twenty eight word reply.


Instead we get Oakenshield and Belial talking completely different things and flaming each other. I really have no problems with detailed posts. I have problems with someone who refuses to change his posting attitude even when asked to do so. This isn't new, he's been banned and warned for being unable to type concisely and almost flamebaiting people.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20332 Posts
May 04 2013 09:24 GMT
#33
He put in a lot of effort with suggestions from you, and from other people though.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=137554&currentpage=1479
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Oakenshield
Profile Joined January 2013
United States347 Posts
May 07 2013 20:22 GMT
#34
I thought this was over when they closed my ticket and sent me a tracking number, and was pleasantly surprised by a package on my doorstep when I got home from an exam today. I open it to find a Kana Black mouse, no Dota edition, no Dota bundle, no Dota mousepad. A month and $85 later and I got the wrong mouse and no mouse pad. I bought this because I am a huge fan of Dota, not of SteelSeries. I do not want to pay for shipping a third time because of someone elses second mistake in a row, my ticket number is #105081 and I have attached a screenshot of what support eventually replied to me with, and what they actually sent in the mail.


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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20332 Posts
May 07 2013 21:14 GMT
#35
lol
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Oakenshield
Profile Joined January 2013
United States347 Posts
May 10 2013 19:06 GMT
#36
Three days later and SteelSeries acknowledged my ticket once without apologizing or promising to correct this newest mistake. Not really sure to expect out of this company, it seems like they make everything in China and employ as few employees as possible to run the customer support end. Though they do spend plenty of time and money promoting new products.
Oakenshield
Profile Joined January 2013
United States347 Posts
May 13 2013 13:58 GMT
#37
It seems like SteelSeries is doing everything they can (nothing) to prove Belial's last post to be untrue. I know this is now a boring thread but I will keep you updated if I ever eventually get an apology, a guarantee, or a replacement of the product I actually bought from this company.
Oakenshield
Profile Joined January 2013
United States347 Posts
May 16 2013 20:17 GMT
#38
Still no real resolution or apology, the support replies every 8-12 days with a copy/paste response and no real interest in solving your problem. You'll get a response on facebook but not on your ticket because they don't care about the customer unless the public hears the complaint. I definitely can't recommend the company, they mentioned on facebook to expect the right mouse in the mail but still have not mentioned why they asked me to send a mousepad if they won't replace it.

One employee failed to address the mousepad thing again but made sure to mention that I won't be getting another in game item code, despite me never asking about it and not caring about a piece of cardboard. In summary they treat every customer with a problem as though they were their worst, most thieving customer of the past. In reality I've bought two Siberia's and one bundle and can't get them to treat me like a customer.
Oakenshield
Profile Joined January 2013
United States347 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-22 00:26:33
May 20 2013 20:48 GMT
#39
I am happy to say that though it might be another week SteelSeries has sent me a replacement mouse and will soon send me a replacement mousepad for the Dota ones that were apparently out of stock and they didn't let me know about that. Very very slow support, but in the end they did not only replace the product but he tossed me a Dota code, so I can finally say this is resolved.
radurock
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom106 Posts
July 01 2013 15:24 GMT
#40
hello...i've found your thread when google-ing about other people's experience with steelseries rma....I just wanted to say that i have similar issues..i've sent them my keyboard g6v2 on the 4th of june with express 2day delivery and got confirmed on 6th of june that it arrived in denmark. Since the 6th of june untill now i have not received no confirmation of receiving the product no nothing...even though they said they will contact me once they receive the product. Very dissapointed. They say the average exchange is 15 bussiness days but 16 have passed and i didn't receive even a confirmation of receiving the product. I really don't know when i will get it back.
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