Quote Originally Posted by GripS View Post
To RMA a perfectly good CPU is dishonest if you have already opened and used it. If it didn't overclock like you wanted to that's not intel's problem and not the vendors problem. This kind of thing just raises the price of CPU's for the rest of us. I RMA'd a CPU before because i checked results others were getting by the batch code. So... unopened i RMA'd the processor. Now the vendor can still sell it at full price as it's been unopened. Just my two cents on that type of practice. That's assuming you are running at stock volts. Now overvolting the chip and overclocking and THEN returning it is just downright criminal.

. Bummer.
I do not see anything wrong with it if:

The seller offers returns with a restocking charge, like Newegg. If it is defective at Newegg, you cannot get a refund. If you look at the open-box items at Newegg you will see they do not discount them much.

The thing I do not like is guys tearing up hardware oc'ing and then RMA'ing it as defective.

Where have you seen the open-box hardware that goes so cheap?

Newegg:
An RMA refund is a request for a refund of the purchase price (view warranty information). If the product you wish to return is defective, you may only request an RMA repair.
* All RMA refunds are subject to a 15% restocking fee.