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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey View Post
My tablet came from buy.com a few weeks ago.

It was $229 but with the 5% discount and a percent or so fatwallet fatcashback.

It started doing the power up bug within a week or so. In fact, eventually I couldn't get it to power up at all.

I've never had to return anything to buy.com before. That's always the test of customer service.

Their website said only exchanges, but if I wanted it faster, I could order a new one and return the old one. Meanwhile the price dropped to $189 on the website.

So I called and talked to some Indian dude who wouldn't do a refund, but said I could order a new one, and then call back and request an RMA for refund. So I did that.

The new one is here. The old one is enroute back via UPS. Hopefully I get the refund OK.
I had a similar experience with my first N800, except the problem was a bad screen (the right side 1/2 inch was screwed up). I also elected to purchase a replacement to expedite the receipt of my replacement. Buy.com did issue my refund for the first one in a reasonable period of time after they received the return.

I have purchased several things over the years from Buy.com. Generally, I have been happy with Buy.com customer service. I have purchased very few items from Amazon, so I can't comment on them.