It could be. Old parts definitely do end up in the chain a lot. I got some RAM a few months ago (not Corsair) and was shocked to find it had been manufactured in the weeks prior
I remember when Seasonic had the issue with their Focus Plus and those models were still getting purchased and reported on forums several years later, even though they'd been replaced.
Oh, the one that almost exclusively sells their stuff in some categories? I did wonder about the nature of their relationship.
Yeah, they're not the same company they were. Their reputation was built on great support and quality, I can remember a time they had active and very knowledgeable and helpful reps on almost every hardware forum. But then again, what company IS still the same? Cutbacks happening everywhere.
I've also heard a fair few negative comments about their recent PSUs and memories, but since I assume they sell far more than most, it hasn't influenced my specs.
Thanks for your insight mate
Yeah, they literally used the words "when you RMA a product, it comes to us, we
are Corsair UK"... So take from that what you will!
I think it's just like every industry now, a greed based cash grab, chancing their luck, hoping they don't have to honour warranties, and jumping through loopholes with warranties, when/IF they do have to!
It's safe to say, I got away 'lucky' that it didn't damage my hardware, that could or couldn't be at X time, out of warranty itself, thus, extra risk, I'm not whiling to take a chance on again, especially not after the planned future upgrade, **** that!
And that's as politely and graciously as I'll put it
My money will never go to them again, as aforementioned, this is the third time, this year, they've screwed me over with different components, all of which are made by different people, so yeah, they can go **** themselves, as far as I'm concerned, it's just another greedy brand that slaps their name on stuff they don't even make, with no care for brand loyalty, even if it's since they began (in my case) so they won't have my money again!
It's very obvious all the hype, is sponsored/backhanded, now. I definitely see the wood through the trees!
Oh, by the way, they tried to force me to accept a 'pro-rata' based refund, versus the 'like for like' replacement, based on my 'usage'... Nice huh? I said, what are you talking about? It's already a 7 year warranty despite being a 80+ Platinum 'high end/best of the best model'? When others offer 10 year warranty, and it's not even 2 years old?
After over half an hour of proving myself, qouting the Corsair official website's acknowledgement of this issue years ago - to be told 'but that was in 2020' - to which I replied "well it obviously hasn't been fixed? HOW do I know, that they haven't sent me and old stock product that was affected, it isn't up to ME to prove this, is it! If it has failed, regardless that isn't
my fault, is it!"
They really did push for me to accept **** all in return based on a refund 'pro-rata' - no thanks!
Then pushed said ******* lower model, NOPE!
It rightly makes me so angry,
if this was my only PC, and I didn't have the Mac Studio in my office, imagine the hassle it would have caused my business? Imagine if it was powering our server, etc etc, just not acceptable based on the quite frankly pathetic 'customer service' or lack there of, I've 'received'. No thank you!
It reminds me, of those dodgy takeaways, you read about in the local papers, that frequently give people food poisoning, but
it's fine 'cause 'sometimes'
we don't! **** off? Excuse my language, but I'm not having that? I expected more from a brand such as this? That's something that you'd expect from some random Chinese con artist on ebay, or Curry's/Comet, after ripping you off, from 'The Tech Guys'
department.
Either way, I hope this helps someone. It saddens me, that a brand that I trusted for 20+ years, is now, to put it lightly, a greedy bunch of scumbags, with zero care about repeat business.
