Development 2080TI? and problems registering for warranty

[Zenduri]

So... thanks to the chaps at OCUK and Nvidia for providing the prize i'm now a proud owner of a 2080TI FE and i've tried to register the card online for the warranty cover however I can't register it.

Firstly there is no option to register anything above a 1080TI/ Titan on the website and i've spoken to their live chat this evening and they have apparently manually registered the card for me, although i have no confirmation for this and i don't really believe them.

Additionally they said i cant claim on warranty if anything happens as I dont have a purchase invoice considering the card was free and a competition prize. I'm a bit lost what to do to be honest.

Also as a side note when i took a photo of the S/N to send it to the live chat rep i noticed its got a lovely green label on it (which i didn't really notice before as i was too busy creaming) Which says "Not for sale, For development only" (See below). So is this a Dev card?

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Pinged @NvidiaDan to see if he might be able to help but he hasnt been on since May

 

[Zenduri]

This might just be me but I don't see problems with either to be honest. Dev card or not, it was a prize...which was free? You didnt pay for it so why would they honour a purchase warranty? I kind of see what you are saying but can you not just enjoy getting a thousand pounds worth of free GPU.

Im sure if it was faulty you could get in touch with them but worrying about future returns for a card I got for nothing would be pretty far from my mind atm.

Sorry, I'm not having a go I'm more trying to get you to just enjoy our spoils now and get the most from it.

Great card BTW!

Dont worry mate, unlike a lot of people in this subforum im not getting pissy and no offense taken I'm overjoyed and more than happy for getting it as i would never burn £1000 on a GPU so i totally get I'm extremely fortunate but a prize or not, its such an expensive piece of equipment if i can get the warranty cover I would 100% want it.

 

[Zenduri]

I would want at the least some kind of explanation as to why you got a dev board. Does it say this in the competition T&C ? Just PM the OCUK member who posted the competition, I assume it was the Quake II RTX one.

It's quite possible it's not an actual development board but a sample, for reviews or demonstration. As mentioned it looks a bit final/complete. It's probably a generic sticker they use on everything up to promotional pieces. I doubt Nvidia have a roll each of "Development only", "Review sample" and "Promotional, not for resale"!

I test TVs and some have a very serious looking SAMPLE ONLY, DESTROY AFTER USE sticker while others are just last year's model with development firmware on.

I think @LuckyBenski is right. It seems to be a normal FE but with the label on it so I wonder if it is a promotional piece, besides i'm not complaining. Just need to figure out how to cover myself for the warranty