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      727 months ago

      Puts out defective products then misleads consumers to think they have voided their warranty so they can’t get a replacement for said defective products.

      There’s more too it but that’s the main thing that made people turn on them.

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        177 months ago

        You’ve just described my entire experience with the Transformer tablet. After a year of sending it in within days of receiving it “repaired,” the day after my warranty ended, they said they discovered a faulty network chip and could replace it for the price of a new tablet plus shipping both ways.

        I’ve been shouting “Fuck ASUS” for the past 10 years and I’m so glad I can now join others in it.

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          57 months ago

          I had one of those. It worked well until I filled it up dor 90% ( photo backup while on holiday so I could keep taking pictures. ). It became laggy and slow. Even after doing a full reset.

          At one point one of the keys in the keyboard got detached/broke. Was within the warranty period so i contacted them.

          Sent the photos they asked. They still couldn’t determine the damage or if it was under warranty. So they wanted me to send it in free of charge. Then they would determine if it was under warranty.

          If yes, they would repair it and return it for free If no, I would have to pay 50€ to get it back unfixed. Or more if I would ask them to fix it.

          I never did it because I felt like they were just going to say “no warranty” for a quick and easy 50€…

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      177 months ago

      Sending out defective boards, then refusing RMAs for said defective boards. They basically go “You voided the warranty by opening it, lul git fukd loser.”

      Never mind the fact that (unless the board is visibly broken somehow) you’d need to open it and plug shit in to test it. So there would be no way to test it without voiding the warranty. It’s a catch-22 in action.

      The truly shitty part is that using the board doesn’t void the warranty. But ASUS is claiming the people trying to RMA all have voided warranties. If it were only one or two, then yeah it may be scammers trying to avoid losing money after roasting a board. But it quickly turned into a Boy Who Cried Wolf scenario, where nobody is believing ASUS anymore because they’re basically just blanket denying every single warranty RMA.

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        17 months ago

        I’m guessing this for the US market? I had a completely different experience in Singapore and it was perfectly fine.