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G.Skill wins PC enthusiast as 'customer for life' by simply honoring its warranty replacement policy

Detailed view of hands installing a CPU onto a motherboard inside a computer setup.
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What happened

However, they optimistically went ahead and completed the RMA paperwork, then received instructions, including a shipping address to initiate the warranty exchange. They informed their fellow social media posters that one of the 64GB RAM kit’s sticks died at the beginning of September.

After some A/B testing, they were sure one of the 32GB sticks was dead. On September 8, about a week after the issue first reared its head, Double-South8863 decided to start an RMA process and get the dud G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32GB DDR5-6000 stick replaced.

Now it is worth a king’s ransom at $1,200 on Amazon, and price tracker sites show it's even been as high as $1,300. Perhaps the Redditor was aware of the reports of companies and their dastardly deeds regarding RMAs, as they are active on the PCMR subreddit.

Key facts

  • Perhaps the Redditor was aware of the — reports: of companies and their dastardly deeds regarding RMAs, as they are active on the PCMR subreddit

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