re re WARNING!!!!

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you are quite right. i did screw up. i assumed that a firm of that size would stand behind its products, especially when it is advertized as new. i was unaware that -- they claim -- somewhere in fine print in terms and conditions, it is stated that everything you buy there is "asis". who woulda thought? still, my WARNING sticks.

re the AC outlet comment. that's funny but i have built enough computers and radios since 1980 and earned enough licenses to know how to install a USB device which shoud NEVER do that.
careful when ordering from newegg.com. webcam melted on installation and they refused to replace it. it's not worth the savings of a few dollars to get garbage.


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Newegg posts its return policy for every item advertised. You screwed
up by not reading the stated policy *before* you purchased the product.

Next time, do not stick that USB plug into the AC outlet.



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nooneshero said:
you are quite right. i did screw up. i assumed that a firm of that size
would stand behind its products, especially when it is advertized as new.
i was unaware that -- they claim -- somewhere in fine print in terms and
conditions, it is stated that everything you buy there is "asis". who
woulda thought? still, my WARNING sticks.

re the AC outlet comment. that's funny but i have built enough computers
and radios since 1980 and earned enough licenses to know how to install a
USB device which shoud NEVER do that.
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Tell me which of your "licenses" explain how the
distributed and fused +5V available from the USB
connection "melted" your webcam? The most
severe internal short wouldn't have "melted" the
softest plastic in its construction. If you actually
had a webcam that "melted" on +5V, it would have
had to have been specially built to do so.

Luck;
Ken
 
Ken said:
Tell me which of your "licenses" explain how the
distributed and fused +5V available from the USB
connection "melted" your webcam? The most
severe internal short wouldn't have "melted" the
softest plastic in its construction. If you actually
had a webcam that "melted" on +5V, it would have
had to have been specially built to do so.

Luck;
Ken
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I have serious doubts that anything actually melted.

More likely there was some kind of operator error or manufacturing
defect. In the case of manufacturing defect, the unit should be covered
under warranty. But in the case of operator error, the amount paid was
an investment in education.
 
nooneshero said:
you are quite right. i did screw up. i assumed that a firm of that size
would stand behind its products, especially when it is advertized as new.
i was unaware that -- they claim -- somewhere in fine print in terms and
conditions, it is stated that everything you buy there is "asis". who
woulda thought? still, my WARNING sticks.

re the AC outlet comment. that's funny but i have built enough computers
and radios since 1980 and earned enough licenses to know how to install a
USB device which shoud NEVER do that.
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Once again, NewEgg is among the most reputable dealers on the net. The fact
that you melted the camera shows that you did something drastically wrong,
and would not be covered by the manufacturer or the vendor.

Live and learn.

If you have the "credentials" you say you have and you still managed to put
enough current through the camera to melt it....well that speaks volumes...

Honu
 
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