Why are mainboard boxes already opened?

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Clint said:
Actually, the local store I shop from has a table of returned products,
available at discount. And I've seen things I've returned sitting there on
the table. So while I have no proof that all the items that are returned
make it to this magical table, I do know that some of them do, which is more
than can be said for other vendors like newegg, who have apparently shipped
the wrong product to customers because it was in the wrong box.
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I had a sweet win about 6 months ago caused by the wrong mobo in the wrong
box. I had ordered a socket 754 board as they were dirt cheap at the time
and I just wanted it for a spare. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I opened
the box and there was a better model socket 939 board looking back at me. I
guess somebody in a hurry just slammed that board and it's bits into the
wrong empty box. This alone makes me wonder if we do get boards that are not
strictly brand new from time to time.
 
Actually, a lot of grocery stores with in-house bakeries sell bread that is
not in sealed packages. Sometimes it is behind a glass case, but it is not
in a "sealed" package. Neither are most of the fruits and vegetables.

As we found out recently, organic spinach that is packaged in sealed plastic
can be deadly.
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Yea, but vegetables get washed or boiled before you eat them, bread
doesn't. Wrap the friggin' bread, I don't want other people's germs on my
food! :)
 
Clint said:
Actually, the local store I shop from has a table of returned products,
available at discount. And I've seen things I've returned sitting there
on the table. So while I have no proof that all the items that are
returned make it to this magical table, I do know that some of them do,
which is more than can be said for other vendors like newegg, who have
apparently shipped the wrong product to customers because it was in the
wrong box.

With regards to the vendor flashing the BIOS, the local store that I've
dealt with consistently has the cheapest prices compared to the other ones
in town, and even on-line (up here in Canada, anyway). And they flashed
the BIOS for me at no extra charge when I got my Pentium D processor. The
reading I'd done suggested that some revisions of the BIOS couldn't handle
the Pentium D processors, and so I figured better safe than sorry.

And finally, the ASUS boards I got came in a sealed anti-static bag, I
believe. Could be wrong on that one, though. The hard drives were
definately sealed.

Speaking of sorry, sorry for your cynical attitude...

Clint
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OEM drives usually come in anti-static bags that are not sealed, because
they are meant for system builders on an assembly line for quickly taking
them out of the bag and installing them. Retail drives are a different
matter. However, if a retailer sells OEM drives, then they might (or might
not) put their own sticker on the bag to "seal" it, even if they did not
come that way from the manufacturer.

My Asus board came in an anti-static bag that was not sealed, but I know
that it was brand new. The vast majority of MB's (even more than disk
drives) are purchased by system builders, so it is not surprising that the
anti-static bags are not sealed. If all the cables and other stuff that
comes in the retail packaging are still sealed and obviously unused, it is
unlikely that anyone used the motherboard and returned it.

Newegg does sell open box items, but they are clearly marked as such. There
are always certain customers who buy from Newegg and don't read the
description carefully and may not know that the item they are buying is an
open box or returned item.
 
Wrong again. The crust goes soggy when its wrapped and
those europeans eat the bread the day its bought anyway.

They dont appear to be dying like flys, so
your mindless germ phobia is your problem.

They are no doubt happy you stay away from europe.
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I'm sure you would feel different if you knew that the bread you just
bought was sneezed on by someone or handled by someone who just wiped their
ass and didn't wash their hands. What most people assume is a mild flue is
actually caused by mild food poisoning - fact.
 
Garrot said:
Yea, but vegetables get washed or boiled before you eat them, bread
doesn't. Wrap the friggin' bread, I don't want other people's germs on my
food! :)
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The e-coli bacteria does not wash out of the spinach that was sold recently
in sealed plastic bags (organic spinach no less). Lots of people eat raw
spinach salads.

Just because bread is not packaged, does not mean that anyone can fondle it.
Only the store employees typically can touch the unpackaged bread until it
is handed to the customer.

If you actually knew who touched your food in most restaurants, you would
probably never eat out again.
 
Garrot said:
I'm sure you would feel different if you knew that the bread you just
bought was sneezed on by someone or handled by someone who just wiped
their
ass and didn't wash their hands. What most people assume is a mild flue is
actually caused by mild food poisoning - fact.
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So what about the people who take the bread in put in a sealed package? Do
you think these low-paid people are perfectly healthy and clean?
 
I never win the rolls of those dice. I'm the guy who orders the socket 939
board, and gets your socket 754 board instead! :)

Clint
 
Mark A said:
So what about the people who take the bread in put in a sealed
package? Do you think these low-paid people are perfectly healthy
and clean?
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Speaking of a large variety of wrapped bread loaves you can find on
store shelves here in the United States, I don't see any reason why
they would be touched when baked and packaged in a modern facility.

There's no way to guarantee perfectly safe food, but there are some
obvious possible sources of contamination like Garrot mentioned
above.
 
Mark A said:
If you actually knew who touched your food in most restaurants,
you would probably never eat out again.
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There was a guy in a fast food restaurant who was insulted by a drive-
through customer. Before assembling the customer's hamburger, he pulled
down his pants and wiped the warm patty on the underside of his balls.

Do you think that felt good?
 
Clint said:
I never win the rolls of those dice. I'm the guy who orders the socket 939
board, and gets your socket 754 board instead! :)

Clint
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Don't worry about it too much as it took me most of my life before I had a
win like that. I had bought a dead Athlon64 CPU from eBay at better than
dirt cheap and the beauty of it all was that it was a local bloke selling it
so I didn't even have to pay freight. As it was a locally bought CPU I used
my friend at my favourite computer shop to RM it as it was just weeks over 1
year old. An RMA number was given and the CPU sent away for replacement.
This left me wanting a S939 board for it when it returned. I couldn't
believe my run of luck either. It didn't last long though as my washing
machine shit itself big time and that cost heaps. I suppose I was lucky that
I got the CPU and the board for it real cheap and that kinda eased the pain
of the washing machine.
 
John Doe said:
There was a guy in a fast food restaurant who was insulted by a drive-
through customer. Before assembling the customer's hamburger, he pulled
down his pants and wiped the warm patty on the underside of his balls.

Do you think that felt good?
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Considering how many times you have insulted people in this newsgroup, I am
sure it has happened to you many times.
 
John Doe said:
So you just catch the loaf with your filthy hands? How about all of
the other people that have fingered your bread, no telling where
their fingers were before then.


Reasonable care has something to do with knowing about disease.
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Aw c'mon.... you mean that you would freak out if you bought the occasional
loaf of bread with the nose oyster in it? Do what the Europeans do - pick it
out and serve it to your kids :-) Aren't we Americans with our silly
conventions simply absurd??
 
Garrot said:
Rod Speed wrote
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I'm sure you would feel different if you knew that the bread
you just bought was sneezed on by someone or handled by
someone who just wiped their ass and didn't wash their hands.
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I realise that its inevitable and that my immune system can handle it fine.

I dont bother to avoid door handles etc either.

Cash in spades.
What most people assume is a mild flue is
actually caused by mild food poisoning - fact.
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Nope, nothing like a fact. Doesnt explain why so many
get the flu when a particular strain is going around.
 
Speaking of a large variety of wrapped bread loaves you can find on
store shelves here in the United States, I don't see any reason why
they would be touched when baked and packaged in a modern facility.
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Pity about the smaller bakerys that so many use for fresh bread.
There's no way to guarantee perfectly safe food, but there are some
obvious possible sources of contamination like Garrot mentioned above.
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Pity about the vegys etc.
 
Lying troll


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There was a guy in a fast food restaurant who was insulted by a drive-
through customer. Before assembling the customer's hamburger, he pulled
down his pants and wiped the warm patty on the underside of his balls.

Do you think that felt good?
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Considering how many times you have insulted people in this newsgroup, I am
sure it has happened to you many times.
 
Rod Speed said:
I realise that its inevitable and that my immune system can handle
it fine.

I dont bother to avoid door handles etc either.

Cash in spades.


Nope, nothing like a fact.
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All you have to do is look up "flu" and "food poisoning". It's right
there, troll.

What does acting like a tough guy over the Internet make up for in
your life? I'm assuming you have a life, but I seriously doubt it.
 
All you have to do is look up "flu" and "food poisoning". It's right there, troll.
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Doesnt make it a fact, trollchild.
What does acting like a tough guy over the Internet make up for in
your life? I'm assuming you have a life, but I seriously doubt it.
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What does acting like a silly little terminal ****wit make
up for in your pathetic excuse for a life, trollchild ?
 
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