$21.99 with free shipping for this wireless mouse. Features 5 buttons, tilt wheel, 1,000 dpi, laser tracking, hyper-fast scrolling, and 1 year limited parts and labor warranty. 4/5 eggs with 108 reviews.
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Their ides of "OEM" includes items that are not fresh OEM but customer returned items without original packaging. While they have relatively good service for new items, avoid anything "OEM", Recertified, or Refurbished from them like the plague. They also filter bad reviews on these items, do not trust how many 'mine was great' reviews there are, a lot of bad ones don't make it.
Buy only new here or buy somewhere else for honest OEM/refurb.
Completely disagree - every OEM I've bought from Newegg has been exactly what I expected, and not a customer return. OEM does not come in retail packaging... why would you even think it was a return?
Also disagree that they filter item reviews (or company reviews for that matter). Don't turn your one bad (and probably incorrect) experience into a negative review about one of the trustworthy companies left out there. I've done business with them for 12 years and always been satisfied.
Great looking full size mouse and good price. If I hadn't just bought one of the travel-size Logitech mice (from Newegg), I'd be all over this one.
I also have bought several OEM products from Newegg (hard drives, optical drives, mice, etc...) and have had no problems.
Newegg states, "Retail versions may come with additional accessories, retail packaging, bundled software and warranty coverage. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), White Box and Brown Box versions include the product and sometimes the drivers, but not much else. They are packaged generically and do not include software. OEM products are best-suited for system builders who don't require documentation or bundled accessories. OEM software is delivered in a generic sleeve or container with little to no documentation or instructions. Because the serial number is exposed, OEM software cannot be refunded. Retail software comes with greater warranty coverage, all available retail packaging and accessories."
Logician1313 said: I also have bought several OEM products from Newegg (hard drives, optical drives, mice, etc...) and have had no problems.
Newegg states, "Retail versions may come with additional accessories, retail packaging, bundled software and warranty coverage. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), White Box and Brown Box versions include the product and sometimes the drivers, but not much else. They are packaged generically and do not include software. OEM products are best-suited for system builders who don't require documentation or bundled accessories. OEM software is delivered in a generic sleeve or container with little to no documentation or instructions. Because the serial number is exposed, OEM software cannot be refunded. Retail software comes with greater warranty coverage, all available retail packaging and accessories."
I'm curious how you go by "Logician", yet work off faulty assumptions of what I said instead of actually reading what I said?
"Their ides of "OEM" includes items that are not fresh OEM but customer returned items without original packaging."
At no point does that sentence say anything about me thinking that something OEM should have packaging.
It says that their idea of OEM includes sending out items that aren't fresh OEM items but also other mislabeled as "OEM" items that have already gone out to people and come back as defective, and don't have original packaging and materials. They label things that weren't OEM but customer returns without extras as OEM. Please read what I actually said until you understand your mistake.
A defective OEM processor doesn't come to Newegg from AMD with burn marks, heatsink grease, and finger smudges. A defective customer return does, and they are perfectly willing to ship it back out to someone else. OEM processors are bought in bulk as a new OEM item. Newegg uses OEM to include anything that doesn't have original packaging/accessories, even things that aren't OEM.
I received more than a few PMs from other people with clearly defective items, and I wasn't the only one with more than one.
And they do filter reviews, I know directly. Original review had some external references in it, and they emailed me back. I removed those and submitted again, and they still wouldn't post. Of course they wouldn't, no one in their right mind would have bought another one of their 'Open box' tested motherboards after reading what I received.
Anyone can be a good shipper, and ship other peoples products fine. That has nothing to do with their actual integrity when it comes to iffy areas, and Newegg's just isn't there. And no volume of other OEM items that are fine erases the fact that they will send known defective return items out as OEM.
Takes a few minutes of searching on Google to find out that NE isn't as reputable as you think on items they actually have a hand in, not just ship.
Alan69 said: I'm curious how you go by "Logician", yet work off faulty assumption of what I said instead of actually reading what I said? "Their ides of "OEM" includes items that are not fresh OEM but customer returned items without original packaging." At no point does that sentence say anything about me thinking that something OEM should have packaging
I am sorry if you misunderstood my reply. I was not disagreeing nor making assumptions, but rather stating two facts: A. I have bought several Newegg OEM products, with no troubles B. Newegg defines OEM on their website, and I quoted this definition
Ironically, I just today returned this mouse from the previous time they had it on sale (about a month ago I think). The back button no ongers works. just my 2c.
Logician1313 said: I am sorry if you misunderstood my reply. I was not disagreeing nor making assumptions, but rather stating two facts: A. I have bought several Newegg OEM products, with no troubles B. Newegg defines OEM on their website, and I quoted this definition
Now I'm even more curious, exactly what would be your reasoning or purpose for quoting me their OEM definition if you didn't make the mistake of thinking I had it wrong? Do you make a habit of injecting irrelevant useless information into your replies? Doesn't strike me as all that logical.
I said they misuse the idea of 'OEM' to include basically anything without packaging, like some other shady companies. On this point they are simply not honest. Guess what? I kept the two items I got last summer, losing the $200 instead of letting them steal 15% and say they are correct in doing it. I have the evidence on hand of what they are actually be willing to ship as a new "OEM" processor and a tested 'open box' motherboard. I know first hand they'll lie, then cover up the review.
The company is simply not upstanding when it comes to previously touched products. They eat their own returns, and will gladly ship out known defective items to pick up that 15% return charge, burning the customer for that and shipping. The email reply I got from a CS representative is laughable, saying how no they would never do that just to get that 15%, but then the very next sentence saying how important it is they get that 15% on returns so they aren't out on defective items. It is literally idiotic to read.
And I received plenty of similar experiences in reply to some posts in other threads here at the time, and some from off site. There's a ton of stuff that comes up in a Google search. Remote chance times remote chance should lead to almost no chance of getting two defective items at once. Instead you find tons of it.
They've taken to disabling customer reviews on various OEM, open box (even lebeled as 'tested'), and refurb/recertifiec items. No need to wonder why.
I wouldn't even trust them on this OEM mouse. They could all be from some OEM lot on this particular item, but having experienced their 'OEM' directly I wouldn't bet anything on it.
Stick to new stuff where you can hold them to their policies and the law..
Great price! Thanks, OP! This is great timing for me as I have been looking for a Logitech mouse. Don't mind the thread crapping - Alan69 should be Cranky Member instead of Ancient Member.
kennkh
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posted: Mar. 9, 2010 @ 3:31p
There's a $5 MIR for this now if bought between 3/8 and 3/14, bringing the price down to 16.99 AR
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