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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by random72guy to c/mildlyinfuriating
 

I bought my Logitech G533 a year and a half ago. Had decent reviews, and I got it new for a reasonable price on eBay. Two days ago, the mic broke, and I discovered it's a known issue (Reddit link) since 5 years ago. But, I thought, clearly this would be covered by its two-year warranty! Doesn't even require a receipt if you just need a replacement! So naturally the rep says:

  1. The warranty applies from date of manufacturer unless you have a receipt to prove date of purchase.
  2. They won't accept a receipt from eBay, as eBay's not a licensed reseller, and they consider the new, in box item "second hand."
  3. They'd love to help me, but there's simply nothing they can do πŸ™‚

Yes, fucking emoji and all. So I'm typing up a complaint to my state consumer protection agency and spreading the word not to trust Logitech more than you can throw them.

Is this standard? Probably. Should it be? Hell no.

At this point, might try to repair it myself; but I'll likely be out another $100 for my second headset in as many years.

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[–] Foam3477 68 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Tough week for logitech. First the controller and now this

[–] downpunxx 10 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe they'll honor the warranty for that one if the Coast Guard manages to recover it

[–] Arbiter 5 points 2 years ago

They’ll probably make up some crap about β€œwater damage”

[–] LillianVS 8 points 2 years ago

I am definitely going to hell.

I am fine with this knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I feel terrible for laughing. Good gracious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Damn dude the CEO of logitech was on that mic

[–] ungrokable 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If it's really a known issue and Logitech is hiding being a warranty policy then buy a new one, swap it, and return it as defective. Let Logitech reimburse the store for the defect and get your headset replaced.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

They won't accept a receipt from eBay, as eBay's not a licensed reseller, and they consider the new, in box item "second hand."

TBF, this should be a given. Assume anything you buy on ebay has no warranty, even if new-in-box. They should still fix it, imo, given it's a known problem but I'm not surprised by them not accepting their receipt and trying to save money where they can.

ungrokable's advice is probably your best option.

[–] random72guy 1 points 2 years ago

Oh... that's actually brilliant. πŸ€”

[–] fodder69 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Won't click reddit link to see but tear it apart if it won't get warrantied, what do you have to lose?

And don't buy "new" shit from ebay. I hate what amazon does but you do have a record of who you bought it from and usually the lowest price on something like this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are other options besides ebay and Amazon. Like OP is finding, getting a warranty claim from an ebay purchase is unlikely, and Amazon are straight up evil. But these aren't your only options

[–] fodder69 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True, but sadly that headset is $60 at Amazon right now versus 80-95 everywhere else based on a quick search.

[–] LetMeEatCake 1 points 2 years ago

Some stores will do price matching with Amazon. Especially the bigger retailers trying to compete with Amazon. I haven't tried to go through the price matching process so maybe it's a pain in the ass, but it's available.

[–] random72guy 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, thinking of trying to resolder it.

The price was like $20 less on Ebay, and it shipped about a month sooner.

[–] dangblingus 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To Logitech, you might as well have bought your headset hot off the back of a pickup truck. They have no verification that you didn't.

[–] random72guy -1 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, I must've used ChatGPT to generate the photos of it being sold in a sealed box. And the ebay account listing. And the receipt.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For a split second I thought this was a joke about the Titan submarine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Dude, same. It's getting some pretty bad reviews too!

[–] FartsWithAnAccent 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's crazy, I've had them fix shit no questions asked before. I guess their customer service isn't what it used to be.

[–] random72guy 2 points 2 years ago

I have a webcam and mouse from them as well. Was becoming quite a fanboy before this.

[–] endlessloop 6 points 2 years ago

I've had two experiences with their warranty and both were seamless. Mind you both were bought from authorized resellers, but I don't recall if I had a receipt.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's weird. I had a g604 mouse that one of the side buttons fell off and I'd bought it from amazon a little over 2 years ago. Rep asked me for the serial and not receipt and basically replaced it as soon as he saw pictures of it. Maybe you got a rep that's a dick. Try again?

[–] Katana314 3 points 2 years ago

Could be that you mentioned verbally you got it from Amazon, but you were never asked to prove it? Could be that Logitech’s policy is not to serve EBay sellers, but they don’t necessarily always go full steps for proof.

[–] node815 5 points 2 years ago

Even with receipt/proof of purchase from a retailer (Best Buy) in my case, they are reluctant to warranty items. I found this out with some speakers I had issues with (power light failure). I did manage to get a replacement, but it wasn't without a lot of back and forth and persistence.

[–] Mindlight 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

if you live in the EU you have 2 years of warranty. however, in the second year shifts you, the consumer, has to prove that the problems with the product is due to a fault during manufacturing.

if you are experiencing a problem that is a known problem this part is quite easy.

[–] random72guy 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds far more reasonable than we have stateside. Basically all we can do is "vote with our wallets" by buying from different companies until we find products that last marginally longer, or are cheap enough we can replace them weekly.