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- Inspection of shipping box - pictures of box may be taken if suspected of damages
- Examples:
- Tears
- Box loosely sealed due to worn adhesives, tape, or mishandling
- Holes
- Water damage - box discoloration
- Examples:
- Immediately upon opening box - pictures of how the item is packaged in box may be taken if suspected of damages
- Examples:
- Poor packaging material
- Wrong orientation - shipped upside down
- Not shipped via palletized freight when it was recommended for System RMA's
- Examples:
- Provided to respective hardware specialist for further inspection
- This process could take at-minimum 10-15 business days
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If physical damage is found on component, customer is notified RMA is rejected with picture proof, - we cannot process repair or replacement RMA and will need to ship back part at customer's expense.
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Ship back system parts as-is at customer's expense
Quote hardware reassembly fee of remaining PASS parts (damaged or not), at best-effort
- Exxact will provide quote to reassemble system in attempt to get it to at-minimum POST, boot OS from SATA, and run burn-in/QA
- Best-effort = Exxact is not liable for subsequent system issue stemming from the best-effort repair; normal system hardware troubleshooting will still be covered under standard Support/Warranty scope, but damaged hardware component root-cause could have their RMA rejected due to their physical damage, if any
- System and FAIL parts to ship back to customer as-is at customer's expense
Quote hardware reassembly fee of remaining PASS parts (damaged or not) with added replacement/new components; at best-effort
- Exxact will provide quote to replace FAIL parts to restore originally sold system specifications, and then reassemble system in attempt to get it to at-minimum POST, boot OS from SATA, and run burn-in/QA
- Best-effort = Exxact is not liable for subsequent system issue stemming from the best-effort repair; normal system hardware troubleshooting will still be covered under standard Support/Warranty scope, but damaged hardware component root-cause could have their RMA rejected due to their physical damage, if any
- Does not extend system warranty, and defective replacement/new components (traced back to the repair invoice) will require customer to submit RMA's directly to their respective Vendor or Manufacturer if Exxact system is no longer under warranty
- If cosmetically damaged PASS parts were used, their individual component RMA may be rejected due to physical damage in final lengthy hardware inspection stage
- System and FAIL parts to ship back to customer as-is at customer's expense
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