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Ya, the costs are correct, this is for the cost of it being shipped from Team to me, and for me to ship it back, plus duty charges. But if I get a good replacement set then it's still not a bad deal for Team ram.
I guess most brands can be considered foreign in a way, since even the U.S. brands like Corsair get a lot of their chips from companies like Micron which is often made in factories overseas now.It seems to be a sorta 'foreign' brand to the USA.. I can't find any reviews either.. Looking at Retro's post though, it seems this RAM might be Micron D9*** even? From most reports (except the dead Ballistix stuff) these chips are pretty good. Can't find any mention of Micron chips though.. And Team doesn't seem to have a USA website.. Oh well! We'll see how they clock when they arrive! The most important thing is that they aren't as tall as Corsair DHX series which hits my drive cage and makes it really tough to slide the mobo tray in place
I will clarify all my costs. First of all, I live in Canada (B.C.), so the shipping costs themselves are higher than shipments within the U.S. My kit also came from Team in San Jose. TankGuys have no control over this, they just do what they have to to get it to me. Also, because it has to cross the border, I have to pay Canadian duty fees, usually upon delivery from FedEx. The government here basically rips us off for bringing in something from the U.S. (so much for the free trade agreement!). So it's about $23 for FedEx ground from San Jose and another $15 for duty. I had to send the ram back to Team prepaid. I use Purolator here although it's transferred to another U.S. courier when it crosses the border into the U.S. This cost me another $32 to send it. That adds up to about $70.
They are quick arranging for the rma. Did they send the new ram back to you prepaid or did you have to pay for that too?
FedEx ground from Canada to pretty much anywhere in the USA for a package that size is $11-$12. I just RMA'd a mobo back to Asus, $12 and change. $32 to ship to them is ridicules...Purolator is the rip off, not the canadian government. as for duty on the way back to you after the RMA, there shouldn't be any. i have had RMA's from Asus and Intel and never paid duty on an RMA return because the commercial invoice should be marked as warranty replacement.I will clarify all my costs. First of all, I live in Canada (B.C.), so the shipping costs themselves are higher than shipments within the U.S. My kit also came from Team in San Jose. TankGuys have no control over this, they just do what they have to to get it to me. Also, because it has to cross the border, I have to pay Canadian duty fees, usually upon delivery from FedEx. The government here basically rips us off for bringing in something from the U.S. (so much for the free trade agreement!). So it's about $23 for FedEx ground from San Jose and another $15 for duty. I had to send the ram back to Team prepaid. I use Purolator here although it's transferred to another U.S. courier when it crosses the border into the U.S. This cost me another $32 to send it. That adds up to about $70.
So the $70 set of ram has now gone up to $140.
I don't know if Team will prepay the freight to ship it back to me, so there is another $23+.
That's why I dread rma's
No FedEx office here, I would have to drive a couple hours to send it by them.
They are quick arranging for the rma. Did they send the new ram back to you prepaid or did you have to pay for that too?
You live in LA, that's about 341 miles to San Jose.
For me it's 1018 miles
Thanks for the info.
