I apologise in advance for this rant, however I feel it needs to be shared. I have recently had an issue with my Netgear DGN2000 wireless ADSL router whereby all the LAN ports have a hardware problem and no longer function (30 – 40% packet loss). Luckily for me the unit was still under warranty so I called Netgear support. I had already performed all of the required troubleshooting (different computers, different ports, different cables) and there was no doubt that all LAN ports were experiencing the same issue, although wireless was working fine.

The Netgear support tech wanted to perform a factory reset on the router, however I didn’t want to risk losing my wireless connection as I may not be able to reconfigure the router post reset should it not come back as expected. Like most of us, I rely heavily on my Internet connection and any downtime is hugely inconvenient. Luckily for me (or so I thought), the tech agree to go ahead with an RMA to replace the faulty unit I had. He said he would email me an RMA form and I should receive the new unit in 5 to 7 days.

So on the 5th day I check the Netgear RMA checker online and the status was still shown as “Shipped: No”. So I check every day with no change. Today is the 8th day since my call to them, and still no change to the status so I call them up and am then informed that the replacement unit has not been shipped as they have not yet received my faulty unit. I’m very surprised by this and explained that this was not how the process was explained to me, and that I wasn’t prepared to go without an Internet connection for 10 days for the whole process to complete.  The support tech said that the process was clearly explained in the RMA email that was sent to me, however I re-read this back to them and again there is nothing telling me that they expect me to ship my faulty unit back to them first, and then wait for a replacement. I also checked the RMA form and found again the process is not explained.

In my 20+ years of working IT I have never come across this RMA process before, especially not on critical equipment like a router (even if it is for home – lots of us work from home).

Certainly I have had several issues with Netgear products in the past, but have managed to work around them before. This however is an absolute show stopper for me though, as in my opinion any product or service is only as good as it’s support.

So feel free to buy Netgear if you want, just remember that if you need a warranty replacement you’ll be without your product for at least 1 week, whilst they either fix it or replace it. Also to be fair, D-Link have the same policy as do other manufacturers possibly, so for my replacement of my faulty Netgear device I’ll be ensuring the replacement comes with an acceptable RMA process (i.e I won’t be buying Netgear or D-Link).

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Loan companies have always been associated with harassment, threats and utilization
of profane language to extract financial debt
payments, especially old debts, despite laws
enforced to safeguard consumer rights. Out
of statutes debts will be sold and resold
and often, individuals who purchased the accounts
will never hesitate to step on a few toes just to create a successful
selection.

Unfortunately, uncompensated debts, old and new, will cause a negative impact on your
credit. Worse, some debt collectors may
even try to falsely report unfavorable remarks on major
credit reporting reporting agencies without verifying the
identities of the debtor or without waiting
for the debtor to dispute the alleged debt.

This may not exactly a new collection
strategy; many debtors will even attempt to report out of statutes debts
in a bid to cause negative effects
on debtors’ credit history. This is a
significant concern for many because employers as
well as landlords usually checks the credit of an applicant and if they will see bad marks
on one’s credit score, their application will be
turned down.

Now, fortunately, there are
actually laws in place which
provides consumer more rights to their
own credit reports. For instance , you can dispute a
false claim that has been made on your
credit record, in writing. You will additionally need to get in touch
with the reporting credit
agency to have them investigate the
difference on your report and report the effect of the investigation to
you personally. If the statement made by the debt
collection company should indeed be false, the
statement is going to be removed from your
report.

This means you should request a
copy of the report, specifically
if you have old, billed off credit card
accounts with uncompensated debts.

Beneath the Fair Credit Reporting Act or FCRA, everyone is entitled a totally free copy of the report from the three major
reporting bureaus once a year. To request a copy of your report, visit the
bureau’s website and get for one. The
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debtors the power to control their own credit
history and dispute false financial debt claims that
could cause negative effects on
credit score.

Once you receive your free
report, you can check outstanding
balances that need to be repaid or even, if
you have a current credit dispute with a
financial debt collector agency or creditor, you should check if the debt in
question is within or beyond
statutes.

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