[Jerban]

Hey guys!

I've been away for a while due to real life circumstances, but things seems to begin to fall back into place and i might just have enough mental surplus to do some se'ing again,

and to let you all know that i am going to be active on the forums again i will share a story/technique i used to get myself a high-end gaming monitor for cheap, throughout the journey to get myself a high-end gaming monitor i was met with failures along the road but overall
persistency i eventually had my way and are writing this very same post on said monitor and here is how i did it, steal, copy or get inspired to work on your own methods, i will also add that the methods i have profitted the most of has been my own that i developed by testing out the waters so i would never copy something 1:1.

I was browsing my countries version of craiglist or facebook market place for high end monitors and came by a defective monitor that for no apparent reason seemed to not work, i hit up the guy to get more pictures and knowledge about the product, and it appearead he managed to break the monitor
from punching it due to frustration while gaming, he know wanted to sell it extremely cheap 20$ for a broken high end gaming monitor which had a new value of 500$, he provided receipt and serial of the monitor and i checked the warranty status, it was still within its warranty period, at first i thought "JACKPOT!"
my intention were to scoop up the monitor the next day fro 20$ and have it shipped to the manufacturer for a free swap or repair, but.... this is where i hit my first roadblock, before i purchased the monitor i called the manufacturer to tell them about my situation and building the story, they actually did say they would cover it and pay for shipping, however i never recieved box or shipping label as i was promised, i called them up again to holla at them.

This time however i was greeted by a person of my own country and he redirected me to an external shop that would try to have a go at the monitor, i didnt know what to think of this to begin with but i went along and thought aslong as i keep feeding the narrative that both they and i agreed they should fix my monitor that for "no apparent" reason didnt work.

I brought the monitor to the repair shop as agreed upon and they took it in and said they would check if the warranty would cover it, which was the first time i met "resistance" and started to question "what do you mean, "cover it"?".. now it seemed like the external repairshop wouldnt repair it unless it complied with some warranty agreement with manufacturer which was a huge let down, i was pretty sure once they popped the outer fittings and had a look at the panel they would discover that the monitor didnt work due to acts of violence agianst it, and fail my warranty claim.

and sure enough, few days later i recieved a call that i could come and pick it up and sadly they didnt think it should be covered by the warranty and i could pay them 400$ to have them swap the panel, at this point i did what any good faith "customer" would do, and got really upset with them, this had 0 effect, sadly.

at this point i was pretty stressed out with work and my living situation, so i honestly thought of throwing in the towell and not even bother to pick up the montior as it probably wouldnt be worth the drive in gas, but i thought to myself that at this point i might aswell exhaust every option out there, low and behold, i went to google to find dirt on the repair shop, i browsed through their trust pilot and other review sites only to see very little negative reviews, i thought back to my classes in corporate law and drafted a really negative and calmy situated review of the business and posted it, in about 30 minutes i recieved a call from the manager that wanted me to elaborate on my review and experience, we ended the call on a good note, he would contact the manufacturer and talk the situation through and call me back once he had any news, at this point i had staked all my bets on that they solemnly promised me that they would fix it and now they wrongfully tried to trick me into paying for a repair of their own benefit, and what laws due to the written correspondance with the manufacturer held them to abide my will and fix my broken montior.

A few days later i recieved a call again from same manager, and he was pleased to tell me that they would fix the monitor free of charge and that he hoped i would consider taking down my negative review, and a few days later i went to pick up my "good as new" high end gaming monitor, which came to costs me about 20$ + a little money for gas.

and this is where i will wrap this post up, i hope you enjoyed this short story.
Lets have a profitable end of november and december :-)

Cheers!

[tamajiv176]

Brilliant persistence. Well done on achieving success on your SE and thank you for sharing your story.

[xxtripodxx]

Wow a nice one you pulled there!

Glad to see you back , and see that things settled for you.

Hope to see more soon!

Thanks !!

[Roadman]

A really good example of never giving up.

Well done!

[mothered]

This clearly demonstrates that being adamant and persistent from start to finish, significantly Increases the chance of a successful outcome- In your case, It obviously worked In your favor.

A job well done.