Beware! Order an Intel X25-M g2 80gb ssd from mwave. Prior to buying, I've sent plenty of emails asking whether it is a retail version. Their salesman said it was and I even paid priority shipping.
After paying the first invoice, they cancelled my order claiming they charged me 10 dollars less. I can understand this and paid for a new invoice eventhough it meant that I would receive the product later.
When the product arrived, it was an oem version, lacking the 3.5-5inch bracket, and there were scratches and stains on the back of the product.
After contacting their unhelpful customer support, I was told that they would only refund the product price and not the shipping cost since I'm in Australia. I've paid 60 dollars for priority since I needed the product before 28th of Oct as I was going overseas. Furthermore, to send the product back would cost me atleast 20-40 aus dollars. I've even stated that I was willing to accept a partial refund for a scratched,stain and a product missing the retail parts (retail comes with bracket etc), since it is too late to buy a new one.
At that point of time, another seller was selling a retail version (he guaranteed it and even provided pictures) but I chosed mwave thinking that its a bigger company and would have better customer support. Right now, I've another 4-5 days before I leave Australia on a tour.
Customer support was very unhelpful and extremely slow. The person in charge would only reply 1-2 emails every working day even though she knew I was running out of time, and when I used the company's live chat, they claim that they wont handle the issue there and i'll just have to wait for their reply.
If you are going to suggest a full refund, please understand this.
-A full refund of the product is a waste of my money because I've already paid 60usd for shipping and I've to still pay for shipping it back to USA.
-Right now, by the time I send the product back to USA and get the money back in the back, it would be too late to purchase a new product from another buyer.
- Are you willing to do a replacement and mail it to an address in Singapore since I will not be in Australia at that time? or do a fair partial refund (this idea was suggested on an online forum when I asked them for help since mwave's customer service refused to even help).
This review was modified by its author, Jiv, on
10/23/09 10:41 PM.