Archive for 24th March 2008

eBay Vendor Review: asendtek

User Name: asendtek
Product Purchased: HP COMPAQ AMBERINEM-GL6E ASUS A8AE-LE MOTHERBOARD (230162628898)

Product As Advertised: Yes
Shipped Quickly: Yes
Customer Service: Great

Let me start off by saying that this mobo is a hunk of crap; Asus should be ashamed of itself for putting out this junk. But hey, it’s made for a $400 Compaq computer, so I guess it only follows that the mobo is garbage; and in all honesty, if I could get a huge contract turning out substandard OEM mobos on the cheap, I suppose I’d do it, too.

That said, when my sister’s PC blew its mobo, I knew the one place I could find one quick was eBay. And sure enough, I found this vendor liquidating them. (Actually, I had found the same mobo, available through another vendor, a week earlier, selling for about $30 less; but my sister wanted to delay, so she wound up having to pay more.)

In any event, I placed the order late Tuesday; it was shipped Wednesday (for only $10; I’ve paid twice as much in shipping to other eBay vendors for parts that weighed half as much) and I received it Monday.

All around, another great transaction. Lately I’ve been having luck with Power Sellers who have uncommonly good customer service, and I can add asendtek to that list.