r/Microcenter

Microcenter is one of my favorite places to shop. Sometimes I'll even take my son there to wander up and down the aisles looking at cool shit and explaining to him what some things are. I've never been in a Microcenter and not bought something, and I always make sure I get one of the employees to put their sticker on it to make sure one of them gets a commission whether someone helped me or not. However... sometimes it gets really annoying being asked every 2 seconds if I need help. I was in the Marietta store the other day just looking at what Ubiquiti gear they had in stock. In less than 5 minutes I must have gotten asked 10 times if I needed any help. I couldn't even think straight I kept getting interrupted so often. While I realize the employees are just trying to make a living, sometimes I'd like to be able to just browse in peace without constant interruption. Especially when I'm trying to spend some time nerding out with my son. Any tips?

I bought a refurbished Samsung QN77S90DAFXZA 77" OLED from Micro Center. I also bought their 2-year protection plan. Five months later the TV just died overnight. No standby light, no response from any button or remote, completely dead. I had already tried multiple different outlets before concluding it was gone.

After doing research I found out this is an extremely well documented and widespread defect specific to the 77" S90D. The power supply board on this model is fundamentally underspecified for the power demands of the QD-OLED panel.

So I filed a claim with Micro Center under my protection plan. I submitted photos of the TV front and back and provided my transaction number. A few days later I get an email saying the model number and serial number on the TV do not match what they have on file from the receipt.

Here is where it gets interesting. My receipt shows QN77S90DAFXZA. The sticker on the back of my physical TV shows QN77S90DDFXZA. These are the exact same television. The only difference is the retailer distribution suffix Samsung assigns to different sales channels. Micro Center literally still sells the DDFXZA variant in their own current inventory. This is a store inventory logging error from the day I purchased it, they handed me one unit but logged a different model code in their system.

Currently waiting on the tech support team to get the situation corrected. Five months. A dead TV and a documentation headache. I will never buy a Samsung product again

Update: After a week of back and forth with tech support went to the store, explain the situation to a manager and got taken care of with store credit for the value of the TV. Pretty happy with my C5. Two life lessons: don’t buy Samsung and don’t waste time with tech support over the phone. Even an elderly person went to complain because he called tech support to set up his new printer and they say they couldn’t help him wtf.

I have about $855 of store credit from returning an item I bought previously. But it's been like a year and I have nothing I want to buy from Micro Center. What's the best way to get rid off or sell this store credit? (I'm near Tustin)

In a bit of a jam here, made the pilgrimage to the closest store 3.5 hours away. Ended up buying too small of a power supply, gpu needs 800w min (9070xt) and I bought a 750. Is it possible to return by sending it back to them or do I have to go all the way back to the store?

Hello, I am asking this question because I am going to be in Brooklyn in August.

I’ve been really wanting to go to a micro center and this is finally my opportunity for me to go and explore as there’s one only 20 minutes away from where I’m staying.

So, I was wondering what should I expect? I know that there is the really good 7500x3d bundle, open box discounts, and various other things, but I don’t know how it actually is in there. Like, if I wanted to get the bundle for the 7500x3d, what time would be best to make sure it’s still in stock? Or, how much is open box usually discounted? As well, are raspberry pi’s less expensive there as they are an official vendor? I understand from store to store these things will vary, but I wanted to get a general idea here so I have a plan.

- Thank you for reading.

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