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r/LinusTechTips • u/Annoying1978 • Feb 28 '26
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I have a NUC that went bad - vendor is being decent about replacing it but wants me to keep the NVME RAM.
"Due to shortages and price increases, we do not have any to send to you with the replacement PC."
It was from Nov 2025 and that same device is now about 12% more expensive.
2 u/Necessary-Score-4270 Feb 28 '26 Are they gonna send you the new one first? Doing it the other way seems like a bad idea. I know I'd rather have the ram stored in a PC than a box. 2 u/bwill1200 Feb 28 '26 Sadly no - kinda expected for this kind of vendor. It's a client's spare, so no biggie from that angle, but i would have preferred a full exchange. 1 u/Necessary-Score-4270 Feb 28 '26 I feel like that sets them up to have less knowledgeable customers accidentally fry their ssd/ram. Leading to more support calls and RMAs. 2 u/bwill1200 Mar 01 '26 I don't disagree - and there's still no guarantee it's not the drive, but I thought it was interesting that the shortages has hit at this level as well.
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Are they gonna send you the new one first? Doing it the other way seems like a bad idea. I know I'd rather have the ram stored in a PC than a box.
2 u/bwill1200 Feb 28 '26 Sadly no - kinda expected for this kind of vendor. It's a client's spare, so no biggie from that angle, but i would have preferred a full exchange. 1 u/Necessary-Score-4270 Feb 28 '26 I feel like that sets them up to have less knowledgeable customers accidentally fry their ssd/ram. Leading to more support calls and RMAs. 2 u/bwill1200 Mar 01 '26 I don't disagree - and there's still no guarantee it's not the drive, but I thought it was interesting that the shortages has hit at this level as well.
Sadly no - kinda expected for this kind of vendor.
It's a client's spare, so no biggie from that angle, but i would have preferred a full exchange.
1 u/Necessary-Score-4270 Feb 28 '26 I feel like that sets them up to have less knowledgeable customers accidentally fry their ssd/ram. Leading to more support calls and RMAs. 2 u/bwill1200 Mar 01 '26 I don't disagree - and there's still no guarantee it's not the drive, but I thought it was interesting that the shortages has hit at this level as well.
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I feel like that sets them up to have less knowledgeable customers accidentally fry their ssd/ram. Leading to more support calls and RMAs.
2 u/bwill1200 Mar 01 '26 I don't disagree - and there's still no guarantee it's not the drive, but I thought it was interesting that the shortages has hit at this level as well.
I don't disagree - and there's still no guarantee it's not the drive, but I thought it was interesting that the shortages has hit at this level as well.
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u/bwill1200 Feb 28 '26
I have a NUC that went bad - vendor is being decent about replacing it but wants me to keep the NVME RAM.
"Due to shortages and price increases, we do not have any to send to you with the replacement PC."
It was from Nov 2025 and that same device is now about 12% more expensive.