this story is what promted this post,,,,friend of mine got a great price on a mother board,,,when he got it..inside the box it had no pink antistat wrapping...thats the first problem...he called and told them about it...they said to install it ...it was fine...it wasnt....he called again...they said send it back...he did...he called to make sure they received and how long before he got the replacement....THEY SAID....SORRY,,,,ITS BEEN USED...NO EXCHANGE OR REPLACEMENT ON USED EQUIPMENT....he bought another motherboard local,,,hes fine....most of the time when it works out...its great...when it dont...IT REALLY SUCKS...by the way...this whole story start to finish took like 3 months,,,cables and things of that nature might be fine....but if your doin motherboard and cpu...no shot i buy those things online,,,BUTCHER