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BW Elite Volume Dial Issues, Support not Forthcoming


I've not been getting the level of support expected, so I'm posting here to rant. Hopefully one of the mods can help move this along.
  • BW Elite volume dial randomly increases/decreases volume in either direction. Identical issue as outlined in this thread (/huntsman-elite-volume-wheel-skipping-levels-working-on-its-own.48446/)
  • Requested RMA/repair and provided details on 2nd March.
  • Support responded on 8th March acknowledging product is still under warranty (I had previously registered it on razer.com and may have discarded the receipt), but now say I need to provide proof of purchase to claim warranty. So much for registering my product online.
  • Support also said they were unable to view video of said issue I linked (https://streamable.com/o4h0d). Really?
Screen grab of razer support response email: *Removed to hide incident number from public view I've searched almost everywhere for the receipt but it's not looking hopeful. But seriously, the BW Elite hit retail shelves at the tail end of August 2019. Even if I had bought it at launch it should still be covered by the 2 year warranty, so why the runaround?
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Razer.Caziel
  • I am the Lightbringer
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  • March 12, 2020
I understand where the frustration is coming from, but the Support Team isn't really giving you a runaround. The matter with the proof of purchase is on our Warranty Policy and they are pretty much just following protocol. As for the representative not being able to view the clip, the site you uploaded it on is highly likely blocked by our IT for general security purposes so I highly recommend that you upload it on youtube or GDrive/Dropbox. Anyways, please send over your case number through PM as I would like to look into it and hopefully move things along.

Can you at least provide us with details on the issue. What is the problem here, if it's hardware what is it?

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  • April 14, 2020
SliceofBytes
Can you at least provide us with details on the issue. What is the problem here, if it's hardware what is it? A bad switch?
Are you trolling? The issue is the in the original post. GTFO.

ilpsxnus
Are you trolling? The issue is the in the original post. GTFO.
I was talking to the Razor support person. I should have worded it differently. I meant what is the underlying issue that they are RMA'ing for. Is it a hardware switch failure? bad board? etc...

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  • April 14, 2020
It's an issue with the rotary encoder, not the switch. In the end I found Razer's appointed support partner in my country. I walked in, handed them my keyboard, told them my problem, and after 5 minutes they gave me a BNIB TE. Razer support was of absolutely no help. The best they could muster was "try asking the store you got it from for an exchange" and that was after 3 weeks of raising the RMA request. Makes you wonder why they couldn't have just given me the local support contact right from the get go.

ilpsxnus
It's an issue with the rotary encoder, not the switch. In the end I found Razer's appointed support partner in my country. I walked in, handed them my keyboard, told them my problem, and after 5 minutes they gave me a BNIB TE. Razer support was of absolutely no help. The best they could muster was "try asking the store you got it from for an exchange" and that was after 3 weeks of raising the RMA request. Makes you wonder why they couldn't have just given me the local support contact right from the get go.
Cool thanks for the info that is what I was looking for.

Razer.Caziel
  • I am the Lightbringer
  • 4792 replies
  • April 14, 2020
ilpsxnus
Razer support was of absolutely no help. The best they could muster was "try asking the store you got it from for an exchange" and that was after 3 weeks of raising the RMA request. Makes you wonder why they couldn't have just given me the local support contact right from the get go.
The team followed protocol, and they tried their best to help you. We can't just give you a shortcut because you want one. Everyone goes through the process and you're not exempted. Consider this thread locked. A bit from our House Rules:
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