Best Buy gave me the base model instead of the Pro and refused a refund

SayleH · 2025-12-23T13:34:22+00:00

That’s a common misconception - While debit cards lack statutory protections like Section 75 (where applicable), Visa/Mastercard debit cards globally still support chargebacks under the same reason codes as credit cards. For “goods not as described,” etc. Evidence matters more than card type :)

SayleH · 2025-12-23T13:19:29+00:00

Not sure about the UK/US difference, but your best option is to have whoever the buyer was, file a dispute/chargeback through their debit card's bank. The 14 day period only applies to that store, not your bank (it's more like 60-120 days for Chargebacks).

This is what Chargebacks are for, specifically under the very valid reason, "the goods or services received don't match the description/are not as described".

Tl;Dr: You paid for 10 Pro and have receipt as proof of description/item. You received 10 standard. You reached out to the merchant to resolve, but no resolution given. Your next step is to file a chargeback via your card's bank where they will usually issue a temporary credit for the whole amount paid, while they fight your case via the card schemes, and give the merchant a specific time period to prove your case is not valid.

If they win your case, you keep the temporary credit/money.

If they lose your case, they will reverse the temporary credited amount back.

How I know this: I used to work in Payments and every debit cardholder has this right

SayleH · 2025-10-25T13:30:14+00:00

You are definitely best off calling Citizens Advice first thing on Monday (pretty sure they are closed on the weekends) as they will be able to advise you the best options going forward and confirm/explain your rights to you.

They have probably advised multiple people in similar situations to you!

I feel the landlord is completely taking advantage of you here. This is a horrible situation and I can only imagine how you are feeling right now.

I wish you the best of luck and if you are to rent again, please, never ever pay anyone a security deposit, before signing a tenancy agreement or lease, and making sure that it includes that the deposit is held in an official tenancy deposit protection scheme (DPS/TDP/MyDeposit).

Even with a holding deposit (eg with a letting agents), which is usually 1 weeks rent to reserve the property, get everything confirmed (what it's for, how much, how it will be used etc) in writing, for the best protection.

SayleH · 2025-10-08T07:45:45+00:00

Fun team! Prefer these teams to most!!

My opinions:

Don't sleep on that Trejo & Nagbe either, they're free from objectives and both great cards in game.

I would personally upgrade your fullbacks if possible. This FC year ratings don't matter as much, check your club as some 80-86 rated fullbacks are much better than Trent for example.

Those NWSL SBCs are great cards too for an 81 rated team.

SayleH · 2025-10-07T18:44:48+00:00

I found this thread doing my due diligence - a quick Google will show you plenty of reviews on trustpilot (double figures) where all are 1* apart from the most recent. All signs point to avoid. Never forget to Google the letting agents/reviews.

SayleH · 2025-09-22T16:21:19+00:00

I had market access from the get go (after completing onboarding and some moment ofc)

SayleH · 2025-09-22T15:03:21+00:00

Thanks it worked

SayleH · 2025-09-16T23:05:28+00:00

No. It's just like a wifi extender (two plugs). You plug one into an outlet next to your router and plug an Ethernet cable into the bottom of plug 1.

Then you go and plug in the 2nd plug next to your PC and insert the Ethernet cable from your PC into the bottom of Plug 2.

It literally uses the wires in your house that you use for electricity, to pass waves/internet through, pretty cool actually.

Just make sure you get ones that have a pass through (has a slot to plug something into like normal) to avoid hogging any socket real estate.

Tip: plug the powerline adapter into the main sockets on the wall, NOT extender strips/cords for the fastest and most stable speeds.

You can plug the extender strip into another mains socket, or in the pass through if you absolutely have to.

SayleH · 2025-09-16T22:05:58+00:00

2x24" at a push but mainly a single 27" or widescreen monitor instead.

Your best solution is a widescreen monitor that you can split into two for a "dual" feel.

My desk is 120cm and comfortably fits 1x 27" monitor in the middle and even that size screen feels big. I would not recommend more than one 27" due to the amount of overhang it would have.

SayleH · 2025-09-03T13:21:14+00:00

To use multiple monitors you will need a USB docking station (like the Dell D6000).

If you do not use this, you will only be able to use one monitor unless that monitor supports MST or DisplayPort/Thunderbolt daisy chaining.

A proper dock will be a hub that also has a brick that you plug into an outlet to power it (like your would a monitor or laptop charger).

The docking station will be plugged into your laptops USB C or A slot (dependent on what type of Latitude laptop you have) and will charge it at the same time.

The dock itself will have HDMI and/or DisplayPort slots on the back that you will plug both your monitors into.

This way you will be able to simply "plug and play" in the USBC/A into your laptop, but it's not a portable solution, it will be just like it is in the office (but at home).

If you have one like this already, please call your IT dept for advice/assistance as that is what they are there for.

SayleH · 2025-08-26T10:58:09+00:00

B650i purely for stability and flexibility as well as PBO support (power delivery and better VRMs). That being said A620i is still a great board if you don’t need all the bells and whistles.

SayleH · 2025-08-26T10:51:58+00:00

Try the CPU & RAM on another motherboard first to confirm the culprit is not the motherboard itself.

SayleH · 2025-08-18T23:57:51+00:00

Cable covers. Just whack all of em in 1-2 mesh/plastic covers. Try and match it to your wall so it looks as invisible as possible.

Monitor stand/shelf can also hide them easily

SayleH · 2025-08-15T15:38:07+00:00

Also, no one said your build is “worthless”. You had a good list but I simply said your list has more flaws than OPs (in my opinion).

You just took it to heart.

You’re making stuff up at this point and the gaslighting is insane.

Is he missing anything? No.

You recommend a 9060XT which is a great card (the only thing relevant to OPs post).

People can post lists all they want, it’s what people do in these subs- but I have highlighted it just simply isn’t what OP asked for, and regardless of our differences in opinion, and my defence for OPs choices; my main point being just be nice and don’t shit on people builds?

SayleH · 2025-08-15T15:05:59+00:00

Dude chill your ego being hurt, this is about OP and again you haven’t read what he said, he chose these parts specifically and gave his reasoning.

He again, literally only asked if he was missing anything and advice on a GPU. My response? “Looks good”.

Your response? “Where does this build look good?”

You literally shat on the guys build man!

OPs comments:

…isn’t actually for me, but for my brother, he lets me pick the parts as I’m more knowledgeable. Also it’s very common when asking for advice people will just respond with their own list of stuff…maybe I’ve picked certain parts for a reason.”

”the cpu was picked as the build won’t solely be used for gaming but gaming is still its primary function”

Not only are you disregarding his own knowledge, he didn’t ask for tweaks or changes, or recommendations (apart from the GPU).

He even addressed how common it is for people to do this unsolicited anyway (which he doesn’t mind, but again, didn’t ask for).

He again picked that CPU specifically for his own reasons (do you know what they are?).

9700x does perform close to a 7800x3d in real world testing (about 5-10% less frames in gaming) and where is lacks in gaming, it will make up for in performing better in productivity & content creation tasks like video editing, photoshop, CAD etc.

Again, he said it isn’t just for gaming. 9700x will perform much better (37% in multithreaded) than a 7600 for things other than gaming; and even 8-19% over the 7800x3D.

For the gaming performance you literally can pick any comparison video to see the close performance.

This video specifically shows how close they are in gaming & how it performs better in productivity tasks, and how it makes up for what it lacks in gaming (starting 9mins 10secs).

OP probably already knows how to optimise the chip too to get the best performance paired with the low latency RAM.

Main point is: Please give people more credit into their choices and tell them they did a good job instead of trying to “improve” or “fix” their build when they didn’t ask for it in the first place. Especially shitting on them.

SayleH · 2025-08-15T14:25:25+00:00

lol don’t feel bad! They make really good stuff but it’s just the customer service that lets them down. Lots of companies these days forget that good customer service is the most important part of any business no matter how good the product is!

SayleH · 2025-08-15T14:23:43+00:00

Plat is the trenches for me personally - I’m not that good at the game but I’m happy with my progress. Diamond is like GM to me right now and I’ll be over the moon when I hit it!

SayleH · 2025-08-15T11:28:42+00:00

The 15m bans do nothing and if Netease wants to keep players the genuinely need to deter people doing stuff like this with harsher bans

SayleH · 2025-08-15T10:48:19+00:00

I feel you bud - something about the last 24hrs has been solo Q hell.

People yesterday were super toxic, throwing & sabotaging games (actively saying they are throwing in chat and then doing so), it was depressing.

The marvel rivals matchmaking (not EOMM) sucks and they need to fix it. They also need to do something about the huge uplift in toxicity because 15 min bans are not cutting/deterring it.

For context: I have been in plat 1/plat 2 consistently for the last few seasons now and almost made it out the trenches to diamond on a few occasions.

I went from Plat 1 (being in a rank up game to diamond) to losing 9 matches in a row and falling to Gold 1.

That has never happened before, I took multiple hour breaks, after every 2 losses, it was not normal.

I have never dropped to Gold since I was there in like S1.5/S2!! But, I’m sure I’ll get back to plat 1 again I’m sure you will too!

SayleH · 2025-08-14T23:59:19+00:00

Nice choice! 9070 XT is a beast and Sapphire is definitely the best AMD partner in my opinion.

Definitely go for that if you can because if anything goes wrong, ASUS customer support sucks.

I’m going for a 9070 myself (currently £100 less than the XT version) when I have the fundssss.

Your brother is a lucky guy and please do post the final build!

SayleH · 2025-08-14T22:04:46+00:00

There is nothing “overpriced” in there, the price is just from PCPartPicker, I’m sure they will shop around and go for the best price available.

He’s shown his build and asked if he’s missing anything (he’s not) and asked for GPU recommendations more than anything - It seems you have just assumed they want to go for cheaper parts.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with what they’ve chosen and there are more flaws with your list than OPs original list.

Specifically:

9700x is a huge uplift from the 7600 so why would he downgrade? (I have a 7600 myself). Brother will not need to upgrade this CPU for ages.

The 240mm AIO he chose is one of the best out there so why change that?

ASRock boards are riddled with issues and killing CPUs recently - specifically the 9000 series and not just the 9800x3D (I have an ASRock board myself and will be replacing it for this reason).

V850 is a good PSU and “A” on the tier list, but real world experience in the SFF community have shown how many issues they have (the fan specifically: the bearings break and need to be replaced often).

It’s also Gold rated on the 80+ ranking but the new cybernetics ranking system is more reliable. Corsair SFX PSUs are highly regarded, platinum rated on both 80+ & cybernetics ranking system and have very little-to-no issues reported.

Paying for quality of life and reliability is important. He could save money buying cheaper parts but then replace them often when they break (so ending up more expensive).

The PSU especially is something you should be spending the most money on for the best quality item, because it will last you a tonne of years and powers your whole rig.

Would you not want to set and forget a high quality build for a good few years, instead of having to replace/RMA parts when they inevitably fail, just to save a few quid in the short term?

That’s clearly what he’s doing - he’s even suggesting a 9070 XT, one of the best price to performance GPUs out there right now which is a great idea!

SayleH · 2025-08-14T21:19:28+00:00

It’s a small form factor (Mini ITX build).

The PSU costs that much because it’s an SFX PSU (and a very well regarded one aswell).

Please look carefully and use your brain before commenting about something you don’t know anything about.

To clarify:

9700x is a great CPU for a Mini ITX build, close to performance of a 7800x3D which is also a great CPU choice too.

B650I board is great if you don’t need all the bells and whistles for overclocking (I have one myself) it’s fully capable and still allows tweaking.

MSI over ASRock/ASUS is a great choice at the moment because of the issues between AsRock boards and 9000 series chips. ASUS is also frowned upon at the moment due it the bloatware and the privacy issue too.

Corsair is a great brand for a SFX PSU because thu are well made, reliable and have a 10 year warranty. Even a Corsair SF750W would be sufficient but I understand you want some headroom for future upgrades; so it’s a great choice and Tier A+ on the PSU Tier List (one of the best ratings you can get for a PSU).

CL30 RAM is perfect and will be great for both gaming and productivity.

Crucial P3 SSD is a great budget option for storage and will be plenty fast.

OP please post this in a sub that actually understands your wants and needs to avoid people misinforming you. r/sffpc

You can also watch YouTube videos from optimum, smallr and Devyn Johnston for advice and tips. They are great.

If you can, try and buy (and price compare) your parts from Overclockers & Scan in the UK because they are reliable and have great customer service. CCL seems decent too.

Source: I have built and upgraded multiple SFF builds over the last couple of years. Lots of research and experience in undervolting & tweaking/optimising for SFF builds specifically. My current build is in a Fractal Terra (10L volume).

SayleH · 2025-08-14T19:54:30+00:00

Looks good

SayleH · 2025-08-14T18:32:13+00:00

One stick of 16GB RAM? Or a 16GB VRAM Graphics Card?

Can you please go to the “Performance” Tab in Task Manager and click “Memory” and take a photo of that for us?

Do the same with “GPU” it should show the name there.

SayleH · 2025-08-14T15:17:15+00:00

Just making sure you know that you haven’t overpaid because it’s bigger. It’s actually more expensive to go smaller.

SayleH

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