Defective laptop, $150 restocking fee to return I ordered a refurbished laptop that was found to be defective when received. It was an obvious and consistent issue. I requested a return authorization which they provided. But when they received it they kept a $150 restocking fee (plus the shipping charges I paid). After multiple times of contacting them the final word from them was that their techs were unable to duplicate the issue so they were not going to honor a full refund. It was very obviously defective. Something isn't right at OWC.

No longer on our approved vendor list… No longer on our approved vendor list for a number of reasons ranging from poor quality products and poor customer service. Most recently, ordered a computer shown on their site and it took them about 1½ days to contact me to let me know they did not in fact have it in stock nor did they have an equal replacement. Far from it. Further, because of this experience I had to source the product elsewhere and not only did I find it for considerably less, but it also included an actual warranty with teeth and length, and the routine things one expects with buying a desktop, i.e., mouse and keyboard, which their unit did not. Going back still further, we have purchased a number of OWC branded HDs and they seem to all suffer from the same early failure rate, leading me to imagine they are using inferior grade drives. All of this coupled with a number of unpleasant to rude customer service experiences leaves me to conclude this is not a AAA vendor.

Bought a 16TB raid to replace an aging… Bought a 16TB raid to replace an aging Drobo. On installation, OWC renamed my existing Drobo and initialized it, causing me weeks of headache in restoring the data.

Horrible customer service-scam artists Horrible customer service- they sold me a product that was dead on arrival and after hours on hold waiting, over many days of “troubleshooting “ they still won’t replace. Avoid this place like the plague - you will be out the money and have wasted a lot of your time for nothing. Complete fraud and the worst customer service ever

Bought a Thunderbolt to 10G Ethernet… Bought a Thunderbolt to 10G Ethernet adapter. Thing was clearly defective, overheats after a few minutes of use. A brief peek into the vent holes of the chassis explains the problem (really lousy build quality, the heat is simply trapped inside). They won't acknowledge the problem and refuse to advance replace it.