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These things don't seem to last very long, do they? (feddit.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/casualuk@feddit.uk
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I have three of these I've collected over the last 3 years, and none of them work anymore.

Is this the new USB-C future we were promised? With a single-point of failure for everything as the number of ports on laptop decreases year-on-year?

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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I have 3 similar ones, over 5 years old. All are working except for the Ethernet port on one of them.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago*

    Yeah, I've never had one of those fail on me, I didn't know this was a thing people struggled with. I do make sure to not get the super cheapest brand, it's something in between.

    My biggest frustration is that they never really have the exact combination of ports that I'm looking for.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    Got any brand names I can rely on? So far mine have all been cheap U-Green and Ident, and Im a bit wary of them now

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    UGreen are usually fairly reliable. They're not super high quality but they're not just a no-name generic product with a fake name; they should be similar to Anker in general.

    It would be worth checking if your hub is still under their warranty.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Email from UGreen

    We would also like to solve the problem for you directly, but your order is an FBA order (Fulfillment By Amazon); according to Amazon's regulations, we as a seller have no right to process after-sales problems relating to FBA orders directly. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you and we ask for your understanding.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Frustrating! I never recommend Amazon - they dodge tax, underpay workers, throw away tons of goods, and their fulfillment centres mix up real and counterfeit goods. No one wins except their execs.

    But since it's already done, have you tried raising it to Amazon?

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