EVGA Loaner Program - Try before you buy

[Raekwon]

Very interesting, I signed up for the 3D Glasses and hope they choose me.

http://www.evga.com/elp/

Try Before You Buy or Free Advertising? EVGA Debuts Loaner Program
Posted 03/13/09 at 10:10:09 AM by Paul Lilly

When it comes to software, free trials have become the norm and not the exception. The same doesn't apply to computer hardware, or at least it didn't before now.
EVGA has launched a Loaner Program in which participants can "test out the latest and greatest technology offered for two weeks right in your home." Once you sign up, EVGA says it will randomly select participants, who will then have two weeks to test and review the item(s) before shipping it all off to the next person selected by EVGA. There's no fee to join, however participants are responsible for shipping via UPS to the next tester.
Right now EVGA is offering two programs, one consisting of a Samsung 22-inch 120Hz LCD monitor and Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision glasses, and the other includes an EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified motherboard.

[Hack&Lube]

That's pretty nuts that they would ship the whole 22-inch LCD and glasses to you. Given EVGAs past problems with shipping within Canada with UPS and Fedex (for RMAs and Step-Ups), I doubt any Canadians will make this program. It would be too mch of a hassle for them.

[Raekwon]

They are splitting it up into regions so each region will recieve it.



How do I know what region I am in, or where I will be shipping?

• A. Region 1: CA, NV, UT, AZ. Region 2: WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, ND, SD. Region 3: CO, NM, NE, KS, OK, TX. Region 4: MN, IA, MO, WI, IL. Region 5: AR, LA, TN, MS, AL, NC, SC, GA, FL. Region 6: MI, IN, KY, OH, WV, VA, MD, DE. Region 7: NY, PA, NJ, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME. Region 8: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, NW Territories. Region 9: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut. Region 10: Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island.

Plus its no hassle to them, all they are doing is shipping it to the first person they choose then that person has to worry about the shipping