Rumours promoting tray processors emerge in SA market
If you recently bought an Intel Pentium II 400MHz processor that did not arrive shrink-wrapped in an Intel box, you are in possession of a grey product, says Alex Morse, processor product manager at Intel distributor Axiz.
According to Axiz, this is part of grey marketers` new marketing ploy in which processors that have been taken from a tray are often resold to the reseller channel wrapped in polystyrene or a plastic bag.
Any processor bought in this way will not be under Intel`s three-year limited warranty, and is at risk of being faulty, as it does not have the physical protection of cushioning supports found in the official boxed product, warns Morse.