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hnr249
Oct 23, 2018Aspirant
Manufacturer Refurbished RBK50 Serial number already used
Just purchased a manufacturer refurbished ORBI RBK50.
Tried to register and can't becuase serial number is already used.
Can Netgear Support help resolve this?
Thanks!
Blanca_O
Oct 23, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
hnr249
Oct 31, 2018Aspirant
I sent an email to customer service 4 times with all of the required information but no reply to any of them. I even spoke to a customer service person on the phone and they seemed unable to help. They said I had to email customer service with proof of purchase, when I explained I had already done this 4 times they still seemed unable to help and said a supervisor would clear this up within a day. 5 Days later and still no progress. Not having much luck with this one.
- FURRYe38Oct 31, 2018Guru - Experienced User
hnr249 wrote:
I sent an email to customer service 4 times with all of the required information but no reply to any of them. I even spoke to a customer service person on the phone and they seemed unable to help. They said I had to email customer service with proof of purchase, when I explained I had already done this 4 times they still seemed unable to help and said a supervisor would clear this up within a day. 5 Days later and still no progress. Not having much luck with this one.
- hnr249Oct 31, 2018Aspirant
Thank you for following this, appreciate the help!
I will try to call customer support again.
I hope Netgear will implement procedure to reset serial number when they refurbish products so other customers don't have to chase this.
- Christian_ROct 31, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello hnr249,
Thank you for reaching out. Please send me a message with your contact info and serial number and I will have support follow up with you.
~Christian