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This is an email that i sent to MSI on various email accounts and did not receive any response from (which might just underscore the points in the message) and thought i would post it here, and will be posting it in other mediums. I find the entire experience needs an overhaul and while the products are good, when you are buying flagship products for ultra premium prices support and customer care is expected. MSI has, to my regret, fallen short. Money is not a problem here, its the experience. I was hoping that when MSI was alerted to the issues at a management level, they would reach out. Alas. Here is what i wrote to them:
I am writing to escalate a series of customer-service experiences that have changed my view of MSI despite having recently made a substantial investment in the company's highest-end products.
I deliberately built an essentially all-MSI flagship system, including the Maestro 900R chassis, MEG Godlike X motherboard, RTX 5090 Lightning Z, MEG CoreLiquid E15, MEG Ai1600T power supply, and MSI MPG fans. I did this because I wanted an integrated premium ecosystem and expected the ownership experience to reflect the positioning and cost of these products.
Instead, virtually every interaction with MSI after the sale has created another unnecessary problem.
One of the front USB-A ports on my new Maestro 900R is defective. MSI's initial solution was for me to return the case. That might be a reasonable response for an empty case sitting in a box, but this is the chassis of a completed flagship system. Returning it means completely dismantling the computer, removing the motherboard, GPU, AIO, power supply, fans, cabling and other components, shipping an enormous chassis back to MSI, and then having no usable computer while waiting for the process to be completed.
When I pointed out how unreasonable this was and asked whether MSI could cross-ship a replacement case so I could rebuild the system before returning the defective one, that was not offered as an option. I then proposed what seems like the obvious solution: send me a replacement front I/O assembly. MSI told me the part was not available, although it might become available in the future. My choices therefore became dismantling and returning the entire computer chassis because of one defective USB port, or keeping a defective premium case and periodically checking back with MSI to see whether the replacement part had become available. This is exactly the kind of interaction that has been so frustrating. The response may satisfy a warranty process on paper, but it demonstrates very little understanding of the customer or the product. A customer purchasing a Maestro 900R is highly likely to have built a substantial system inside it. Requiring that customer to dismantle the entire system to remedy a replaceable front I/O component should be the last option, not the first.
This was not an isolated experience unfortunately.
I initially had difficulty simply registering the Maestro 900R because MSI's system would not recognize its own serial number or CHK number. That required a support ticket just to register a brand-new MSI product.
I also discovered that the MPG triple-pack of fans did not include the connector needed to connect those fans to MSI's own EZ Hub. Apparently that connector is included with a single-fan package but not the triple pack, and MSI does not sell the connector separately. The practical solution offered was to purchase another fan solely to obtain the cable. That is difficult to reconcile with MSI's marketing of these components as an integrated ecosystem.
The Shout Out promotion has been equally frustrating. Initially, MSI's system presented three eligible products for submission: my case, AIO and power supply. The submission process failed because MSI's system would not recognize the CHK number on the case. After another support ticket and several days, MSI corrected that problem.
When I returned to the promotion, however, the form would only allow two products to be submitted. I submitted those two and then attempted to submit my PSU separately. MSI's system rejected the PSU submission because it required a second product. When I opened a ticket explaining exactly what had happened, the response simply told me that I needed a second product. That did not address the problem I reported. Now the original redemption has been rejected because MSI wants photographs of the serial numbers physically attached to the installed hardware rather than the serial numbers from the product packaging. These products were purchased directly from the MSI Store, MSI has the invoices, and the products are registered. Some of the requested serial-number labels are now inside a completed system. MSI is effectively asking a customer who purchased thousands of dollars of MSI equipment directly from MSI to partially dismantle a completed build to prove possession of products that MSI itself sold to that customer.
Any one of these issues would be relatively minor. Taken together, they indicate a larger problem with MSI's ownership experience:
I am not looking for another scripted explanation of warranty or promotion requirements. I am asking someone with authority to review the complete history of these interactions and address the underlying customer-experience problems.
Specifically, I would like MSI to:
• Provide a replacement front I/O assembly for the Maestro 900R when one is available, without requiring the entire chassis to be returned or the customer to check back and "see" if you have the part. Log this as an issue and follow-up do not put this on the customers back.
• Provide the appropriate EZ Hub connector for the MSI fan package rather than requiring the purchase of another fan simply to obtain a cable.
• Review and resolve the outstanding Shout Out submissions based upon the documentation and MSI Store purchase records already provided, without requiring unnecessary dismantling of the system.
More importantly, I would encourage someone in MSI management to look at this experience from beginning to end. These processes appear to have been designed independently, with no one considering what happens when an actual customer encounters several of them at once.
I bought into MSI as an ecosystem. I purchased the company's flagship products and deliberately kept major components within the MSI family. The experience since the purchase has convinced me that MSI's customer support and post-sale processes do not currently match the premium positioning of its hardware.
At this point, I have no intention of making another significant MSI purchase unless that experience changes. And have a mind to share this same experience with other enthusiast in various forums.
Please escalate this to someone responsible for MSI USA customer experience or management rather than returning it to frontline support with another explanation of existing policy.
I am writing to escalate a series of customer-service experiences that have changed my view of MSI despite having recently made a substantial investment in the company's highest-end products.
I deliberately built an essentially all-MSI flagship system, including the Maestro 900R chassis, MEG Godlike X motherboard, RTX 5090 Lightning Z, MEG CoreLiquid E15, MEG Ai1600T power supply, and MSI MPG fans. I did this because I wanted an integrated premium ecosystem and expected the ownership experience to reflect the positioning and cost of these products.
Instead, virtually every interaction with MSI after the sale has created another unnecessary problem.
One of the front USB-A ports on my new Maestro 900R is defective. MSI's initial solution was for me to return the case. That might be a reasonable response for an empty case sitting in a box, but this is the chassis of a completed flagship system. Returning it means completely dismantling the computer, removing the motherboard, GPU, AIO, power supply, fans, cabling and other components, shipping an enormous chassis back to MSI, and then having no usable computer while waiting for the process to be completed.
When I pointed out how unreasonable this was and asked whether MSI could cross-ship a replacement case so I could rebuild the system before returning the defective one, that was not offered as an option. I then proposed what seems like the obvious solution: send me a replacement front I/O assembly. MSI told me the part was not available, although it might become available in the future. My choices therefore became dismantling and returning the entire computer chassis because of one defective USB port, or keeping a defective premium case and periodically checking back with MSI to see whether the replacement part had become available. This is exactly the kind of interaction that has been so frustrating. The response may satisfy a warranty process on paper, but it demonstrates very little understanding of the customer or the product. A customer purchasing a Maestro 900R is highly likely to have built a substantial system inside it. Requiring that customer to dismantle the entire system to remedy a replaceable front I/O component should be the last option, not the first.
This was not an isolated experience unfortunately.
I initially had difficulty simply registering the Maestro 900R because MSI's system would not recognize its own serial number or CHK number. That required a support ticket just to register a brand-new MSI product.
I also discovered that the MPG triple-pack of fans did not include the connector needed to connect those fans to MSI's own EZ Hub. Apparently that connector is included with a single-fan package but not the triple pack, and MSI does not sell the connector separately. The practical solution offered was to purchase another fan solely to obtain the cable. That is difficult to reconcile with MSI's marketing of these components as an integrated ecosystem.
The Shout Out promotion has been equally frustrating. Initially, MSI's system presented three eligible products for submission: my case, AIO and power supply. The submission process failed because MSI's system would not recognize the CHK number on the case. After another support ticket and several days, MSI corrected that problem.
When I returned to the promotion, however, the form would only allow two products to be submitted. I submitted those two and then attempted to submit my PSU separately. MSI's system rejected the PSU submission because it required a second product. When I opened a ticket explaining exactly what had happened, the response simply told me that I needed a second product. That did not address the problem I reported. Now the original redemption has been rejected because MSI wants photographs of the serial numbers physically attached to the installed hardware rather than the serial numbers from the product packaging. These products were purchased directly from the MSI Store, MSI has the invoices, and the products are registered. Some of the requested serial-number labels are now inside a completed system. MSI is effectively asking a customer who purchased thousands of dollars of MSI equipment directly from MSI to partially dismantle a completed build to prove possession of products that MSI itself sold to that customer.
Any one of these issues would be relatively minor. Taken together, they indicate a larger problem with MSI's ownership experience:
- 1. A defective front I/O port results in a proposal to return an entire populated chassis because MSI cannot supply the replaceable I/O component and not force the customer to check back in.
- 2. An MSI fan package lacks the cable necessary to connect it to MSI's own hub, MSI does not sell the cable separately, and the customer is expected to purchase another fan to obtain it.
- 3. MSI's registration system would not recognize the CHK number on a new flagship chassis.
- 4. That registration problem interfered with MSI's own promotional redemption system.
- 5. After MSI corrected the problem, the promotion workflow changed in a way that prevented submission of the remaining eligible product.
- 6. Customer service responded by repeating the promotion requirement rather than addressing the system problem being reported.
- 7. MSI then rejected the other redemption because photographs of installed serial-number labels were required, despite the products having been purchased directly from the MSI Store.
I am not looking for another scripted explanation of warranty or promotion requirements. I am asking someone with authority to review the complete history of these interactions and address the underlying customer-experience problems.
Specifically, I would like MSI to:
• Provide a replacement front I/O assembly for the Maestro 900R when one is available, without requiring the entire chassis to be returned or the customer to check back and "see" if you have the part. Log this as an issue and follow-up do not put this on the customers back.
• Provide the appropriate EZ Hub connector for the MSI fan package rather than requiring the purchase of another fan simply to obtain a cable.
• Review and resolve the outstanding Shout Out submissions based upon the documentation and MSI Store purchase records already provided, without requiring unnecessary dismantling of the system.
More importantly, I would encourage someone in MSI management to look at this experience from beginning to end. These processes appear to have been designed independently, with no one considering what happens when an actual customer encounters several of them at once.
I bought into MSI as an ecosystem. I purchased the company's flagship products and deliberately kept major components within the MSI family. The experience since the purchase has convinced me that MSI's customer support and post-sale processes do not currently match the premium positioning of its hardware.
At this point, I have no intention of making another significant MSI purchase unless that experience changes. And have a mind to share this same experience with other enthusiast in various forums.
Please escalate this to someone responsible for MSI USA customer experience or management rather than returning it to frontline support with another explanation of existing policy.
