dkarate
Reading the fine print scares me a little. Sounds like if you use these and they mess up your card EVGA is of the hook as far as warranty is concerned. I could be misunderstanding. Read the terms.

Also, to everyone complaining about the shipping cost...don't get them. If you want to wait until they are in your local brick and mortar you can save the $15 on shipping for up to four powerlinks, and just buy them individually for $30 + applicable taxes. What a deal! Right?

PaulPH
18 EUR shipping? So our "free" PowerLink is actually 13EUR + 5 EUR shipping...

NucleusX
I'm sure EVGA have figured out a way to benefit from this "free" offer, maybe taking a slice off the shipping itself.
In my experience, nothing is free, and if it is, there's gotta be a reason or motive why. Out of the kindness of 
their heats ? lol, they're a corporation, don't expect freebies from an institution who's sole purpose it to make
the largest profit margins possible, and think they're out of pocket because they care. Might even be a bargaining
chip to counter bad publicity from all the Pascal issues we've been seeing. Anyways enough of that, my one and
only question is, can i use this thing on other graphics, or just certain EVGA cards ? If its just exclusive to EVGA
cards, then i aint gonna bother paying shipping on a free trinket that'l most likely cause more issues than solve.
I mean look at where it sits, you can't say it won't impede airflow to a certain degree. idk. 

Nereus
 

NucleusX
I'm sure EVGA have figured out a way to benefit from this "free" offer, maybe taking a slice off the shipping itself.
In my experience, nothing is free, and if it is, there's gotta be a reason or motive why. Out of the kindness of 
their heats ? lol, they're a corporation, don't expect freebies from an institution who's sole purpose it to make
the largest profit margins possible, and think they're out of pocket because they care. Might even be a bargaining
chip to counter bad publicity from all the Pascal issues we've been seeing. Anyways enough of that, my one and
only question is, can i use this thing on other graphics, or just certain EVGA cards ? If its just exclusive to EVGA
cards, then i aint gonna bother paying shipping on a free trinket that'l most likely cause more issues than solve.
I mean look at where it sits, you can't say it won't impede airflow to a certain degree. idk. 

Sigh. Gotta love the entitlement.
 
There's not just shipping costs involved (which is actually a third party cost, not EVGA), there's also packaging and processing, related labor costs, billing costs (all credit card payment processors take several % cut from every transaction), tariffs for overseas shipments which I presume is why you are complaining. Shipping in US48 is $9.99 I believe, which is perfectly reasonable.
 
Their motive for this offer I believe is because of the issues with the early release cards and EVGA wanting to retain their reputation as having the top customer service around. This 'trinket' as you call it is something extra - the device itself is free, you only pay shipping - what is so unreasonable about that? The cards with the issues were in most cases replaced via cross-shipping at zero cost to the customer which no other card retailer anywhere offers. 
 
The power cables sticking out the front of graphics cards like a pair of dog's balls have always been an aesthetics issue for builders wanting to make their rigs look perfect, and this 'trinket' as you call it is a great solution. I don't see it impeding airflow any more than the traditional setup - and it may actually improve airflow depending on your build.
 
I might have even answered your question if you weren't being such a prat.
 
Have a good day.
 
 

ericc191
I have to agree with one thing. You can't really call it free if you have to pay for it to be shipped. Maybe they should have used better wording instead of flat out calling it free?

NucleusX
Aight, I'll digress, a bit. May have been a little abrasive there. Its been very frustrating for me the past few months
continuing to read about all the land mines i could be faced with after purchasing. Nothing RMA'able has occurred
to me just yet. I don't remember seeing those problems promised or mentioned in EVGA's marketing when making
my decision to buy it, they all surfaced later, after people laid out a lot of cash for them. So in that context, i can't
help but feel some disdain for a corporation that easily took my money, and wasn't made aware of nasty surprises
till after the purchase, and then wave around these "free" accessories like we're supposed to forget everything else.
Sorry, but i ain't introducing another potentially damaging variable into my system until your core products are
strengthened first. What seems to be the icing on the cake for me tho, is that EVGA hasn't produced any significant
solutions for us yet after all these months. Although I'm willing to concede the Micron debacle is an exception.
It mostly seems they'd rather spend more time on distracting us with toys, than actually fixing these core problems,
or even get PXOC to work properly. I still to this day have a calibration issue with my RGB's that have not been
addressed, and as insignificant as some would find that, it really is concerning to see even these small things are
not being resolved in a timely manner. Now all it feels like is just me spending a huge amount of money on a ticking
time bomb that could die any day, and may never see any improvements or resolved issues. Its kind of insulting to
me to see that happening to many people, and then expecting people to be all like super gracious over this "free"
thing. Short story, please EVGA, put some time and effort into fortifying our cards with real tangible solutions, and
stop with these ridiculous "free" distractions. You won't regain your reputation by ignoring everything else. 
When i pay good money in exchange for a product, is it really too much for me to expect a solid robust product that
was properly engineered and tested without nasty surprises that are only apparent later, or expecting it to actually
live up to the marketing hype exactly how it was advertised ? If that's what you call entitled, then so be it, you might
as-well be owned by them and send them "free" money with that kind of mentality, its not consumer productive. 20
years ago it was corporations that chased us and tried to prove their product is more worthy than another's, now its
the other way round with us having to prove ourselves as loyal customers that are expected to compromise on faults.
What the hell happened to us to get to this point ? lol, now we're all idiotic consumers ready to bend over for trinkets ?

NucleusX
I'm sure EVGA have figured out a way to benefit from this "free" offer, maybe taking a slice off the shipping itself.
In my experience, nothing is free, and if it is, there's gotta be a reason or motive why. Out of the kindness of 
their heats ? lol, they're a corporation, don't expect freebies from an institution who's sole purpose it to make
the largest profit margins possible, and think they're out of pocket because they care. Might even be a bargaining
chip to counter bad publicity from all the Pascal issues we've been seeing. Anyways enough of that, my one and
only question is, can i use this thing on other graphics, or just certain EVGA cards ? If its just exclusive to EVGA
cards, then i aint gonna bother paying shipping on a free trinket that'l most likely cause more issues than solve.
I mean look at where it sits, you can't say it won't impede airflow to a certain degree. idk.