Hello,
All devices are tested and working before they are sent out.
A device replacement fee is assessed when the device is lost or damaged at the fault of the subscriber.
We simply must protect ourselves from customer / device abuse - as believe it or not, we do have some customers that attempt to get a replacement device every other month, as a result of them damaging the device from having it plugged into house wiring.
Sure enough every time - the weather report in their area always has some kind of lightning / T-STORMS.
We have not charged for device replacements otherwise, when a device is simply end of life.
While I am not too sure on your particular case - and I'm more than willing to further look into it for you and get to the bottom of this if you could provide your Ticket ID.
Thanks!
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