I purchased an Arris Surfboard SB8200 back in January this year and it just kicked the bucket a couple days ago. Everything was running normally, but suddenly I lost WiFi and I noticed that the Surfboard didn't have any lights up. I unplugged the unit and it was very hot to the touch. Clearly, the hardware has failed.
I took the unit back to the Best-Buy I bought it from, but since I didn't buy the protection plan, they told me there was nothing they could do. They let me know that I need to contact the manufacturer and ask about their warranty. Apparently there is a one-year warranty, and I should be eligible since the unit didn't even last a full six months.
I went to the URL on the bottom of the device, www.arris/consumer, but this seems to now re-direct to a website for the company CommScope. I made an account there and tried to submit an RMA request (no clue if I am in the right area of the website), but it requires me to select an address, none of which I am located at. Then it asks to submit the serial number of the unit, but can't seem to parse its own format which is bizarre.
I am completely lost. Surely, submitting a request like this isn't supposed to be difficult. Is submitting the request through CommScope the right call here? Is there an easier process to submit this request?
