I purchased a Maximus XI Code locally but I had to leave it for about 2 months before I could use it for I had to go to hospital due to an illness. When I got to checkng out the mobo, it already had bent pins, so my guess is that the shop had a returned mobo that they then sold me, or someone from the store used it and bent the pins, because non one else touched that board. Knowing i had little hope proving my case to the shop, or to ASUS [who's guarantee does not include physical damage to the mobo especially the CPU socket] AND due to the time lag of some 3 months i decided to fix the bent pins myself.
I used a large blunt sewing needle and a USB microscope including a 10 X jeweler's magnifying eyepiece and AFTER checking out a few youtube videos on how to fix bent pins, i successfully fixed the pins. The board would not boot before this fix, but it works fine now.
So i'd suggest to give it a shot, for you have nothing to lose, really.