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Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal?

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"Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> wrote in message 
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> On 01/25/2016 03:38 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
>
>>>>>>>> How come Seagate -- to name just one manufacturer -- can sell an
>>>>>>>> external 6TB drive in a case with a USB 3.0 adapter and a cable for
>>>>>>>> less
>>>>>>>> than they sell any 6TB internal drive?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> reliability?
>>
>>>>>> Hardly -- when the drive in the enclosure is the same one (at least 
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> some cases) as the one that is sold for more without the enclosure,
>>>>>> wall
>>>>>> wart, and USB interface and cable.
>>
>>>>> Warranty period.
>>>>>
>>>>> Internal drives typically have a 3-yr warranty. External devices are
>>>>> usually warranted for 1-2 yrs. So the drive mfr has passed the cost of
>>>>> service and replacement to the reseller. To make the cost of the
>>>>> external box acceptable, the cost of the drive (to the reseller) must
>>>>> be fairly low.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also remember, the reseller must buy a fairly large number of the
>>>>> drives in order to get the lower price. Thus, the drive mfr is getting
>>>>> a chunk of "cash now" and avoiding all those expenses in the future
>>>>> (warranty replacement, etc) related to those bulk-sale drives.
>>>>
>>>> The problem with that theory is that the same external
>>>> drive has a 3 year warranty here, but a 1 year warranty
>>>> in the US and is cheaper than the same drive bare here.
>>>
>>> Learn how businesses operate. The laws regarding warranties in other
>>> countries are not the same as the US.
>>>
>>>> The real reason they are often cheaper is just the usual
>>>> reason, they sell in higher volume than internal drives
>>>> in the retail market.
>>
>>> Nope. They are all internal drives. All the external mfrs (OEMs) do is
>>> put the internal drives in external boxes and resell the package with
>>> a different warranty--one they create. This OEM warranty is not
>>> dependent on the drive manufacturer's warranty for an internal drive
>>> sold to the public. In the US, the drive manufacturer will not honor
>>> any warranty for the drives sold to the OEM unless the claim is made
>>> by the OEM against the drive manufacturer--which requires the consumer
>>> to return the device to the OEM for warranty service. If the device is
>>> out of the OEM's warranty, that is the end of all claims.
>>
>> I was not talking about Seagate drives in "Brand X" enclosures: I was
>> talking about Seagate-branded external drives vs. Seagate internal
>> drives of the same capacity -- and in many cases the same model/part# as
>> what is in the enclosure. IIRC, all have the same 2-year warranty.
>>
>> Ii haven't looked at other makes.
>
> And now I noticed that BestBuy has 2TB external Seagates (Slim" 2.5" drive 
> inside) with 3-year warranties whereas the 2TB internal notebook drive has 
> only a 2-year warranty. Aren't external drives more likely to suffer rough 
> handling?

That isnt the only thing that affects there warranty period.

I just bought a Seagate 8TB external and it has a 3 year warranty
and I deliberately bought that one for the 3 year warranty. 

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Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Sam <newsgroup2003@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 21:24 -0800
  Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-01-23 10:32 -0500
    Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? jerryab@juno.com - 2016-01-24 09:59 -0600
      Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-25 05:06 +1100
        Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? jerryab@juno.com - 2016-01-25 09:26 -0600
          Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 06:23 +1100
          Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-01-25 15:38 -0500
            Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-06-04 10:28 -0400
              Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 07:57 +1000
          Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2016-01-25 16:38 -0800

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