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Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability

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In message <hqfj8iFtig4U1@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2020-08-22, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> In message <hqcssjFcqheU3@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> On 2020-08-22, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>>>> In message <t0_%G.413861$DO2.340698@fx45.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2020-08-21 16:45, Wade Garrett wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Of note, never buy any hard drive on Amazon. They routinely sell
>>>> drives they claim are sold by Amazon (they are not) and that they
>>>> have a manufacturer's warranty (they do not). When the drives fail,
>>>> and they will, you will find yourself trying to deal with some
>>>> "company" you've never heard of trying to get a warranty replacement
>>>> and Amazon will tell you to fuck off.
>>>>
>>>> (Company as in some guy selling OEM drives out of his storage
>>>> locker).
>>
>>> I wouldn't go so far as to say "never - just be smart about it.
>>
>> There is no way to tell. The last drives I bought (or will ever buy)
>> from Amazon clearly said they were sold by Amazon and had the
>> manufacturer's warranty; Not "a warranty" but the manufacturers
>> warranty/ Both these statements were lies.
>>
>>> Luckily, it's really easy to avoid shady resellers on Amazon: just
>>> make sure the item you want to purchase says "sold and fulfilled by
>>> Amazon". 
>>
>> It did. It was not. As far as I am concerned, what Amazon did was
>> fraud.

> I've purchased a dozen drives like this without issue in the past year
> or three.

> Did they accept your return?

No, they did not since the drives failed in the "warranty" period, not
within their return window.

Anyway, I am done with Amazon. I do not deal with companies that lie to
me and commit fraud.

> If you are buying hard drives without checking to make sure the warranty
> is legit on the manufacturer's website with the serial number, your
> problems are self-created as far as I'm concerned.

I will simply buy products from companies that I can trust to not be
selling my shit. Right now, that means nearly no online vendors qualify.

-- 
*** AgentSmith sets mode: +m

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Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2020-08-21 16:45 -0400
  Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2020-08-21 16:35 -0700
    Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2020-08-22 09:40 -0400
  Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-08-21 20:53 -0400
    Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-08-22 07:04 +0000
      Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-08-22 09:45 -0400
      Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2020-08-22 07:02 -0700
      Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-08-22 15:45 +0000
        Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-08-22 16:10 +0000
          Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-08-23 16:19 +0000
            Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-08-23 22:00 +0000
              Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-08-25 20:56 +0000
        Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2020-08-22 13:17 -0400
          Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-08-23 16:20 +0000
    Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-08-22 15:36 +0000
      Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Paul Goodman <goodmanp@comcast.net> - 2020-08-22 14:10 -0400
  Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-08-22 15:29 +0000
    Re: Manufacturer Refurb Portable HD Reliability Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2020-08-22 13:19 -0400

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