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schizoidman ( schizoidman@lemm.ee )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

German Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours

www.tomshardware.com

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German Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours

www.tomshardware.com

schizoidman ( schizoidman@lemm.ee )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • hopesdead ( hopesdead@startrek.website ) 
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    I owned a Xbox branded HDD that stopped working after 60 days. It was exactly 61 days. I had tried to get a refund at Best Buy where I bought it and they refused because their return policy said 60 days.

    I simply refuse to purchase a Seagate product ever again.

    • Dingaling ( digdilem@lemmy.ml ) 
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      Guessing this wasn’t in Europe. Consumer protection laws actually do stuff over here. Goods must be fit for purpose, and there’s no fixed limit for how long that is. A refund after two years wouldn’t be unreasonable for a hard drive and likely to succeed.

  • rotkehle ( rotkehle@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    isn’t that on the retailers though?

  • dx1 ( dx1@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Much like how the current German government is just resold, used Nazi Germany

    • ReakDuck ( ReakDuck@lemmy.ml ) 
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      If you mean the AfD which are actual Nazis, they never had power yet but gain much more traction recently sadly. Even Elon Musk loves AfD but he a Nazi too, so no wonder things gained traction with his twitter/X.

      Everything that were in government, was pretty left wing except the CDU which was… well they were lobbyistic but not that far right. But today they are.

      • Mangoholic ( Mangoholic@lemmy.ml ) 
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        SPD singnals left but turned right, FDP are also rightwing. The only option are greens who only partially forfilled their promise and the left which has a realy low chance of getting relevant results.

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          Oh, I didnt knew enough about SPD. I see.

          The left seems like the most important choice. I hope they will be heared

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    Isn’t this at least the second time Seagate have been caught out selling used hardware as new?

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    I just buy refurbished/refreshed drives intentionally. Recently picked up a 20tb drive for just under $200, and get a 5 year warranty with them too.

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