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

    If I remember correctly, some time after that event. However, this does not justify the company's attitude in marketing defective products and recovering financial losses with the money of good-faith customers...
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    News German Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours

    A few years ago I bought 2 1.5TB HDs. A few months later, despite little use, one broke, and was replaced under warranty with a refurbished one (!). Shortly after that the refurbished one also broke. Even the last disk eventually broke and I decided not to change it under warranty given the...
  3. pigeonskiller

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

    A few years ago I bought 2 1.5TB HDs. A few months later, despite little use, one broke, and was replaced under warranty with a refurbished one (!). Shortly after that the refurbished one also broke. Even the last disk eventually broke and I decided not to change it under warranty given the...