Doubts About OCZ and Vertex 2

[blackhawk1928]

Have you gotten the replacment from NewEgg yet?

Nope. It's sitting right next to my computer desk as a reminder to never buy anything else for my computer.
Setting up the Vertex 2 took a lot of time, to use a technical term; it was a real pain in the ax. I've learned to put a value on my time. When it takes ten hours to do something and it costs $200; that's $2/hour plus the actual cost of the product.
BFD, I got burned. Life goes on. I have work to do on the computer which is actually worth more to me than the computer hardware itself.
I'm tired of this whole deal, here's what I have to say;
To OCZ-Lots of companies, like the ones right next door to you in China, make nearly identical products. It's customer service that will put you ahead of your competitors. Instead of making people jump through hoops for your crappy rebates, include software from a company like Paragon that allows average computer users to migrate their current hard drive to a new SSD.
To anyone considering buying an OCZ SSD-Odds are you will come out OK. 97% of people buying an OCZ SSD won't have any problems. For the other 2-3%, well, your rat-fked. You put your money down, you take your chances.
I didn't get what the marketing department for OCZ said I would; boo fking who.
I have work to do.

Hmmm....97%?...mind tell where you got those numbers?...Evidence?...Link?

And so what...you're gonna buy from dell or HP now?...you think thier parts are better, dell and hp parts are all crap generic. You got screwed one, get over it, move on...there are other companies that make SSD's. And pretty much all big companies with a few exceptions don't really care about individual customers. Thats how it is. If you want, sue them.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

blackhawk1928 - The information about ssd failure rates in my post came from news articles published last December on the Internet. I also read about it in the Wall Street Journal. The source of the information appears to be hardware.fr

Here is a link to the original French version:

http://www.hardware.fr/articles/810-6/taux-pannes-composants.html

Here is a link to one of the many English Language translations readily available on the net:

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/french_retailer_data_offers_ssd_failure_rates/

 

[blackhawk1928]

^Oh okay, I thought he was just saying it as an assumption, because I did the same thing earlier.

 

[timmy2]

I've had 4 out of 13 OCZ SSDs fail on various PCs in different locations within 2 to 6 months of being put into service. Vertex 2's and Agilities (2 50GB, 1 60GB, and 1 120GB).

 

[JohnnyLucky]

timmy2 - This is an old thread from last February. Normally a Moderator would hace closed this thread a long time ago.

 

[colinwalks]

I have now had 2 OCZ Vertex 240GB SSDs fail, that is 2 out of 2 or 100% failure rate.

 

[aqe040466]

I've had an OCZ Vertex 2 120G for a couple weeks now and I've been having some problems. The OCZ Toolbox is generating error messages and the drive is losing data; programs won't open, files disappear, etc. I don't know what's happening and neither does OCZ.
Unfortunately, OCZ SSD "support" is their user forum. I posted the problems I was having, nobody responded. I asked again, an OCZ moderator told me they didn't know what the error messages their product was generating meant and said "I'll email the factory". That was the end of OCZ support for my brand new $200 SSD. I filled out a support "ticket" that was completely ignored.
Looks like another defective OCZ SSD. Because I have to RMA the drive, I lose the $20 rebate because I can't cut the bar code off the box. I'm thinking of filing a fraudulent charge on my credit card because of the bogus rebate and OCZ refusing to provide any customer support. I shouldn't have to pay to beta test OCZ products and their rebates are total fraud. I believe if I pay full price I deserve a working product and not have to grovel to get one after they have my money. If they offer a rebate, they should pay it or don't offer it.
I had high hopes for this drive; my first SSD and I really thought OCZ would take care of me if there were any problems, but I was wrong.
I debated getting an Intel SSD, mostly because of Intel's reputation for reliability, but I went for the faster Vertex 2; big mistake. The Intel might be slower, but I might have a working drive. These things are just too expensive to have the manufacturer tell you "sorry you're having problems with your brand new drive, we don't want to help you." I would think twice before buying an OCZ SSD.

There were so many problems arised from OCZ SSD because they are using sandforce controller and not only OCZ, every SSD brands that uses Sandforce Controller have problems with their SSD's. That is the reason I didn't buy an SSD with a sandforce controller, instead I bought Samsung 830 series 128 GB SATA III with the same price as your defective SSD.