I was just wondering where folks stand on this? How much prior usage are you willing to accept for a drive sold as "new" on Ebay?
A while back I received a "new" condition drive on Ebay that had over 32000 power on hours, so obviously NOT "new", and which I got a refund for. Last week I received a "new" condition drive shipped in vendor packaging, but unsealed antistatic bag. SMART reports it had 17 power on hours on 17 power cycles. So, it seems it was "used" for a time. The rest of the SMART report is clean though, and the Warranty Checker shows its an in-warranty retail item. So, I plan to keep it.
Obviously 32000 hours isn't OK for "new", but is 17 hours OK? Where does everyone like to draw the line on these things?
A while back I received a "new" condition drive on Ebay that had over 32000 power on hours, so obviously NOT "new", and which I got a refund for. Last week I received a "new" condition drive shipped in vendor packaging, but unsealed antistatic bag. SMART reports it had 17 power on hours on 17 power cycles. So, it seems it was "used" for a time. The rest of the SMART report is clean though, and the Warranty Checker shows its an in-warranty retail item. So, I plan to keep it.
Obviously 32000 hours isn't OK for "new", but is 17 hours OK? Where does everyone like to draw the line on these things?