A reseller like GoHardDrive or ServerPartDeals in EU?

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I moved back to EU from the US and am in the market for some repurposed HDDs for my home RAID. Does anyone know of a similar reseller like the GoHardDrive or ServerPartDeals that sell used HDDs in EU, ideally with a warranty and some reputation?

For comparison, have a look at this offer:
www.goharddrive.com

goHardDrive.com - HGST Ultrastar He10 HUH721010ALE601 (0F27468) 10TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5'' Enterprise Hard Drive [Power Disabled] (Certified Refurbished) - 5 Year Warranty

HGST Ultrastar He10 HUH721010ALE601 (0F27468) 10TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5' Enterprise Hard Drive [Power Disabled] (Certified Refurbished) - 5 Year Warranty - best deal at goHardDrive.com
www.goharddrive.com

HGST Ultrastar He10 10TB for USD 80. Hard to beat that price. And they offer their own 5 year warranty.
 
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The reputable ones that always have stock, solid warranty etc will usualy not do below 50/100pcs to consumers.
Higher salaries and stricter consumer laws make single units far less attractive.

I do smart hands work for some DCs in this area and when ive been helping out pull storage in bulk we palletize it and whole containers shipped to us/asia.
Just not worth it to process it here, too expensive.
 
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cromo said:
I moved back to EU from the US and am in the market for some repurposed HDDs for my home RAID. Does anyone know of a similar reseller like the GoHardDrive or ServerPartDeals that sell used HDDs in EU, ideally with a warranty and some reputation?
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I think you're looking for a retailer that has a good reputation because those do not have one.

 
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cromo said:
I moved back to EU from the US and am in the market for some repurposed HDDs for my home RAID. Does anyone know of a similar reseller like the GoHardDrive or ServerPartDeals that sell used HDDs in EU, ideally with a warranty and some reputation?

For comparison, have a look at this offer:
www.goharddrive.com

goHardDrive.com - HGST Ultrastar He10 HUH721010ALE601 (0F27468) 10TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5'' Enterprise Hard Drive [Power Disabled] (Certified Refurbished) - 5 Year Warranty

HGST Ultrastar He10 HUH721010ALE601 (0F27468) 10TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5' Enterprise Hard Drive [Power Disabled] (Certified Refurbished) - 5 Year Warranty - best deal at goHardDrive.com
www.goharddrive.com

HGST Ultrastar He10 10TB for USD 80. Hard to beat that price. And they offer their own 5 year warranty.
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I picked up some HGST 10TBs from ebay seller iuppiterbv. Shipped from netherlands.
 
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cromo said:
Yes, I am aware of GoHardDrive having done that, but I am not aware of ServerPartDeals having bad reputation?
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I’ve purchased probably 60 drives from SPD with no issues whatsoever. Could not more highly recommend
 
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cromo said:
Yes, I am aware of GoHardDrive having done that, but I am not aware of ServerPartDeals having bad reputation?
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Years ago SPD, or maybe their Water Panther brand, had a problem where drives labeled new were actually refurbs.
I haven't seen any recent reports of such troubles though, they've been generally accurate with their listings (just pay attention because they can have 'new' and 'seller refurb' and 'manufacturer refurb' all on the same page, and the 'new' drives might not have a manufacturer warranty).

With gohharddrive, it's best to assume that any drive they sell is used and has been tested and wiped, including SMART data. And this is fine, just price it like a used drive with whatever seller warranty they have.
 
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bateman said:
I picked up some HGST 10TBs from ebay seller iuppiterbv. Shipped from netherlands.
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Have also purchased multiple times from iuppiterbv. Nothing bad to say about them; they even answer messages on weekends. Their normal prices may not be the hottest but there are some really good deals to be made on their lot auctions.
 
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mmk said:
Have also purchased multiple times from iuppiterbv. Nothing bad to say about them; they even answer messages on weekends. Their normal prices may not be the hottest but there are some really good deals to be made on their lot auctions.
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Yeah i only look at their auctions, their other stuff seems like its not worth looking at.


Not a fan of their "We do not deduct VAT in any circumstance." policy tho, ive addressed this with ebay recently without a conclusion yet.
(Hopefully they dont have strikes already, otherwise my bad if they stop selling stuff i suppose)
 
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Not a fan of their "We do not deduct VAT in any circumstance." policy tho, ive addressed this with ebay recently without a conclusion yet.
(Hopefully they dont have strikes already, otherwise my bad if they stop selling stuff i suppose)
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OTOH Interbolt seems to not want to sell on eBay unless you give them a VAT number. Some flexibility could be warranted on both sides here..
 
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mmk said:
OTOH Interbolt seems to not want to sell on eBay unless you give them a VAT number. Some flexibility could be warranted on both sides here..
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Ive tried with iuppiterbv and they have no flexibility.
So since their policy is in violation of ebay policy ive adressed it with them for an opinion.

They have some interesting auctions.
And especialy with how they will hold lots for 1-2weeks to let you win multiple and ship as one pallet, they do have a bit of potential.

But refusing to subtract the domestic VAT (that they do not pay for export sales) that just adds quiet a bit to the cost.
Since eBay charges my local VAT ontop of their VAT and i cant get the original VAT refunded.
 
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I've tried iuppiter and visited their store in Rotterdam to pickup a 4 port 9305-16e 12G sas card. They have great discounts and great volumes too. Sign up for their newsletter or check out their ebay store. iuppiterbv | eBay-winkels
 
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cromo said:
Yes, I am aware of GoHardDrive having done that, but I am not aware of ServerPartDeals having bad reputation?
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It's the same shady business model: they make their margin on deception - relabeling, SMART wiping, misrepresentation. But ignorance is bliss "well I got my drives and they seem to work knock on wood" so the cycle continues.

So don't think in terms of reputations - echo chambers and herdthink can be vastly wrong - but instead understand the business model and decide if you want to support it.
 
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odditory said:
It's the same shady business model: they make their margin on deception - relabeling, SMART wiping, misrepresentation. But ignorance is bliss "well I got my drives and they seem to work knock on wood" so the cycle continues.

So don't think in terms of reputations - echo chambers and herdthink can be vastly wrong - but instead understand the business model and decide if you want to support it.
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Be cautious of purchasing used drives from iuppiterbv. Their evaluation for SSDs is somehow flawed (or I'm ignorant and it's completely fine).
I purchased 8 pieces of PM863a drives with 70% - 79% health by their description.
That numbers are not wearout, but output from "Genesis", I have no idea what platform it is.
When I got drives and 3 of them had numerous uncorrectable errors.

But they were super nice and I could return the drives and got refunded.
My friend once purchased two dl380s and one of them arrived damaged of course. He got refund for one of them.
 
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