Enterprise SSD "small deals"
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They must have sent me a lot of hats for the $500 I paid because my package is 2.6kg and I just noticed that the packaging is labeled as FedEx Envelope. Nice. My head will be nice and toasty next winter.
Yeah you make it sound so easy ...
I'd like to have a working System.
Even Bitwarden Password Manager is a PITA in its own Right ... Even when you are in the correct Folder, when creating an Item, you STILL need to type/select that Folder and after saving the Password, in order to copy it, you need to select ANOTHER Item, then back to the right one, otherwise the password isn't even available for copying.
The easiest Things (1-Step) get over-complicated for nothing into 3-4 Step Processes.
The voucher is worthless and they know it. Have you seen their prices? If they think the price you paid is too good you get a hat and the possibility to ask for a $50 voucher instead of the product you ordered. This clearly happens with some regularity because they have a template and a cheap swag hat to send already in stock.
If they informed you of why they cancelled your order on eBay, they'd be booted off the platform.
Disctech /discountechnology are scammers, plain and simple. They can "make it up to you" by shipping the product you ordered at the price you paid, even if that's their mistake.
I feel sorry for people who booked air freight for this. But definitely you should contact your forwarder's support department and/or the customs officials in your country. No way the "fair market value" of this hat is anywhere near the value of the SSDs you will pay VAT for.
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I have the opposite Way. I didn't play much withLooks like "Backups" only allows one backup. I can't see where a second or more backups can be set up. Stupidness like this makes Linux look bad.
restic yet, but as a general Rule, if you rely on a GUI-only Program, then you cannot easily script it.If you can script it (CLI), then you can do whatever YOU want to do it, automate it, schedule, etc.
I like GUIs, I'm not a
vim User etc (actually I use nano ), but for many Things the CLI is enough and more easy to configure.Plus you can actually use the Program on a Server where obviously you don't have a GUI
.As an occasional ebay seller, I am happy there is room for mistakes to be corrected. People make mistakes. Even as a buyer, I am happy I can retract a bid in an auction because I made a mistake once.
It is annoying that they played this little game with sending empty parcels without prior communication though. But only mildly annoying.
Not quite sure how that works.The backups would be on a hardened repo. As an e.g. with Veeam:
Hardened Repository - User Guide
To protect your backup files from loss as a result of malware activity or unplanned actions, you can add a hardened repository based on a Linux server to your backup infrastructure.A hardened repository supports the following features: Immutability: when you add a hardened repository, you...helpcenter.veeam.com
They say Certificate based Authentication ... How is that different from just using SSH with Certificates (yes ... there is actually an Option to add Certificates to OpenSSH on top of using the Private & Public Key Pair).
Also in that Case, if your management Client gets taken over, then you will be able to connect to the Backup Machine and delete the Backup
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They had multiple chances over the past days to correct the mistake in a way I would find acceptable:
1. Don't restock more of the item at the incorrect price
2. Communicate to buyers that it was a mistaken price and you are cancelling their order
3. ASK THEM if they want to receive swag or not
I am also a seller, and I know sometimes mistakes happen. The difference is in how you handle it. They have done exactly none of the items above, leading some people to declare full value of the goods and book air freight. If you're organised enough to send people a package with a hat, you're organised enough to send them a short message on the platform they bought the product.
This is unacceptable, especially from a business that clearly recognised their mistake because they sent people a hat and a sob non-apology letter.
Yea. Just bad customer service. As consumers, we will always jump on deals. If it's incorrectly listed just say so and cancel the sale. Or maybe let one or two slide since its your mistake. But the silent cancellation, lying about incorrect address and bad excuses just don't work. It makes the buyer angry.
Sometimes it is genuinely possible. Last year I ordered two unbranded PCIe SSDs from a large eBay seller:
They were listed at $8 each and the item description was just some random numbers from the PCB with zero search engine hits. They turned out to be new old stock Seagate Nytro 2TB SSDs that use the mptsas driver, so not even "run some ancient RHEL VM to use the vendor closed-source drivers."
Best deal I've ever had so far. Sadly, they only had the two.
I messaged Disctech and asked why they didn't inform anyone over eBay. They replied "The message was sent with the refund. Did you get that?"
I checked, and the number of clicks it required me to view the reason was truly infuriating, absolutely user-hostile UX from eBay.
Disctech stated the reason for the refund as "Other adjustment" and there is a "Note from (my eBay username)" attached which includes the same text as the printed paper found in the package:
You cannot leave negative feedback on the transaction until 7 days after the refund, at which point most people won't bother. Disctech / discountechnology know exactly what they're doing here.
To anyone who has opened a ticket with their shipping forwarder, you should send them a screenshot of the refund including the reason, which explains the package contents. If your forwarder does not help you, you should be able to claim a refund from customs for VAT, though I have no experience doing this.
I checked, and the number of clicks it required me to view the reason was truly infuriating, absolutely user-hostile UX from eBay.
Disctech stated the reason for the refund as "Other adjustment" and there is a "Note from (my eBay username)" attached which includes the same text as the printed paper found in the package:
@foureight84 check your refund for any message they left.
You cannot leave negative feedback on the transaction until 7 days after the refund, at which point most people won't bother. Disctech / discountechnology know exactly what they're doing here.
To anyone who has opened a ticket with their shipping forwarder, you should send them a screenshot of the refund including the reason, which explains the package contents. If your forwarder does not help you, you should be able to claim a refund from customs for VAT, though I have no experience doing this.
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I've been in contact with Jetcarrier and they apparently got the package just in time to get it on the flight.. *doh*
They wanted me to send them whatever proof I had that the package doesn't contain what was previously stated. But I guess I will have to pay for shipping by air to the EU+VAT+duty+perhaps local shipping in Sweden regardless. Might get out of the local shipping if they can just throw the package away at the receiving terminal. If I'm not lucky and they somehow can change the value upon arrival. Then maybe there's no VAT and duty.
Should end up being anything from $25 to $70 depending on outcome.
EDIT: For my order of 2x $69 SAS SSDs that is.
They wanted me to send them whatever proof I had that the package doesn't contain what was previously stated. But I guess I will have to pay for shipping by air to the EU+VAT+duty+perhaps local shipping in Sweden regardless. Might get out of the local shipping if they can just throw the package away at the receiving terminal. If I'm not lucky and they somehow can change the value upon arrival. Then maybe there's no VAT and duty.
Should end up being anything from $25 to $70 depending on outcome.
EDIT: For my order of 2x $69 SAS SSDs that is.
Just dont pay vat+custom duties and they have to send it pack or trash it... thats how it works in finland atleast.
Doesn’t work that way unfortunately when it’s ordered through a shipping forwarder, or at least Jetcarrier. They do all the importing and charge directly for it.
I had a similar thing happen a few months back with a different seller. I found a good price on a dual port 25gig connectx-6. They shipped me an empty box, and refunded me while it was in transit. There was absolutely no communication from the seller the whole time.
I left negative feedback. Nuts to them, they’re scamming something in the eBay ecosystem, as well as wasted my time.
I left negative feedback. Nuts to them, they’re scamming something in the eBay ecosystem, as well as wasted my time.
forwarder has received customs documents, they have sent it to customs, saying "someone decided to send me a hat for fun" doesnt work.
When I send documentation, I have agreed to their tariffs, so doing even more work, I might get some of the vat/tariffs back, but Im also required to pay a few hundred usd in work for it.
so Im paying shipping to my country, shipping here, customs work, customs rate/tariff, in addition to the currency difference on CC (refund still not received)
Not loving the hat joke.Guessing I will have to make an ebay dispute & negative feedback if they are not paying me my costs.
they should have just canceld the order, they did not. they did the worst possible thing, sent tracking, waited a few days, then refunded.
When I send documentation, I have agreed to their tariffs, so doing even more work, I might get some of the vat/tariffs back, but Im also required to pay a few hundred usd in work for it.
so Im paying shipping to my country, shipping here, customs work, customs rate/tariff, in addition to the currency difference on CC (refund still not received)
Not loving the hat joke.Guessing I will have to make an ebay dispute & negative feedback if they are not paying me my costs.
they should have just canceld the order, they did not. they did the worst possible thing, sent tracking, waited a few days, then refunded.
They definitely will not do that, their liability ends when the package is delivered to the shipping forwarder.
This is not the first time someone has scammed a buyer internationally. Any reasonable government has procedures for claiming a refund of customs/duties paid if you provide proof that the package contained worthless goods and not what you ordered. You should be able to apply for a refund. As for how long that will take and if it is worth your time, I can't say. I'm still contesting a duty levied with Tullverket 4 months later.
I won't forget to leave the negative feedback about stat padding. I'm going to contact Ebay right now actually.