"Renewed" 14TB for $119.00 on AMZ (DC HC530)
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bad news is your treatment, and deceitful behavior. I'm back and forth buying some 16tb spinners from SPD right now.
good news is that the HUSMM have an awful lot of life left even at 74% and they are MLC drives to boot. Unless you are mining chia with them they may well outlast your use for them!
I agree that HUSMM are tanks.
But when SPD advertises a drive at 99% health & 105TBW and you measure health at 74% & Gigabytes processed [10^9 bytes] write 3039552
I've got two of them. Spinning in a mirror in my NAS. Since serverpartsdelas offered a 3-year warranty, there is a pretty good chance they are new indeed. Hopefully, I will never have to test this claim.
The same seller sells bad HDDs further. Be careful.
NEW Seagate OS 12TB SAS 12G 12gbps 3.5'' Server Storage JBOD Hard Drive Dell HP | eBay
Formatted for Dell, HP, Supermicro, and JBOD storage arrays. Seagate White label. See picture for actual drive. NOT FOR DESKTOP/PC, DVRs, GAMING SYSTEMS, ETC. SERVERS & STORAGE ARRAYS ONLY! Boardroom Technologies will provide top level service and will do everything in our power to satisfy all...
www.ebay.com
I've ordered 100's of SAS HDD"s from Boardroom and never had a problem, am I alone?The same seller sells bad HDDs further. Be careful.
NEW Seagate OS 12TB SAS 12G 12gbps 3.5'' Server Storage JBOD Hard Drive Dell HP | eBay
Formatted for Dell, HP, Supermicro, and JBOD storage arrays. Seagate White label. See picture for actual drive. NOT FOR DESKTOP/PC, DVRs, GAMING SYSTEMS, ETC. SERVERS & STORAGE ARRAYS ONLY! Boardroom Technologies will provide top level service and will do everything in our power to satisfy all...www.ebay.com
Yes, obviously, they have many, many issues.... Just look at the horrible feedback and ratings.
(This is sarcasm, for those who have trouble with that kind of thing.)
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I think the problem is in these SAS Seagate drives that advertised as NEW Seagate Exos WL 12TB SAS 12G .
In fact, they are 5 years old. The firmware is custom OOS12000G and the serial number has been changed.
As for the positive reviews, I myself left a positive review. International shipping took longer to ship than return time.
Probably the seller did not know about the problems with HDDs.
Strangely, the seller stopped responding to emails. And in the product description there was an invitation for foreign buyers.
In fact, they are 5 years old. The firmware is custom OOS12000G and the serial number has been changed.
As for the positive reviews, I myself left a positive review. International shipping took longer to ship than return time.
Probably the seller did not know about the problems with HDDs.
Strangely, the seller stopped responding to emails. And in the product description there was an invitation for foreign buyers.
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See on the test log. HDDs are not new.
Also, if you flash the original firmware with it, you will see a different serial number -Seagate original serial number.
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yeah, boardroom should be listing those drives as refurbished, not 'new'. Serverpartsdeals got in trouble for that a few years ago.
Yep, these drives are definitely refurbished/remanufactured. Quite a few dings and dents, wear on the pins, and the SMART data has been reset, but not thoroughly enough to erase all evidence.
Will see what the seller has to say about it.
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Accumulated power on time, hours:minutes 0:52
Manufactured in week 19 of year 2023
Specified cycle count over device lifetime: 50000
Accumulated start-stop cycles: 220
Specified load-unload count over device lifetime: 600000
Accumulated load-unload cycles: 74271
Elements in grown defect list: 0
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SMART Self-test log
Num Test Status segment LifeTime LBA_first_err [SK ASC ASQ]
Description number (hours)
# 1 Background long Completed - 20 - [- - -]
# 2 Background short Completed - 36069 - [- - -]Used drive pricing, used drive warranty, but the added twist of altered drive metrics and fraudulent sales pitch!
I could see the seller doing the usual 'refund no questions asked' just to keep the gig going...That's pretty much how it went. To the seller's credit, he responded quickly. I will try to order some more next week, and see what happens.Used drive pricing, used drive warranty, but the added twist of altered drive metrics and fraudulent sales pitch!
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Received the drives quickly, but they are clearly used drives, when the listing is for "new" condition. Please advise.
4:43 PM
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They are white label seagate drives with 0 hours on them(just the few hours from seagate). If you don't want them, I can send a return label. Thanks
4:46 PM
SMART Self-test logNum Test Status segment LifeTime LBA_first_err [SK ASC ASQ]Description number (hours)# 1 Background long Completed - 20 - [- - -]# 2 Background short Completed - 36069 - [- - -]
4:58 PM
Test 2 was run at 36059 power on hours
4:58 PM
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No idea what happened. I buy them in bulk from them. Want me to send a return label? Or want a partial refund of $20
5:02 PM
No, I knew what I was buying, but wanted to confirm it, so no refund/return. I would suggest updating your listing, though. At least one other person has had the same experience that I know of, so it's not an isolated thing.
5:08 PM
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Thanks for letting me know. I better start testing all of them and making sure
5:12 PM
Ok, will check back later to see how things are going.
5:15 PM
4:43 PM
B
They are white label seagate drives with 0 hours on them(just the few hours from seagate). If you don't want them, I can send a return label. Thanks
4:46 PM
SMART Self-test logNum Test Status segment LifeTime LBA_first_err [SK ASC ASQ]Description number (hours)# 1 Background long Completed - 20 - [- - -]# 2 Background short Completed - 36069 - [- - -]
4:58 PM
Test 2 was run at 36059 power on hours
4:58 PM
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No idea what happened. I buy them in bulk from them. Want me to send a return label? Or want a partial refund of $20
5:02 PM
No, I knew what I was buying, but wanted to confirm it, so no refund/return. I would suggest updating your listing, though. At least one other person has had the same experience that I know of, so it's not an isolated thing.
5:08 PM
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Thanks for letting me know. I better start testing all of them and making sure
5:12 PM
Ok, will check back later to see how things are going.
5:15 PM
Interesting dialogue--sounds like they genuinely didn't know what they were selling...or they've got this game down pat.
I would usually take a partial return if the used drive still worked.
If they don't update the ebay status and you wanted to cause problems for them, you could always report to ebay about misrepresenting the status.
If they don't update the ebay status and you wanted to cause problems for them, you could always report to ebay about misrepresenting the status.
They have probably played that game too and know how to quickly 'comply' with any ebay requests that are going to be just warnings anyways. Follow the money and you see the magic machine at work...