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German Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 30 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

Seems strange as its from several different retailers but seagate confirmed they where refurbished so seems a bit bait and switch but why would so many be doing it?

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 34 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Either Seagate is doing it or all the retailers get them from the same source (which may not be Seagate) that is doing it or is contaminated by fulfillment pooling

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago

The wholesaler where these are shipped from may have bought a large amount of hard drives from China and Co mingled the stock. Most logical explanation.

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