Seagate 16TB ST16000NM001G Exos X16 SATA 6Gb/s 7.2K RPM 512e/4Kn 256Mb, OEM.
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Worrying reviews. Too much mention of these being refurbed drives.
Reviews are pulled from listings across different Amazon sites. It's possible people had bought from 3rd party sellers as they can be selected on the same listing.
Most people would already be aware of this, but just in case some unlucky sucker thinks this is a bargain… It's highly likely to be the same fraud mentioned here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/891267
Common knowledge even when those deals were up, but people didn’t believe the Chinese sources and convinced that they were “new”
thanks for the heads up, was considering buying a couple to put in a home server but that story about the smart data being wiped is enough to pump the brakes
Ships from
Amazon UK
Sold by
Amazon UK
It is almost certainly a brand new drive.
Ships from
Amazon UK
Ok
Sold by
Amazon UK
Ok.
It is almost certainly a brand new drive.
Wut, how?
Do you think the mega corp Amazon is buying refurb hard drives and resetting SMART data to scam people?
@Aureus: Not on purpose, but the supply chain has already been shown to be corrupted with refurbed drives.
@nugstar: I don't really know how big "Alternate, Böttcher, Büroshop 24, Galaxus, Jacob, Kosatec, Maingau and Proshop" are, but no evidence of Amazon selling dodgy HDD. Would be big news if they were.
Either way you shouldn't buy any HDD from Amazon direct, because they don't package them correctly.
@Aureus: "According to the readers, various retailers supplied the hard disks, with Amazon, JB Computer, Mindfactory and Reichelt being mentioned in large numbers"
@DeToxin: As I mentioned elsewhere in these comments people buy from Amazon marketplace and don't know the difference.
Surely these would NOT be refurbished as they are sold direct from seagate not a third party store?
Happy to be corrected, but but I don't think the "Visit the Seagate Store" link means it is sold by Seagate. On the right you will see:
Ships from Amazon UK
Sold by Amazon UK
I believe the size is a bit bigger than normal drives. I have a 12TB, which doesn't fit my cage.
yeah nah
Be cautious now fellow ozbargainer as comments are more than upvotes.
Couldn't you trust Amazon for a new product to actually be new?
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Fraud-with-Seagate-hard-disks-D…
According to the readers, various retailers supplied the hard disks, with Amazon… being mentioned in large numbers.
People buy on the Amazon marketplace and don't know the difference between sold by a marketplace seller and Amazon.
Reviews are from people who brought from Amazon marketplace and direct from Amazon.
You can see another 1 star review mentioning they had to pay 20 EUR to return the faulty item, so that was clearly not from Amazon direct.
@c64 the reviews are based on the item not the seller. Buying a drive from Amazon themselves, is very different to buying a drive from BobsDriveEmporium.
the drive is listed as OEM. no manufacturer's warranty.
@c64: We know.
The point is that Amazon is a marketplace. There are six sellers of the 16TB Exos right now on Amazon.com.au. Any one of them could supply you a dodgy drive.
As posted further up, "Do you think the mega corp Amazon is buying refurb hard drives and resetting SMART data to scam people?". Obviously the answer is no.
Stick with East Digital, I got 3 X18s 16TB for $267 each, factory recertified of course, no issues, 24/7 use, high disk use most of the time as well.
I had one of those die on me recently after two years. I sent it back to them and they provided a full refund. Good service and they stick to their 3 year warranty.
Couldn't agree more here. I've got 14 of these drives. One failed about a year ago after 2 years and got a refund for it.
Thanks for the suggestion, please could you share a link to where one can get this offer?
legend, thank you.
@twitch1979: Good to hear about the positive warranty experiences, I hope their returns/refunds are just as good.
I placed my first order with them recently and both drives reporting bad and failing smart tests.
@Osiris: I've had warranty replacements and it was pretty painless. Be aware you're up for the registered post to send back to them in VIC (roughly $20-30 depending on how you've packaged etc etc). I've got one going through replacement now, but no stock, so offered me a refund which unfortunately doesn't match the current pricing as I bought 2 years ago :(
@nafe: Thats a relief to hear they are pretty good with it. Sucks about the sending back and the cost but guess that's all part of the chance with these products.
@Osiris: To be fair I saved alot more than the mailing costs so i'm still ahead, but i would recommend keeping their packaging when they send "just in case" - makes it a bit simpler. The pain is having to rebuild my 40TB NAS…..
Do they have any current group buy offers?
Yep got one 16t exo it is rather quiet than I expected . 230$ can’t beat that deal
They still got that deal? I can't see it on their site…
got it from last time, not recently T_T
prices shot way up recently. huge bummer, because one of the drives they shipped me was broken.
no issues getting it returned and refunded, but they claim to have no stock for a replacement but are listing stock at ~$360 now.
Had one X16 die after a couple of months, East Digital initially said they would refund and not replace because they had no stock. Once I reminded them they are still for sale, I was offered a replacement.
Now showing sold out. I had one die and they have offered a refund :(
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Yeah I'd be wanting parity if i was using one of these questionable drives.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/862268 these have been $259 each before, but allegedly were refurbs
the limit of one per customer is sound, practically humanitarian….one drive of data loss is better than multiple. typical seagate crap, wouldnt touch seagate with a barge pole
I just need affordable (<$150) 4TB disks. Even those seems to be gone
Anyone else seeing not in stock or product not available?
The reviews are hardly reassuring…