"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
03/13/2018 at 06:26 • Filed to: None
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"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
03/13/2018 at 06:26 • Filed to: None | 0
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OK, I’m pissed off now. Un-fucking-believable.
I bought this drive last year but didn’t need it until today. I pulled it out of the box and it felt a little light and I noticed that the housing was unsnapped. Upon further examination I see that someone has yanked the 6TB drive that was originally inside and replaced it with a piece of scrap metal - no controller board, screws removed and platters exposed to the elements, no label.
Somehow I don’t think that Western Digital’s warranty covers fraud, and I can only hope that Target does the right thing and either gives me another drive or a refund. I bought it in good faith, hence not opening the box until today.
Inside job at the returns counter, perhaps? Any legal recourse?
PartyPooper2012
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/13/2018 at 07:06 |
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You should be able to exchange it. It’s not a refund so they won’t give you much grief.
I was just watching a video of people in Russia buying stuff - drills, flashlights etc. Most of it made of chineseum. Dude bought a flashlight that is supposed to have 5 battery cells, but only 2 were real. Other 3 were filled with chinese sand.
I know it’s in Russian, just turn the volume down and watch it. You will get most of the gist from just watching video.
I guess what I am trying to say is that maybe that hard drive came like that from chinese knockoff western digital. like far western digital
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> PartyPooper2012
03/13/2018 at 07:14 |
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I don’t think it came that way - if that is his original box, it has a ‘repackage’ sticker on it. I bet somebody bought it, swapped the working drive out for a shit, broken one, then returned it for a refund, meaning they got a 6TB drive for free.
diplodicus forgot his password
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/13/2018 at 07:14 |
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I bet the return people never even opened the box.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/13/2018 at 07:20 |
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borked?
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Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> pip bip - choose Corrour
03/13/2018 at 07:25 |
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Nah, just good old fashioned fraud on the part of the person that bought the drive then returned it.
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Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> PartyPooper2012
03/13/2018 at 16:40 |
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What RallyDarkstrike said. That is my original box, and I bought returned merchandise under the assumption that I was getting what was listed on the box.
That video doesn’t quite apply in this case. I does remind me of some stuff my folks saw a few years ago on a trip to Vietnam. There was some knock-off merchandise co-branded with The North Face and Hello Kitty. Both are powerful brands, but the demographics for the two don’t really overlap...
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> diplodicus forgot his password
03/13/2018 at 16:48 |
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or if they did they didnt know any better that it was now non-functional