Seagate cutting warranty from 5yr's to 2yr's

[geekapproved]

Wow, just another reason to stick with Western Digital. I guess if you make crap products, your bound to lose a lot of money to warranty replacements. You think they would have maybe upped their products quality to save face, rather than make a lame move like this.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/HDD-Warranty-Barracuda-Momentus-Pipeline-HD,13178.html

 

[GhislainG]

Did you read the whole article before posting?

 

[geekapproved]

Did you read the whole article before posting?

Uhh yeah.....did you?

 

[tokencode]

Re-read the article, this ONLY affects OEM drives purchased in bulk, not retail products. The retail drives will retain the 5 year warranty.

 

[GhislainG]

Uhh yeah.....did you?

Yes. I replied because your title is misleading. you should have specified whih drives are affected. Since most of us don't buy OEM drives in bulk, we're not that concerned.

 

[GhislainG]

Uhh yeah.....did you?

Yes. I replied because your title is misleading. you should have specified whih drives are affected. Since most of us don't buy OEM drives in bulk, we're not that concerned.

 

[GhislainG]

Uhh yeah.....did you?

Yes. I replied because your title is misleading. you should have specified whih drives are affected. Since most of us don't buy OEM drives in bulk, we're not that concerned.

 

[geekapproved]

Re-read the article, this ONLY affects OEM drives purchased in bulk, not retail products. The retail drives will retain the 5 year warranty.

I don't need to re-read the article, apparently YOU need to re-read my post.

Where in my post did I say it affects retail boxed drives??? Please pay attention.

 

[geekapproved]

Yes. I replied because your title is misleading. you should have specified whih drives are affected. Since most of us don't buy OEM drives in bulk, we're not that concerned.

I don't need to specify which drives are affected, that was the purpose of the article link, so you can read it. I suggest you try reading the article because obviously you missed the information it contains.

I buy all my drives from Newegg, which is a Seagate distributor, they are OEM drives, and Newegg purchases them in bulk, so they ARE affected.

I have been building computers since 1997 and I have NEVER purchased a retail boxed drive.

 

[geekapproved]

Apparently you guys finally comprehended the article.

If you bothered to look on Newegg, you would see that all the oem drives are already listed as 2yrs warranty.