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Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2018 by superhuzza on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @03:28PM (#18972114)
Agreed. I only buy storage for personal use, but I've learned to avoid Amazon entirely. There are just way too many reports of fake or repackaged HDDs, SSDs, SD cards etc.

I can generally get the same or relatively comparable prices at local computer stores that I trust significantly more than Amazon.

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Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2018 by penagwin on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:52PM (#18972932)
Be careful as there are reports of the same issue at Bestbuy(And will be with any store). With the 8TB easystore (and now the 10tb as well) being so cheap, there've been several reports of shucking the drives only to find a lower tier drive or just sand or whatnot.

This includes drives that were shrink-wrapped! I've heard bestbuy re-wraps returns and doesn't check them very well.

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