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Re:ST3000DM001 by mordae on Monday June 07, 2021 @04:09AM (#27420224)
Nah, it's fair.

We've had to fry our failed HDDs because otherwise the vendor would replace them with those we've returned previously. Then they would not endure RAID rebuild and the cycle would repeat.

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Re:ST3000DM001 by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:08AM (#27420516)
The fraud is theirs.

But you're supposed to hide the murder weapon.

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Re:ST3000DM001 by ta988 on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:04AM (#27422053)
Not keeping track of serial numbers?
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Re:ST3000DM001 by starfallg on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:30AM (#27423036)
Refurbished drives get their firmware and NVRAM overwritten. The subsequent units have different serial numbers and the labels get replaced.
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Re:ST3000DM001 by ta988 on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:02PM (#27428954)
Wow this is full dishonest if they are not marked as refurbished.
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Re:ST3000DM001 by starfallg on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:15PM (#27429068)
No, they do get marked as refurbished. That's why the serial numbers are different.
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