Comments on: Seagate Sucks http://www.benmurrell.com/2008/12/seagate-sucks/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:41:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nairbnoslo http://www.benmurrell.com/2008/12/seagate-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Nairbnoslo Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:57:36 +0000 http://www.benmurrell.com/?p=5#comment-14 I am having the same go-around with Seagate. I have now replaced the same drive 3 times. They keep giving me refurbed drives and they keep breaking (freezing up/corrupting my data). Customer support is the worst!!! What ever happened to the good ol Seagate from years ago? I will never buy another buy another drive from them. I am having the same go-around with Seagate.
I have now replaced the same drive 3 times. They keep giving me refurbed drives and they keep breaking (freezing up/corrupting my data).
Customer support is the worst!!!
What ever happened to the good ol Seagate from years ago?
I will never buy another buy another drive from them.

]]> By: musician1 http://www.benmurrell.com/2008/12/seagate-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-13 musician1 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:43:45 +0000 http://www.benmurrell.com/?p=5#comment-13 I actually bought a 400GB Seagate drive, spent a lot of time choosing the drive based on stats that I needed for my PC. The drive broke after a week, and I RMA'd it. Seagate then gave me a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, 500GB "previously repaired" drive to replace my brand-new 400GB drive! This new drive broke after copying two folders to it, so I RMA'd drive #2 (now a 500GB, used, repaired drive) and recieved another used, repaired drive. This one broke after one day, literally after copying a single .wav file to it! No kidding. On top of that, Seagate does NOT reimburse shipping costs, so if I ship this back again, I will end up paying more in shipping than I payed for the drive! Needless to say, I'm going to give up and NEVER, EVER buy a Seagate product again. <a href="#comment-2" rel="nofollow">@KeithB </a> I actually bought a 400GB Seagate drive, spent a lot of time choosing the drive based on stats that I needed for my PC. The drive broke after a week, and I RMA’d it. Seagate then gave me a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, 500GB “previously repaired” drive to replace my brand-new 400GB drive!

This new drive broke after copying two folders to it, so I RMA’d drive #2 (now a 500GB, used, repaired drive) and recieved another used, repaired drive. This one broke after one day, literally after copying a single .wav file to it! No kidding.

On top of that, Seagate does NOT reimburse shipping costs, so if I ship this back again, I will end up paying more in shipping than I payed for the drive! Needless to say, I’m going to give up and NEVER, EVER buy a Seagate product again.
@KeithB

]]> By: KeithB http://www.benmurrell.com/2008/12/seagate-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-2 KeithB Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:33:08 +0000 http://www.benmurrell.com/?p=5#comment-2 What's worse, Seagate was the preferred drive to buy when 320 to 500 GB was the top range for storage. They were the first to come out with fluid bearings and always more reliable than any of Western Digital, IBM/Toshiba, or Maxtor. This sounds like a perfect marriage for my HP dv9000us series laptop - nothing but problems. What’s worse, Seagate was the preferred drive to buy when 320 to 500 GB was the top range for storage. They were the first to come out with fluid bearings and always more reliable than any of Western Digital, IBM/Toshiba, or Maxtor. This sounds like a perfect marriage for my HP dv9000us series laptop – nothing but problems.

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