On Fri, 21 Sep 2018, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
That's way too good for these *&#$ing ST3000DM001 drives, and won't provide
anywhere near enough sense of satisfaction.
Eric hasn't specified [and shouldn't have to] as to WHY,
but here are some idle speculations:
1) Reduce the likelihood that they will end up on eBay as "Seller
Refurbished" or "New, other".
1b) to put on eBay as "New, other" or "seller refurbished", WITH PICTURES,
as a commentary on eBay condition descriptions.
2) Seagate might agree to refund the price on that batch, but only if
they receive the old drives back.
3) The client won't pay for the software development that was done, but
the client's lawyers are demanding their drives back.
4) retaliation in kind for the SS damage of drives of Steve Jackson Games
5) as a test suite for development of thermite (Does Amazon sell pre-made
thermite?)
6) Maybe Eric just wants to vent some anger over problems he had with
them.
