Here's something everyone should be aware of. I apparently bought a
counterfeit USB 3.0 hard drive about a year ago, from a major retailer.
The short story, the local Sam's Club had a pair of Seagate 1TB GoFlex
Drives on closeout for the ridiculously low price of $37.00 each. So I
jumped on the deal, and was very happy until about a week ago one of
them died.
I tried to get a warranty replacement, and I can't. I need the drive
serial number and the one printed on the case isn't an actual Seagate
serial number.
Now here's the interesting part, as I said, I bought a pair of them, the
one that's still working /is/ not counterfeit. It has an actual Seagate
serial number and model number.
Now to the naked eye, except for the bogus serial number and bogus model
number, the two cases appear to be identical, made of the same
materials, in the same factory to the same quality level. The only
difference between the two drives is the silkscreen label on the bottom
of the drives, and except serial number and part number, they look
identical.
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve
immortality through not dying.
-- Woody Allen
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