I second Zos' recommendation. If Sam's sold you something bogus, take the issue up with them. Even if it's been "about a year" and maybe you can't find the receipt.
I know CostCo typically extends warranties for devices purchased through them. If Walmart and their ilk do the same, you might be able to swap that device out (for a legit one) for the cost of a drive down there. > On Oct 21, 2014, at 14:56 , Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > > do you have receipts? i would raise issue with sam's club.... > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:14 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> > wrote: >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve >> immortality through not dying. >> -- Woody Allen >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
