26 Jun
2000
26 Jun
'00
7:05 p.m.
Has anyone done business with Richard Meyers
price- a Seagate 11200ND diff SCSI drive. I won
the item, and received it on Wednesday.
It was Friday before I got around to trying it-
and it's DOA. Won't spin up; I can hear what might
be the heads trying to unpark, or maybe it's the
drive motor trying to start. But negatory.
Should I be apprehensive about this? Hey, I'd
only be out $15 if I get no resolution, so it's
not going to be the end of the world.
Just thought I'd ask before I cop an attitude...
A few thoughts on this;
1) Don't make public posts questioning a vendors integrity prior to making
a good effort to settle the issue privately. This will include waiting more
than two business days for a reply.
2) DOA happens on old drives, so do a dozen other end user mess ups that
keep them from spinning up or working. The drive could be fine, and you
just have a wimpy power supply or a jumper set wrong.
3) Look at the ad terms carefully, not wishfully. Does it say 100% tested,
or just no DOA? If the latter it may be he has a stack of "mostly" good
drives and no desire to test them before shipping at $15 each.