RileyKennels

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Exos X20 bought direct from Newegg on Black Friday, Zero warranty? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] RileyKennels@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

That's exactly what happened to me. Do you have someone higher up looking into it? I was told by Seagate that Newegg is one of their trusted sellers this should not happen. Seagate assured me they will get back to me. Whether that happens is still a mystery.

Exos X20 bought direct from Newegg on Black Friday, Zero warranty? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] RileyKennels@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

5 year manufacturer warranty listed on the sales page doesn't equal OEM

Exos X20 bought direct from Newegg on Black Friday, Zero warranty? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[–] RileyKennels@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That would normally be fine if it were Server Part Deals, who is familiar with drives and honors their own in-house warranty. Newegg won't return a drive after their return period. This drive is sold and shipped by Newegg and is sold with 5 year manufacturer warranty. Not as an OEM drive. There's no excuse for it.

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I noticed my X20 Seagate from Newegg was missing 7 months from it's warranty when registered on the Seagate website. This is a common issue, and Seagate usually corrects the warranty expiration date without issue.

However, after supplying the info on this new Exos X20 "Shipped and sold by Newegg",Seagate support informed me that my drive is OEM and doesn't have a Seagate warranty.

I'm already 18+ hours into a full parity sync on this drive - but definitley am concerned about having no warranty on what is supposed to be a brand new HDD.

What would you do in this situation?

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