[geeks] Thoughts?

[Kurt Huhn]

Andrew Weiss <ajwdsp at cloud9.net> wrote:

> I replied to the auction seller who sold me the hard drives and got
> this response... now unless I'm crazy, there is no mention on the
> auction page of the fact that the picture is just a reference.  The
> full specs of the internal disk is mentioned, but no mention is made
> of the EMC carrier or the fact that these are EMC modules.  Should I
> be perturbed by this... I haven't tested these yet and I stated that. 
> I'm not even sure they are still done this way.

If the URL that was in the email (before I snipped it) is the item in
question, there is no mention of "photo for reference purposes only".

That is misrepresentation of product and is, AFAIK, a prosecutable
offense.

Get your money back.  Don't take "no" for an answer.

I had the same problem with some drives with Tandem firmware on them and
I got my money back after 2 insistent emails.  FWIW, it was hdoutlet
that I bought them from.

I can dig out those emails I sent to him if youneed them.

> 
> Andrew
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > From: Ebay at HardDriveOutlet.com <ebay at harddriveoutlet.com>
> > Date: Thu Jan 30, 2003  4:45:53  PM America/New_York
> > To: ajwdsp at cloud9.net <ajwdsp at cloud9.net>
> > Subject: re: Question for seller -- Item #2303996645
> >
> >  The picture is just for a reference, it is not the actual item
> > bidding on. This is stated in the auction page, also the full specs
> > are listed for the drives also.
> >  
> > HDO
> >  
> > >>  I just got the 5 - pack from you.  You need to change the
> > >picture. These
> >  >>  are EMC units, and I haven't had a chance to test them, but
> >  >they
> > may
> >  >>  contain firmware that makes them unusable in anything but an
> >  >EMC
> > array.
> >  >>  (Something I will be quite disappointed about if it's true;
> >  >which
> > it may
> >  >>  no longer be...no additional feedback will be left..just a
> > friendly fyi)
> >  >>  Some of the Clariions did this with 520K block sizes.  Please
> > update your
> >  >>  auctions accordingly.
> >  >>  --------------------
> >
> >
> >  >>  Question from:           cactopus
> >  >>  Title of item:           SEAGATE 18GB ST118273LC SCSI 10-PAK
> > NORESERVE
> >  >>  Seller:   &n bsp;              hdoutlet
> >  >>  Starts:                  Jan-24-03 15:32:30 PST
> >  >>  Ends:                    Jan-29-03 15:32:30 PST
> >  >>  Price:                   Currently $142.50
> >  >>  To view the item, go to:
> >  >>  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2303996645
> >
> >
> >
> >  >>      Visit eBay, The World's Online Marketplace TM at http:/
> > /www.ebay.com
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