On Oct 2, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Steve Brooks wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 05:24:54PM +0100, Steve Brooks wrote: >> >>> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 098 097 000 Old_age - 2106 >>> 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age - 80 >> >>> replaced with new drives. Wow... I was also told by the online retailer >>> this is known as a grey import and is not that uncommon.. >> >> Grey imports would not have been running for 87 days and power cycled 80 >> times in that period. >> >> If the retailer doesn't refund your money then you need to escalate. >> >> And name the retailer... > > > The retailer is certainly willing to refund and the manufacturer is > also willing to replace.. The worrying part is that the drives that were > replaced under warranty should *not* find there way back onto the shelves > re-packaged as new enterprise class drives.. > > Steve Wow, I'm of the belief that for every 1 that gets caught, 3 get away. This news is alarming but not surprising. SMART testing batches of 40 drives is a PITA but a good idea. I better get krakin :) - aurf