Hi guys,
I’m building my first NAS and I was looking for HDD options. I was looking for buying a used HDD from eBay but I read some posts here recommending avoiding that.
I did some research on Amazon and I have found some interesting offers like this one here
A 4TB HDD from HGST with a 5 Years of warranty, is it a good deal to go with?
The warranty is only as good as the company offering it. In this case it would be offered by the seller, Evrymm, which sounds like one of those generic Chinese spam selling accounts. You may actually get the disk, but I wouldn’t count on getting a replacement under any kind of warranty except for the 90 day Amazon one.
Only reinforcing the first comment here, one of the very few seller reviews where things didn’t work out is “Drive failed after a day of use. Amazon support refused to give contact for seller. So much for “5 year warranty by reseller”.”
If you look the seller up on US Amazon they’re apparently operating out of a 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath house in a california suburb, which is also 100% totally not suspicious.
An ebay store front is not necessarily problematic, the established favourites like ServerPartDeals or GoHardDrive both have their own sites and ebay/amazon pages. Just don’t buy from unknown randos and expect them to honour a warranty.
Just read the reviews. 75% positive isn’t exactly great and the 4th review down seems to suggest the 5 year warranty is worth sod all:
44total feedback in12 months
5 out of 5 stars
ok
By Rhea Blouin on November 8, 2023.
5 out of 5 stars
I am pleased with the performance and look forward to buying more in the future.
By Joseph Gillis on October 31, 2023.
5 out of 5 stars
Works well so far. Glad to have the instruction about formatting and finding it on your system.
By Rusty5639 on October 29, 2023.
1 out of 5 stars
Drive failed after a day of use. Amazon support refused to give contact for seller. So much for “5 year warranty by reseller”.
By MattSolns on October 27, 2023.
5 out of 5 stars
shipped on time as described. unit was determined to be defective and was returned. refund was prompt.
By DsK on October 19, 2023.
I recently bought an 8TB drive with a 1yr warranty from Amazon Renewed (Amazon US), was impressed when it arrived and plumped for a 10TB with the 5 year warranty, again Amazon renewed (Amazon US). I try to avoid all 3rd party sellers on Amazon where I can as it simplifies things.
if you really want 5 year warranty and peace of mind, then consider a Seagate IronWolf Pro, because they ship with 5-year warranty and 3-year Rescue Data Recovery Services.