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TEAMGROUP Inc. via Amazon has 512GB Teamgroup AX2 3D NAND SATA 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive SSD (T253A3512G0C101) on sale for $36.99. Shipping is free.

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Note: This item is sold by TEAMGROUP Inc and fulfilled by Amazon

Specs/Key features:
  • Read/write speed up to 540/490 MB/s
  • SATA III 6Gb/s transfer interface
  • Garbage collection, wear-leveling technology, ECC, S.M.A.R.T., and TRIM functions

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $23 lower (38% savings) than the list price.
    • Previous prices was roughly around ~$40-$42 price range
  • About this product:
    • 3-Year Warranty
  • About this store:
    • Seller at Amazon - TEAMGROUP Inc. - has a rating of 97% from over 8,000 Amazon customer ratings.
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Lowest price I've seen for a basic SSD..

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Model: TEAMGROUP AX2 512GB 3D NAND TLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read Speed up to 540 MB/s) Compatible with Laptop & PC Desktop T253A3512G0C101

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Seriously, really...no one thinks anymore on this site.

Buy the teamgroup on Amazon.

Fails after 10 months.

Buy another on Amazon, return the failed one.

That is the warranty. There is no serial number on the teamgroup box.

Teamgroup gets their broken item back. You get a new one. Win Win. And you continue to buy stuff from Amazon.

Fair is Fair.

It is a 37 dollar SSD drive and not a 2000 dollar laptop. You spend more more on GAS.
I think if they're selling stuff in the USA they should have representation here including place to accept RMAs and then process them to whenever they want to send them to get fixed.
For some reason reputable companies have no problem doing so but if you like to pay 2-3x more for shipping than what you already paid for item, wait for months for it to get processed and returned to you and then cross your fingers that it doesn't fail again in a month or so then props to you and good luck, I just choose Samsung and WD for my needs instead and considering the price difference vs quality of support it makes it much more sense to me.
What you are suggesting is called "fraud"

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06-07-2022 at 04:20 AM.
06-07-2022 at 04:20 AM.
Good deal for basic 512gb but in case the drive goes downhill and you are out of Amazon return window, one review said to prepare to ship out of country and wait for rma, so factor that in.
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AlexS2465
06-07-2022 at 04:51 AM.
06-07-2022 at 04:51 AM.
Quote from gtsh0pp3r :
Good deal for basic 512gb but in case the drive goes downhill and you are out of Amazon return window, one review said to prepare to ship out of country and wait for rma, so factor that in.

That's what happened when one of the memory cards I got from them on Newegg failed after month and a half, Newegg told me to deal with company since it was out of return window and Teamgroup email told me to ship it to Taiwan at which point as soon as I got that email from them I tossed it into the trash and won't ever buy their junk.
P.S. and yes they tell you that shipping charges is your responsibility at which point considering the cost of international shipping it wouldn't be worth in many cases.
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06-07-2022 at 05:39 AM.

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06-07-2022 at 05:39 AM.
Quote from wherestheanykey :
So you value timeliness over decent customer service.

Fair, but you should probably stop buying anything that doesn't come from a drive thru.

Faulting them because they're based in Taiwan is not okay.

I think if they're selling stuff in the USA they should have representation here including place to accept RMAs and then process them to whenever they want to send them to get fixed.
For some reason reputable companies have no problem doing so but if you like to pay 2-3x more for shipping than what you already paid for item, wait for months for it to get processed and returned to you and then cross your fingers that it doesn't fail again in a month or so then props to you and good luck, I just choose Samsung and WD for my needs instead and considering the price difference vs quality of support it makes it much more sense to me.
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06-07-2022 at 06:07 AM.
06-07-2022 at 06:07 AM.
Quote from AlexS2465 :
I think if they're selling stuff in the USA they should have representation here including place to accept RMAs and then process them to whenever they want to send them to get fixed.
For some reason reputable companies have no problem doing so but if you like to pay 2-3x more for shipping than what you already paid for item, wait for months for it to get processed and returned to you and then cross your fingers that it doesn't fail again in a month or so then props to you and good luck, I just choose Samsung and WD for my needs instead and considering the price difference vs quality of support it makes it much more sense to me.
sure but that costs more to run, having worked for a foreign manf. we did have US representation, so if things went wrong customers sent them to us, and we passed it along but the shipping costs to and from were on us. so its cheaper, less staff, phone lines, etc. plus it cuts down on RMA requests, win win for them
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fawzi
06-07-2022 at 06:11 AM.
06-07-2022 at 06:11 AM.
no warranty on this companies devices. shipping abroad doesn't constitute as warranty .
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06-07-2022 at 06:27 AM.
06-07-2022 at 06:27 AM.
Quote from slvrscoobie :
sure but that costs more to run, having worked for a foreign manf. we did have US representation, so if things went wrong customers sent them to us, and we passed it along but the shipping costs to and from were on us. so its cheaper, less staff, phone lines, etc. plus it cuts down on RMA requests, win win for them

It cuts down on people wanting to buy their products. Shitty warranties are worthless warranties.
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06-07-2022 at 06:41 AM.

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Quote from AlexS2465 :
That's what happened when one of the memory cards I got from them on Newegg failed after month and a half, Newegg told me to deal with company since it was out of return window and Teamgroup email told me to ship it to Taiwan at which point as soon as I got that email from them I tossed it into the trash and won't ever buy their junk.
P.S. and yes they tell you that shipping charges is your responsibility at which point considering the cost of international shipping it wouldn't be worth in many cases.
Seriously, really...no one thinks anymore on this site.

Buy the teamgroup on Amazon.

Fails after 10 months.

Buy another on Amazon, return the failed one.

That is the warranty. There is no serial number on the teamgroup box.

Teamgroup gets their broken item back. You get a new one. Win Win. And you continue to buy stuff from Amazon.

Fair is Fair.

It is a 37 dollar SSD drive and not a 2000 dollar laptop. You spend more more on GAS.
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06-07-2022 at 06:47 AM.
06-07-2022 at 06:47 AM.
Quote from backforwardback :
Seriously, really...no one thinks anymore on this site.

Buy the teamgroup on Amazon.

Fails after 10 months.

Buy another on Amazon, return the failed one.

That is the warranty. There is no serial number on the teamgroup box.

Teamgroup gets their broken item back. You get a new one. Win Win. And you continue to buy stuff from Amazon.

Fair is Fair.

It is a 37 dollar SSD drive and not a 2000 dollar laptop. You spend more more on GAS.
What you are suggesting is called "fraud"
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06-07-2022 at 06:58 AM.
06-07-2022 at 06:58 AM.
Any suggestions for a smaller and cheaper SSD? I just need one that is 240gb for a non-important drive.
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06-07-2022 at 07:00 AM.
06-07-2022 at 07:00 AM.
Quote from wherestheanykey :
So you value timeliness over decent customer service.

Fair, but you should probably stop buying anything that doesn't come from a drive thru.

Faulting them because they're based in Taiwan is not okay.
this is it. this is the dumbest post i've seen on slickdeals in the decade+ that i've used this site. if you sell junk in the US and offer a "warranty", you should have US based RMA department. you can contract a 3rd party to work as a proxy at a relatively low cost if you don't want to open an office here

i don't know if you are trying to make this into a race thing with your comment about it being not ok to hate a Taiwanese company, but your comment is dumb. no one hates Taiwanese companies because like 90% of the computer hardware we buy is made by Taiwanese companies, but all the other Taiwanese companies have RMA departments here in the US.
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06-07-2022 at 07:02 AM.
06-07-2022 at 07:02 AM.
Quote from wherestheanykey :
So you value timeliness over decent customer service.

Fair, but you should probably stop buying anything that doesn't come from a drive thru.

Faulting them because they're based in Taiwan is not okay.

Thanks - dumbest thing I've read so far today, but the day is young!

Seriously - do you have any idea how much International shipping costs? The issue is that they manage to get their products here to sell to us, but then expect that we are going to ship it to Taiwan for service, at a cost that at least equals what was paid, and could be far more than the cost of the item. That isn't "customer service" that's a BS warranty not worth the paper it's printed on.
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06-07-2022 at 07:09 AM.
06-07-2022 at 07:09 AM.
Quote from gtsh0pp3r :
Good deal for basic 512gb but in case the drive goes downhill and you are out of Amazon return window, one review said to prepare to ship out of country and wait for rma, so factor that in.
I just RMA'd a different model of TeamGroup SSD, it wasn't too bad, but you can expect the return/replacement to take about 2-3 weeks mostly shipping time. I shipped it to a TeamGroup USA office and the replacement shipped from Tiawan to a TeamGroup USA office and it was re-shipped to me. I am pretty sure it originated in Tiawan. It seemed like the shipping wouldn't be economical for the company, but I wasn't in a hurry and could live with shipping times.

The good news was that the RMA approval process was painless, it was done via e-mail
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