expired Posted by BlueRaccoon1085 • Sep 18, 2024
Sep 18, 2024 6:58 PM
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expired Posted by BlueRaccoon1085 • Sep 18, 2024
Sep 18, 2024 6:58 PM
16TB WD Elements USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished)
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Sharing my experience with WD Refub from WD on eBay. Was a 4TB drive. Drive worked ok for about 16 months, then failed. Allstate (warranty) wanted to replace with 500GB drives as they were "of like kind, quality and price". Um no. I asked for a 4TB replacement as that is what I purchased. Went back and forth with them for about 4 months (yep months) and they eventually sent me a check (including a caution for me not to purchase a refurb drive again) for my eBay purchase price which was significantly less than what it would take to now replace. While I did get my money back, it was too hard of an experience and the warranty didn't mean anything when it comes to "replacement".
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Sharing my experience with WD Refub from WD on eBay. Was a 4TB drive. Drive worked ok for about 16 months, then failed. Allstate (warranty) wanted to replace with 500GB drives as they were "of like kind, quality and price". Um no. I asked for a 4TB replacement as that is what I purchased. Went back and forth with them for about 4 months (yep months) and they eventually sent me a check (including a caution for me not to purchase a refurb drive again) for my eBay purchase price which was significantly less than what it would take to now replace. While I did get my money back, it was too hard of an experience and the warranty didn't mean anything when it comes to "replacement".
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Sharing my experience with WD Refub from WD on eBay. Was a 4TB drive. Drive worked ok for about 16 months, then failed. Allstate (warranty) wanted to replace with 500GB drives as they were "of like kind, quality and price". Um no. I asked for a 4TB replacement as that is what I purchased. Went back and forth with them for about 4 months (yep months) and they eventually sent me a check (including a caution for me not to purchase a refurb drive again) for my eBay purchase price which was significantly less than what it would take to now replace. While I did get my money back, it was too hard of an experience and the warranty didn't mean anything when it comes to "replacement".
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Sharing my experience with WD Refub from WD on eBay. Was a 4TB drive. Drive worked ok for about 16 months, then failed. Allstate (warranty) wanted to replace with 500GB drives as they were "of like kind, quality and price". Um no. I asked for a 4TB replacement as that is what I purchased. Went back and forth with them for about 4 months (yep months) and they eventually sent me a check (including a caution for me not to purchase a refurb drive again) for my eBay purchase price which was significantly less than what it would take to now replace. While I did get my money back, it was too hard of an experience and the warranty didn't mean anything when it comes to "replacement".
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I suspect these are returns which can't be sold for new. Some may have been genuinely defective, but more likely purchased by someone that didn't know how to install. Most likely, refurbished means they've tested good.
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As for drives refurbished or not, all you can do is test them when you first get them, but outside of that they can still fail and after 16 months, lolol there is no predicting or test in the world which will fortell a failure that far in the future.
Overall a good price, luckily currently I dont need one.
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As for drives refurbished or not, all you can do is test them when you first get them, but outside of that they can still fail and after 16 months, lolol there is no predicting or test in the world which will fortell a failure that far in the future.
Overall a good price, luckily currently I dont need one.
They make the process a bit odd in that you need to file the claim online, then call in to talk to someone on the phone, then email them photos.. I assume that's to create some difficulty for older people to file a claim. Within 24 hours they approved the claim and send a link to select a new TV (both options were an upgrade to the original TV) and it arrived 2 days later. They said to either keep or dispose of the original TV.
The new TV shipped directly from BestBuy (the original TV and warranty were bought through WalMart). Looking at the prices, while the TV's were both an "upgrade" (5 inches larger, and built in smart TV -- my choices were Insignia FIRETV or a Pioneer TV), the cost of each were $200 and $250, so they seem to go with the cheapest comparable options to the TV purchased. There was no option for a repair or refund.
I don't know what their process is with hard drives though? I can't imagine these being worth repairing when something goes wrong.
I always assumed those allstate warranties were useless due to the low cost (or them being included free)
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