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Lies and False Promises with Warranty
First off, the Amazon product page just straight up lies about the warranty that comes with this drive.
"Five-year limited product warranty protection plan and three year Rescue Data Recovery Services included "
FALSE
This drive comes with a three-year hardware warranty and no data recover services.
Furthermore, Seagate tries to screw you over on what little warranty they offer. They claim the warranty starts on the day THEY SHIP IT TO AMAZON! So that means, by the time it gets to you, the warranty clock has already been ticking. Possibly for MONTHS!
I ordered it Oct 1st, it arrived Oct 2nd, I registered it Oct 3rd of 2020. My warranty goes until June 27th of 2022. I lost almost 4 months because it sat on a shelf at an Amazon warehouse! How absurd! That's almost 12% of my warranty time period gone because of inventory management issues.
Always verify and register your hard drives the day they arrive so you can return them if this happens to you.
I will NEVER be buying a Seagate product ever again. If they can't even be honest about their warranty times, why should I trust them with my data?
October 2020 · Electronics · verified purchase