[mythtv-users] OT: Seagate to reduce warranties on consumer drives to 3 years from 2009

[peter nikolic]

On Friday 12 December 2008, John Drescher wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Nick Morrott
>
> <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/12/12/seagate_cuts_bare_drive_warra
> >nty/
> >
> > If you're thinking of buying a bare/OEM Seagate consumer drive over
> > the holiday period, get it before the end of the year to get the
> > current 5 year warranty.
>
> Hmmm. To me this means I will not purchase only Seagate drives. I mean
> the biggest reason I purchase only seagate drives is the warranty. I
> wonder if they change this when sales take a considerable hit. I know
> this is small potatoes but I have 200 or so Seagate SATA drives
> between home and work.
>
> John
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Or does this mean they know the quality of the drives in the pipeline is poor 
and they are just covering there butts 


Pete .

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