Re: [Avid-L2] "Seagate and Western Digital Reduce Warranties for Some Hard Drives"

There was a long article at Infoworld.com which basically stated that the
rising cost of HDs has less to do with the flooding damage in Thailand and
more to do with the manufacturers *fears about* the flooding damage in
Thailand. for what it's worth...
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Rob Lawson
System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
CBS News

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:23 PM, RT <huipro@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

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>
>
> Thanks Wilson. Distressing news.
>
> In case it has not been stated, many storage solutions manufacturers
> have quietly adjusted their pricing upward over the last 2 months
> (temporarily) and have limited stock and RMA units on hand. There's no
> way Thailand should be used as an excuse to slash warranties though.
>
> Last month, I was able to get my hands on 24 x 3TB drives for an array.
> Don't know how easy that would be right now.
>
> RT
>
> wilsonchao wrote:
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> >
> >
> > From today's NYTimes:
> >
> > SeagateâEUR^(TM)s warranties for internal desktop and laptop drives
> > will be reduced to one year from five years. . .
> >
> > Steve Duplessie, an analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group, said
> > that reducing a warranty was highly unusual and that he could not
> > think of another such instance. He suggested that it was related to
> > the Thailand floods.
> >
> > âEURoeThey donâEUR^(TM)t have components to fix things, so they
> > canâEUR^(TM)t afford to fix things. They can only sell things
> > now,âEUR? Mr. Duplessie said. âEURoeItâEUR^(TM)s bad for the consumer,
> > but itâEUR^(TM)s kind of a damned if you do, damned if you
> > donâEUR^(TM)t situation for the manufacturers. TheyâEUR^(TM)re going
> > to back off warranties in order to support revenue, or else Wall
> > Street will slaughter them.âEUR?
> >
> > SeagateâEUR^(TM)s new warranty policies will become effective on Dec.
> > 31, and Western DigitalâEUR^(TM)s changes will begin Jan. 2, 2012.
> > Hard drives bought before those dates will retain their original
> > warranty policies.
> >
> > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/seagate-wd-storage-warranty/
> >
> >
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