Seagate comes to senses, longer warranties

[Aesma]

I didn't see a thread about that yet, so I'm sure you'll be pleased to learn of this news. To me it means I can buy Seagate again (well, I'll wait a little to be sure I get a drive made after June 30).

 

[mwroobel]

I didn't see a thread about that yet, so I'm sure you'll be pleased to learn of this news. To me it means I can buy Seagate again (well, I'll wait a little to be sure I get a drive made after June 30).

Can you please post a link to the new policy? I haven't seen/heard anything and there is nothing on Seagate's site.

 

[Aesma]

Seagate doesn't really communicate on this stuff. The original news came from this website : http://technewspedia.com/seagate-increases-the-warranty-period-of-your-hard-drives/

Then French insiders I trust did get a confirmation from Seagate and wholesalers.

 

[BecauseScience]

Two year warranties on consumer drives...only slightly less offensive than one year.

 

[mwroobel]

Personally, I will wait for an official press release from Seagate (Which there isn't) rather than trust in a website I have never hear of before. Also, they don't say whether this is worldwide or not. Seagate has different warranty terms in different countries.

 

[ST3F]

cf : Page 2, below the spreadsheet at the 4th point :
=> http://www.seagate.com/files/www-co.../docs/constellation2-fips-ds1719-4-1207us.pdf

" Nearline products shipped between December 31, 2011, and June 30, 2012, have a 3-year limited warranty. Nearline products shipped before December 31, 2011, or after June 30, 2012, have a 5-year limited warranty."

Cheers

St3F

 

[mwroobel]

cf : Page 2, below the spreadsheet at the 4th point :
=> http://www.seagate.com/files/www-co.../docs/constellation2-fips-ds1719-4-1207us.pdf



Cheers

St3F

Cool, they put the enterprise stuff back to 5 year (average Server depreciation schedule). It remains to be seen if they will do anything with the consumer stuff. I would have expected a press release trotting out the benefit though.

 

[ST3F]

Cool, they put the enterprise stuff back to 5 year (average Server depreciation schedule). It remains to be seen if they will do anything with the consumer stuff. I would have expected a press release trotting out the benefit though.

Here in Camembert land, Constellation ES2 are out of stock on most of reseller

 

[Aesma]

There was a production mishap of "enterprise drives" apparently.

Here are 2 well known and reputable (but French) sources for the warranty increase :

http://www.hardware.fr/news/12460/seagate-rallonge-garantie.html

http://www.pcworld.fr/2012/07/06/materiel/stockage/garantie-allongee-disques-durs-seagate/529753/