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Joe · 05-22-2002, 06:59 AM

I would be very careful buying some HD's at these shows. many times these scam artists are buying overstock from Compaq/IBM/HP etc... what happens is if you buy a drive from them and say its an IBM. In 1 year if it fails you call IBM since the drive has a 5 year hardware warranty, but they link that serial number/model number with an OEM out of a compaq unit.

IBM will flat out tell you "contact your compaq server hardware rep and have them exchange it" which since you dont have a compaq server you dont have any deal at Compaq.

I have run into this a few times now wiht SCSI hardware I got at "cheap" prices. Thats the worst part of buying grey market stuff like most compshows are.

05-22-2002, 06:59 AM	#15
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	I would be very careful buying some HD's at these shows. many times these scam artists are buying overstock from Compaq/IBM/HP etc... what happens is if you buy a drive from them and say its an IBM. In 1 year if it fails you call IBM since the drive has a 5 year hardware warranty, but they link that serial number/model number with an OEM out of a compaq unit. IBM will flat out tell you "contact your compaq server hardware rep and have them exchange it" which since you dont have a compaq server you dont have any deal at Compaq. I have run into this a few times now wiht SCSI hardware I got at "cheap" prices. Thats the worst part of buying grey market stuff like most compshows are. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.