gb wrote: 
>
> Be real careful when dealing with outpost.com. I recently learned (the
> hard way) that some of their hard drives (seagate, that normally
> carries a 5 year warranty) is only given a 30 day warranty. Nowhere in
> the outpost.com website does it mention that.  My seagate 400gb drive
> took a dump after 5 months and there is no recourse from either outpost
> or seagate.

That really sounds like a 'refurbished' drive:  I don't think Seagate
sells *any* new drives with less than a 90-day manufacturer's warranty
(and my impression is that that's only to OEMs who trade less coverage
for a better deal, not to retail distributors).  A quick check of some
of Outpost's current Seagate offerings reveals explicit mention of their
5-year warranties.

IIRC Seagate lets you check on line to see the warranty expiration date
of any drive you bought - and the ones I got from Outpost reflected the
full 5-year warranty coverage.

- bill

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