Help !!! Duplicate WD Black Internal HDD ??

[tkin]

AFAIK, even OEM HDD carry warranty or at least will show up if you check for warranty online. This looks like a WD Blue/Green or some other HDD with a WD Black label.

Also another possibility, these could be end of life wd hdds out of warranty(over 5 yrs old), someone bought the lot and then rebadged it, could be 3/4 gens prior drives, like the ones with 8MB cache etc.

If I had money to spare I'd buy this unit, it intrigues me, can't wait to test it and take it apart

Dont regret it, u are helping others. me to
this is something we all just dont look at, ppl sh learn.

Yeah, next time I go to buy a drive I'd inspect the damn label with a magnifying glass.

 

[bhavikv9488]

Happy to help, do report how this turns out, microsoft has a policy that if you buy a fake software unknowingly they give you a genuine software if you provide them with the details of the transaction. Lets see WD's game.

Even I am expecting some response from them, its been 2 days now.

Dont regret it, u are helping others. me to
this is something we all just dont look at, ppl sh learn.

That was also the reason to post it on TDF as I wanted to know how should I approach to teach these dealers a lesson and also others to know about this products.

We all know that there are such products in the market and there are also people who unknowingly buy them. Its really difficult to identify them when such products you dont buy that often.

I had a person along with me who was just a commonly found so called "engineer" by many people here who assembles PC also got the same drive for some one. Poor customer wouldn't even come to know whats there in his PC.

Also another possibility, these could be end of life wd hdds out of warranty(over 5 yrs old), someone bought the lot and then rebadged it, could be 3/4 gens prior drives, like the ones with 8MB cache etc.

If I had money to spare I'd buy this unit, it intrigues me, can't wait to test it and take it apart


Yeah, next time I go to buy a drive I'd inspect the damn label with a magnifying glass.

I wouldn't have come to know about it if I had not try to register the product on the website, since the main reason to go for WD black was the warranty covered.

AFAIK, No other company provides 5-year warranty for the product.

 

[Zangetsu]

1st there was piracy of softwares/games & now a days fake tech devices....
u will get everything fake from micro SD card to pendrive,mobiles everything fake
but if people have some knowledge about the product they can make out which is fake/original...

 

[tkin]

1st there was piracy of softwares/games & now a days fake tech devices....
u will get everything fake from micro SD card to pendrive,mobiles everything fake
but if people have some knowledge about the product they can make out which is fake/original...

Did you see the drive? Its a bloody good fake, its so damn good that recently a bunch of such drives were released in the UK and got circulated through official channels, its virtually impossible to make a comparison, unless you carry a sample pic of hdd label in your phone.

 

[Zangetsu]

Did you see the drive? Its a bloody good fake, its so damn good that recently a bunch of such drives were released in the UK and got circulated through official channels, its virtually impossible to make a comparison, unless you carry a sample pic of hdd label in your phone.

I agree but if you are buying from XYZ (of which u have no history how it sells product) than a step of caution needs to be there
otherwise if u buy from a very good reputed shop (popular one) then there is no way u'll get a fake product.and there are excellent shops in LT Road.

When i was buying the HDD, i asked the store guy what is the period of the warranty applicable for this drive (as i had read it online that it has a 5-year warranty), but he responded that its only 1 year. Thinking that he may not be knowing the details, i got it.

Also, he informed me that in case if you face any issues with the HDD return it to me and i will replace it within a day and do not go to the WD SC as it would take minimum of 10 days. After listening to all this it brought a huge suspicion in my mind but the only thing that made me get that HDD was the price. I got it for 4500 which was marginally lower than the market price.

the two points itself shows that there is something fishy

 

[tkin]

I agree but if you are buying from XYZ (of which u have no history how it sells product) than a step of caution needs to be there
otherwise if u buy from a very good reputed shop (popular one) then there is no way u'll get a fake product.and there are excellent shops in LT Road.



the two points itself shows that there is something fishy

Yeah, best thing to do then, note the serial no. and model no, check wd site right there(from a cyber cafe if needed) for genuineness.

 

[d6bmg]

Now here's another thing to notice, I checked the Invoice which he gave me and I found he has just mentioned "1TB Hard Disk - 1 Unit - 1 year Warranty".

There is no mention of the company or the product description on the invoice which can help me to fight against him.

Today I just spoke to the store guy on call and have asked him to register my Hard Disk for me on the company website. He said he would try to do that for me and would call back.

Just trying the peaceful way to get it done.

Although this is a fraud case (of the shop), but you are to blame for it.
Why did you buy that drive when you were getting at a 1K lower than normal price?? Didn't the fact ever crossed your mind that "why they are giving me this drive at 1K lower price?"

 

[tkin]

Although this is a fraud case (of the shop), but you are to blame for it.
Why did you buy that drive when you were getting at a 1K lower than normal price?? Didn't the fact ever crossed your mind that "why they are giving me this drive at 1K lower price?"

Its not his fault, sometimes shopkeepers are keen on cleaning stocks and also sometimes they don't know prices, ask Cilus, he got a 1TB WD USB 3.0 drive for 4.5k a long time back(peak of hdd crisis when 1TB retailed for over 6k), also he got a Megalodon for 7k as the store was keen on cleaning stocks, if he bought it for 3k I'd say its his fault, but not as he paid a lot, even in chandni sometimes vedant quotes 400-700/- less than MD.

Good thing is that he has bill, if WD confirms its a fake then he can contact customer grievance cell or even threaten the shopkeeper that he will go to police to get a refund.

 

[The Sorcerer]

Well I created a thread in this section to address WD Black issues this morning but it needs to be authorized by the mods for being put up in public and its still not up :-/

This goes to the OP:
#1. Does you have the bill? If so, do forward it to me without removing the serial number. If you have the picture of the actual product- even better. Do send that to me as well.
#2. What is the store's name?

There has also been an issue in TE where someone bought a WD Black series SATA 6Gbps with 2 years of warranty period. The store claimed that there are 2 versions of Black: 1 with 2 and another with 5 where it costs 1k more. He even said that it is confirmed by WD. I asked WD, forwarded the bill and they said bullshit (not directly) and was going to put 5 years warranty on the serial number. But sadly this guy out of impatience spent 1k more and got 1TB Black 3Gbps. I could have posted in TE, but my account was locked and before that no comments could have been posted freely without moderator's approval.

Nevertheless WD is trying to be in touch with the guy and trying to find how are WD Black are circling around with 2 years warranty issue as all blacks are with 5 years warranty period- no ifs and no buts.
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But this is a more serious issue and if you have the proper bill with you and the picture of the drive, forward it to me.

 

[tkin]

Well I created a thread in this section to address WD Black issues this morning but it needs to be authorized by the mods for being put up in public and its still not up :-/

This goes to the OP:
#1. Does he have the bill? If so, do forward it to me without removing the serial number. If you have the picture of the actual product- even better. Do send that to me as well.
#2. What is the store's name?

Pic of the product is here sorcy:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...licate-wd-black-internal-hdd.html#post1830687

And I made a comparison: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...licate-wd-black-internal-hdd.html#post1830771

 

[The Sorcerer]

@tkin: I need it with the serial number and the bill copy. That's why I am asking him to send it via PM/email. But if its not a proper bill, things might be bit difficult, but lets see if something can be done.

 

[tkin]

^^ I need it with the serial number and the bill copy. That's why I am asking him to send it via PM/email. But if its not a proper bill, things might be bit difficult, but lets see if something can be done.

I just PM'ed him the details to contact you, hopefully he will respond.

 

[d6bmg]

Its not his fault, sometimes shopkeepers are keen on cleaning stocks and also sometimes they don't know prices, ask Cilus, he got a 1TB WD USB 3.0 drive for 4.5k a long time back(peak of hdd crisis when 1TB retailed for over 6k), also he got a Megalodon for 7k as the store was keen on cleaning stocks,

Those are totally different scenario as he have bought all of them, from very reputed store(s) and those stores won't do this kind of silly things to make a very small amount of profit.

 

[The Sorcerer]

@bhavik: No replies?

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