Date   : Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:50:33 +0100
From   : jim@... (Jim Hearne)
Subject: OT Only Connect

> I used to like the Seagate drives until they tightened up their RMA 
> policy. Now you pretty much have to pay ?20 for a "Seagate approved" 
> cardboard box and packing foam, or risk having them deny your RMA... I 
> am not paying ?20 for a box and foam... The distributor were a lot more 
>
>   
Which is silly given that new hard drives i buy generally arrive in 
nothing more than a jiffy bag floating around in a larger box with the 
motherboard, video card and whatever else you have ordered with it.
Luckily nowadays they seem to survive this without a problem.

Jim