Sold a hard disk to some nice man

V4NT0M · 29 Dec 2011 at 13:37

mrbell1984 said:
It has bad sectors why did you sell him a drive with bad sectors? You did check it before selling it to him right?

Your the one in the wrong.

And you're qualified to say so as you clearly read the OP.

Al Vallario · 29 Dec 2011 at 13:39

So let me get this straight. Someone paid real money for a 160GB IDE drive... and we're two days away from 2012, right?

piggeh · 29 Dec 2011 at 13:40

deus3x said:
i would not waste 5minutes even thinking over this situation.

I would tell him to come get his money, give it back to him and end of story.

Some people are muppets, and its even worse when they are skint/tight buggers because there dumb sense gets mixed with their feelings of money.

this

edscdk · 29 Dec 2011 at 13:42

Efour2 said:
Exactly just bin old Hdd or stick them in a box forever....
I will never buy 2nd hand HDDs for this very reason. One bad knock in transit and they could be buggered.

i sold a load of stuff i was going to bin on ebay, got £400 for it all in the end..

semi-pro waster · 29 Dec 2011 at 13:44

mrbell1984 said:
It has bad sectors why did you sell him a drive with bad sectors? You did check it before selling it to him right?

Your the one in the wrong.

It might depend on the level of testing, certain software will be much more thorough than others so what would show up as an error in one instance may not when using a different bit of software. HAz does mention running the Windows error check so presumably that came out as clear before sale.

Al Vallario said:
So let me get this straight. Someone paid real money for a 160GB IDE drive... and we're two days away from 2012, right?

Maybe they were desparate for a drive to replace like for like? Or they may have wanted to use the drive circuitry to replace that of a defunct hard drive they already had - it would seem unlikely if they're complaining about bad sectors but it's just about possible.

Mucky_Pup · 29 Dec 2011 at 13:46

Al Vallario said:
So let me get this straight. Someone paid real money for a 160GB IDE drive... and we're two days away from 2012, right?

This.

When he comes back ask him if he wants to buy a spare starting handle for his computer.

Energizer Bunny · 29 Dec 2011 at 14:01

I've run every possible scenario through an Excel spreadsheet and there is no outcome that doesn't involve either the OP or the nice man being killed. Suggest you strike first OP. The police will understand once you explain there are gigabytes involved.

Deleted member 77746 · 29 Dec 2011 at 14:03

Skyfall said:
And you're qualified to say so as you clearly read the OP.

Yes. To be fair if it's a seagate drive it's obvious you would use their tools to check the drive before sale.

dowie · 29 Dec 2011 at 14:13

Tbh. It isn't unreasonable to want a refund if something is faulty and if the buyer is 'tight' for wanting a refund then the seller is 'tight' fir bothering to sell something so worthless in the first place. I presume the buyer is poor/a student and is trying to build a system at minimal cost - having to accept a drive that is faulty and has a good chance of failing isn't on really.

VeNT · 29 Dec 2011 at 14:30

how much did he pay?

BananaDunka · 29 Dec 2011 at 14:38

£30, as mentioned above*

HAz said:
The guy was driving an audi a4 fairly new and paid £20 for it, it may have been for a customer of his I dunno, still pretty sad as im sure the drive would have lived on past its date of final use.

That may well be the case but a HDD with a bad sector is like a very sexy woman who has a deformed pasty. You just don't want to go there.

TrUz · 29 Dec 2011 at 14:38

VeNT said:
how much did he pay?

£20, lol...

Pawnless Endgame · 29 Dec 2011 at 15:55

£20 for an IDE 160GB seems a bit steep, considering that the S-ATA 1TB inside the machine in my sig was only £50-ish when I bought it 2 years ago. Worth more like £5-8. Chalk it up to experience and move on, or list it on eBay as faulty.

BananaDunka · 29 Dec 2011 at 16:06

Not steep considering HDD prices are currently 3x the price they were a few months ago.

Cosimo · 29 Dec 2011 at 16:08

TrUz said:
£20, lol...

You get what you pay for.

Justintime · 29 Dec 2011 at 16:27

edscdk said:
I would not want a drive with any bad sectors... sounds reasonable to want a refund

Vonhelmet · 29 Dec 2011 at 17:06

Kenai said:
Difference being is a scratch on a car is just cosmetic and can be easily fixed with some polishing, a drive with bad sectors could well be showing the first signs of an impending failure of the drive so it's understandable he'd not want to risk it, especially if he can genuinely only afford a second hand 160GB drive. It's not the loss of 32kb worth of space he's complaining about.

I'm erring towards this way of thinking... If the 64 errors are due to 64 head crashes then hell, no, I don't want that disk.

Dogbreath · 29 Dec 2011 at 18:18

edscdk said:
I would not want a drive with any bad sectors... sounds reasonable to want a refund

Why would you be buying an obsolete second hand hard drive with unknown history if you are concerned about reliability?

shauncr91 · 29 Dec 2011 at 18:37

Tbh I reckon he's just realised he's had his pants pulled down paying £20 for a 160gb IDE and wants a refund for that more than the bad sectors.

CaptainRAVE · 29 Dec 2011 at 18:43

Duke said:
This is why things like this go in the bin, rather than having the annoyance of people with no money trying to buy things and being awkward about it.

Agreed!