Components eligible for return within a week?

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Hey folks,

I bought a laptop recently and an SSD from a competitor (only because OcUK don't have it in stock).

Unfortunately today, said laptop has developed a problem and I'm returning it for a refund - which renders the SSD drive without a purpose.

I only took delivery of the drive yesterday and it's barely had time to stretch it legs, but am I right in thinking that I can return it within 7 days, no questions asked?

I have looked around for policies but it's a mess to read through and is ultimately unclear.

Thanks for any clarification on the situation. (mad rhymes)

 

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I have indeed installed it unfortunately. I will get in touch with them and hopefully they may cut me some slack.

Just on a side note, can SSD drives be 'zero-d' before sending back (similar to traditional hard drives)? I may think twice about returning it if not.

Thanks for your help, Ben.

 

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Hopefully should be able to return it okay.

I now come to the problem of wiping the thing. I've done a seven-pass on the SSD to 'securely erase' it. But I've been since reading about the drives and some people think that may not be enough.

There have been a few suggestions of software in Windows but I only have OS X available at the moment - so that's a no goer.

Should 7 passes be enough? Normally with a traditional hard drive I wouldn't have any doubts but as this is new tech, I'm not at all sure and don't want to have to change all my login details to websites I use (eg PayPal, eBay etc).

I understand that data may be accessed even after x passes but don't want it instantly available when it's next plugged in, incase SSDs work 'that' much differently.

Thanks for any help and if a passing mod could kindly move this into hard drives, that would be appreciated.