_bcron_@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Is it a good idea to purchase refurbished HDDs off Amazon ?English
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10 days agoPurely anecdotal but I tend to avoid any sensitive hardware purchases off of Amazon because they suck at packaging things a lot of times and I’ve had more than a few DOA components because they just tossed the box into an even larger box then apparently yeeted it down a flight of stairs
Edit: I should add that I live 10 minutes from a Microcenter which plays a large part in my overall pickiness, but that said, when I’m looking for something sensitive to handling and needs to be purchased online I stick to computer hardware retailers solely because they love packing peanuts and bubble wrap as much as the components love them
It’s pretty wild to think they took this long to prohibit using US-based software for such sensitive information