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Maestro Technology Sells Used SSD Drives as New

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146 points walterbell | 3 comments | 12 Nov 25 18:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Syzygies ◴[12 Nov 25 19:04 UTC] No.45904528[source]▶
"Other than returning the four parts for a refund (which we did) and documenting this behavior here, our only other recourse was to guarantee that these four specific parts were never sold as new again:"

Alas, one can completely remove Sharpie writing from metal with 99% isopropyl alcohol. Did they make a better choice? This looks like Sharpie writing to me.

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1. nekusar ◴[12 Nov 25 19:11 UTC] No.45904670[source]▶
https://www.amazon.com/Janlaugh-Resistant-Laboratory-Permane...

Alcohol/solvent resistant markers.

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2. hexbin010 ◴[12 Nov 25 19:34 UTC] No.45905110[source]▶
But are they genuine and unused? !
3. 1970-01-01 ◴[12 Nov 25 20:28 UTC] No.45906084[source]▶
One spray of brake cleaner and it's gone. Cheaper to use a carbide scribe or simply get a shard of glass or ceramic and physically scribe into the drive. Now they're permanently used drives, no debate is possible.