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Maestro Technology Sells Used SSD Drives as New

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146 points walterbell | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 18:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.344s | source
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LeifCarrotson ◴[12 Nov 25 18:44 UTC] No.45904120[source]▶
It's crazy to me that rsync.net is buying mission-critical enterprise drives on Amazon.

I don't buy drives on Amazon for my 9 year old's laptop because of the rampant fraud and counterfeiting, I'm shocked that they're trusted for any business use-cases by anyone moderately savvy. I'm even more shocked that the takeaway is to blame the individual seller, rather than the marketplace that makes it possible.

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epistasis ◴[12 Nov 25 18:50 UTC] No.45904243[source]▶
First two lines of the article:

>At rsync.net we have trusted suppliers with verified supply chains and a long history of providing reliable service.

>However, from time to time, it is expedient to purchase parts from Amazon - something we do with care and suspicion.

That seems like a very reasonable and non-crazy approach to using Amazon.

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1. 0x1ch ◴[12 Nov 25 19:28 UTC] No.45905009[source]▶
This is how we operate at my job. We go through our trusted and reliable vendor, who gets us good pricing but doesn't always control shipping times. If it's urgent, Amazon will be delivered within 48 hrs.