I was brousing ebay to see if there were any cheap HDDs...Im in need of one for storage.
I found one here : 250gig SEAGATE SATA 2 HARDRIVE (quick format) I had a read through the description and looked like a good deal. So i bid.
Just to make sure it was all working n that I sent the seller a message. Seeing as it said "quick format" I thought id inquire about that.
I was very pleased when I got a reply so quickly:
ok fair enough...well I dont want a broken hard drive so:
no reply for a while so I sent another messsage.
As i couldnt tell from reading the description that is didnt work properly I thought id advise them on how to improve the description so as not to dissapoint anyone.
I got this in reply:
Woah there! so if I see "quick format" in any HDD description I should be wary?
Im pretty damn sure that you can quick format a perfectly fine hard drive so how in any way can that imply that its faulty???
Am I being really stupid here, or is this guy just venting some kind of built up anger on me. lol
I've never heard of quick format being used as some code for faulty. If he had written something like "I can only quick format it" then I wouldnt have bid in the first place.
Anyone else had this kind of infuriating experience? This kind of this just get on my fridging knockers.
thanks for reading the rant
I found one here : 250gig SEAGATE SATA 2 HARDRIVE (quick format) I had a read through the description and looked like a good deal. So i bid.
Just to make sure it was all working n that I sent the seller a message. Seeing as it said "quick format" I thought id inquire about that.
I presume the drive is in perfect working order and only needs to be properly formatted, correct?
thanks
I was very pleased when I got a reply so quickly:
hi thanks for your message this drive has been quick formated because i was unable to do a full format on it hence NO RETURNES kind regards
ok fair enough...well I dont want a broken hard drive so:
oh.....is there any way i can take my bid off? thanks
no reply for a while so I sent another messsage.
As i couldnt tell from reading the description that is didnt work properly I thought id advise them on how to improve the description so as not to dissapoint anyone.
I would like you to cancel my bid please. I thought the drive was working and I think you should edit the description accordinly to make that more clear.
Thanks.
I got this in reply:
DONT TELL ME HOW TO LIST ITS NOT MY FAULT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS . FOR GODS SAKE!!!!
I SELL HUNDREDS OF THESE THINGS EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS . NOW GO AWAY STOP HASSELING ME . YOU HAVE BEEN BLOCKED ANYWAY . ( DONT REPLY ELSE ILL REPORT YOU TO EBAY )
Woah there! so if I see "quick format" in any HDD description I should be wary?
Im pretty damn sure that you can quick format a perfectly fine hard drive so how in any way can that imply that its faulty???
Am I being really stupid here, or is this guy just venting some kind of built up anger on me. lol
I've never heard of quick format being used as some code for faulty. If he had written something like "I can only quick format it" then I wouldnt have bid in the first place.
Anyone else had this kind of infuriating experience? This kind of this just get on my fridging knockers.
thanks for reading the rant