My experience with Western Digital's Advanced RMA

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DaTT

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I received my new drives no problem. I live in Canada, right near DHL Global Forwarding, so instead of paying for shipping, I dropped them off right there....DHL Global Forwarding is where I ship drives to in Canada, then they ship it to WD....I was not given a tracking number, but was given proof of my dropping them off.

I called WD last week to inquire as to why the warranty had not been changed (defective drive was good until Nov 2015, new drive only until Mar 2013). He said he had not received them yet (they were shipped on Nov 23), but he said he would have them update the warranty anyways, give it 24-48 hrs. I did, no change.

I called again and this time I was told they had received the drives that day, give it 24-48hrs to update. I did, no change.

I called again today, now I am told the drives have NOT been received....what??!! I was given a new case number and told to e-mail WD Support a picture of the receipt I got from DHL to prove I shipped them, then I was hung up on. I calmed myself down before calling back, of course I get a different person. The case number I was provided on my last call belonged to someone else.....what??!!

I was put through to a manager which I knew was going to go nowhere, which it did.

Also, please tell your staff to stop apologizing so much, it gets irritating when every other word out of there mouth is an insincere, "Sorry".
 

amdhunter

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Meh, I'll make a thread about this when it's resolved. I have an ongoing issue with Samsung myself.
 

SheHateMe

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Yea, I hate when they repeatedly apologize.

Blue Cross overcharged my account 3 times within a week. I called and asked for a refund and explanation as to why they charged my card like that when 1) I don't have auto draft and 2) My account was already covered


All the stupid CS girl kept saying was "Im sorry", "sorry", "sorry about that". When I asked for a refund, she told me that it would take 3 weeks to get it and I got angry telling them that it only took a few days to take $350 out of my account for no reason, but WEEKS to get it back...I also asked her what if I needed to pay rent or pick up a prescription with that money (which I did)..

all she could say was "sorry".

3 weeks pass...I was never refunded. I called and asked and was told "oh, we applied it to your account, you're covered until April....

FOR FUCKS SAKE!
 

Aikouka

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I had good luck with their standard RMA. I had a 2TB Caviar Green and 1.5TB Caviar Black drive go on me. The interesting part was that every time I returned a drive, Western Digital gave me back a drive that was .5TB larger. The Green drive replacement was bad, and I ended up getting a 3TB drive back. :eek:
 

DaTT

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So, apparently leaving this rant on Western Digital's public forum got some action. I finally got a call from a decision maker and things may be resolved by tomorrow.
 
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