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Seagate court settlement

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Icepick

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I just noticed this up on DailyTech. If you purchased a Seagate hard drive within the past six years they will send you cash or software as part of the settlement of a court case they've been battling.

I only qualified for the software and submitted the form. Supposedly it's a "$40 value". I guess we'll see what they ship out. 🙂
 
I'm with LoKe. I got the notice in the mail - tore it in half and trashed it. I have bought at least 4 Seagate drives in the past 6 years and they all have performed perfectly. No complaints.

As an aside - all of the proofs of purchase, etc., etc. that have to be submitted are no longer available anyway.

I'm happy! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: LoKe
You're actually jumping on this? People like you are the ones who fill lawyer's pockets and force manufacturers to raise their prices.
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Furthermore the case hasn't even been ruled on. It's not as if Seagate has admitted guilt and is just trying to get a court to approve this settlement to move on with things, Seagate is still in court trying to prove their innocence (and they are innocent).
 
Looks like being Canadian, i can't get in on this 🙁

I don't really feel they're being rightly sued, but they really need to start clearly stating the differences between GiB & GB to avoid this kinda sh!t.

And thus far, none of the manufacturers do that, for anything kind of storage devices...
 
Originally posted by: n7
Looks like being Canadian, i can't get in on this 🙁

I don't really feel they're being rightly sued, but they really need to start clearly stating the differences between GiB & GB to avoid this kinda sh!t.

And thus far, none of the manufacturers do that, for anything kind of storage devices...
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Technically they were first, it's the OS manufacturers that got things wrong. Storage has been in base-10 for years, far longer than OSs have been measuring it in base-2.
 
Originally posted by: corkyg
I'm with LoKe. I got the notice in the mail - tore it in half and trashed it. I have bought at least 4 Seagate drives in the past 6 years and they all have performed perfectly. No complaints.

As an aside - all of the proofs of purchase, etc., etc. that have to be submitted are no longer available anyway.
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There's nothing wrong with filing a claim for a settlement a company owes.
I've bought three Seagates in the time period and have screen shots of my confirmation pages. Serial numbers also qualify for the software if no proof of purchase is available.
Most online vendors keep records of your purchases.

 
Originally posted by: Blain
There's nothing wrong with filing a claim for a settlement a company owes.
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The company owes nothing. This is something every HD manufacture does, and it's a standard that has been around for a long time. It's all about how storage is measured, which originated with base-10, which would make Seagate, WD, Hitachi, all correct. Yet they're all being sued one at a time.
 
WD settled with me with some backup software.
Time for Seagate to pay the piper and stop their ~7% scamming. :laugh:
 
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what's included in the software? It is just the DiscWizard package that Seagate owners can now download anyway?

They only started bundling it with the retail drives around May of this year, so those of us who bought the drives before then didn't get that CD. I believe it's based on TrueImage, which retails for about the same price as the mystery "software suite" being offered up in the settlement. Or is there some other software Seagate offers that I'm not aware of?

Note that I don't necessarily agree with the settlement, but if someone out there really feels like Seagate owes them something, they might be able to get what's in that software suite anyway, without making Seagate pay for postage and the cost of the CD (at least if it does turn out to be DiscWizard).
 
This whole thing makes me sick and even though I purchased a Seagate drive in that time period (very happy with it by the way) I will not be making claim. I refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of this lawsuit and/or the ruling.

What is even more disgusting is it applies to OEM drives in addition to retail drives which is completely ludicrous in my opinion. :thumbsdown:

Arggh , I'm choking on my own rage here...:|

KT
 
Originally posted by: KeithTalent
This whole thing makes me sick and even though I purchased a Seagate drive in that time period (very happy with it by the way) I will not be making claim. I refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of this lawsuit and/or the ruling.

What is even more disgusting is it applies to OEM drives in addition to retail drives which is completely ludicrous in my opinion. :thumbsdown:

Arggh , I'm choking on my own rage here...:|

KT
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im with you, i actually counted few days ago, in that time period i purchased 37 segate HDs, some retail some OEM and im not making a claim on any of them
 
wtf, I can't believe there's a lawsuit about this. Why aren't all the other manufacturers being sued? I see that there is now a standard for using the term GiB instead, which is good, but using GB was just standard terminology previously.

I bought one seagate hard drive in this period, and it's been by far the best hard drive I've ever owned.
 
Originally posted by: clickynext
wtf, I can't believe there's a lawsuit about this. Why aren't all the other manufacturers being sued? I see that there is now a standard for using the term GiB instead, which is good, but using GB was just standard terminology previously.

I bought one seagate hard drive in this period, and it's been by far the best hard drive I've ever owned.
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I believe WD settled already. Hitachi would be next.
 
Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: clickynext
wtf, I can't believe there's a lawsuit about this. Why aren't all the other manufacturers being sued? I see that there is now a standard for using the term GiB instead, which is good, but using GB was just standard terminology previously.

I bought one seagate hard drive in this period, and it's been by far the best hard drive I've ever owned.
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I believe WD settled already. Hitachi would be next.
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Assuming Seagate loses, I can see the rest falling in a domino effect. Damn bloodsucking lawyers (and the class participants).
 
This thread should have a poll added! :thumbsup::laugh:

Question: My reply to this Seagate (and/or others), settlement is?

1. Thoughtful and well informed on the underlying storage and legal issues.
2. Knee-jerk reaction to the subject.
3. Neither 1 nor 2, I just need to get my post count higher.
 
IMO they have a valid case only due to the fact that there is no way to tell the difference between the abbreviated units. Both gibibytes and gigabytes use GB. I don't know of any other case where the abbreviation for a unit system is the exact same.
 
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Both gibibytes and gigabytes use GB.
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They put their definition of GB on the box.

I'm wondering though why, if it's so obvious that GB = 10^9, they would need a disclaimer.

There - my post count just got higher 🙂
 
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Both gibibytes and gigabytes use GB.
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They put their definition of GB on the box.

I'm wondering though why, if it's so obvious that GB = 10^9, they would need a disclaimer.

There - my post count just got higher 🙂
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And if everything needed a definition in fine print on the box we would be even more annoyed with advertising schemes.

This lawsuit is not as ridiculous as people here are making it out to seem.

Spilling coffee on yourself? Now THAT was rediculous.
 
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Spilling coffee on yourself? Now THAT was rediculous.
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I'm not sure why this sticks in my mind, but for me the most ridiculous lawsuit was about a thief who, in the process of breaking into a house, broke through a skylight and hurt himself. Sued for injuries and won. I would be having unspeakable thoughts if I was that homeowner.
 
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