Well I am bringing this up from the depths to relate all that has happened..
As previously stated I received my drive to late to qualify for the OD rebate but a very nice CSR went ahead and credited my CC for the $30.00 I have also received notification that my Maxtor rebate is good to go and I should get in within the month. All well and good but things take a down turn...
Within 4 days of having the new drive installed it dies on me...
I immediately call Maxtor, tell them what has happened and that I am very displeased with the situation as I had just got my system back up to speed. The CSR from Maxtor was extremely nice but he couldn't RMA my drive as it didn't have the correct numbers on the label!!!!
:| So I had to scan the drive and fax them a copy of the scan, then wait for an ok from a supervisor.. I was getting steamed at this point.
Get a call back the next day, all is good. It seems as though Maxtor has begun to streamline the numbering process on their drives and not all of the CSRs were up to speed. So I get an Express RMA and the drive arrives today (3 days later or so) and low and behold it is a DiamondMax Plus 9,
60g liquid bearing 7200rpm drive!!!
So for approx. $14 I get 60gs of liquid bearing hdd. Plus it has the 3 year warranty still!
All in all a good day for me!
Rob