In addition to their eBay store, East Digital have setup an overseas Shopify store which is cheaper. As per the previous deals warranty is 3 years via them. Check previous deals for comments and check eBay Feedback. Shipping is either via FedEx and is really quick, or a few people from the previous deal including myself delivery was via Hong Kong Post which took 10 days to arrive.
A few from the last post have had to return for warranties. Return labels were provided and it looks like they have a local address for Returns in Kerrimuir VIC going by comments in the last post with either replacements or refunds provided.
They have the following pricing for brand new OEM drives with 3 year warranty-
- Seagate 14TB ST14000NM001G Exos X16 512e 3.5" SATA - $233
- Seagate 16TB ST16000NM001G Exos X16 512e 6Gb 3.5 SATA $277
- Seagate 18TB ST18000NM000J Exos X18 512e 4Kn 6Gb/s- $309
And they have the following Factory Recertified Drives with 3 year warranty-
- Seagate Exos 16TB ST16000NM000J 3.5 X18- $246
- Seagate Exos 18TB ST18000NM000J X18- $277
- Seagate Exos ST22000NM001E X22 3.5 22TB- $416
I was looking at these earlier, I was going to comment on our last thread to mention, but figured it wouldn't do a whole lot. (and didn't have the time to write out a proper thread like you've done)
It was interesting seeing the 22TB exos there and that the recertified drives had 3yr warranty instead of the previous 1yr warranty.
The 14TB recertified WDs from memory were quite a good price.