Factory recertified drives are tested by the manufacturer (Seagate) using the same testing process as new drives.
ST14000NM000J-FR - Seagate Exos X18 14TB SATA Factory Recertified
12 months seller warranty
1.5% surcharge for CC & PayPal payments, no surcharge for bank transfer
Local stock
Express Post delivery, 1-2 business days handling
Never mind. These are not white label. Answered my own question by reading comments
may I ask how to tell whether it's a white label? Both models seem to have a label in white colour?? Thanks.
White label have WL in the SKU
ST14000NM000J-FR is not White Label
ST14000NM000J-WL-FR is white label
The cheaper one was the White Label version, both are factory recertified, but white label usually have had a repair done prior to recertification.
No deal.
$244 with 3 year warranty from East Digital
https://east-digital.myshopify.com/products/seagate-exos-14t…
We are a smaller volume reseller and have to rely on the warranty provided by our distributor.
I wouldn't buy anything from such a web site:
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Also they don't seem to be operating in AU.
RM 1902 EASEY COMM BLDG 253-261 HENNESSY ROAD WANCHAI HONG KONG
Your loss
Many East Digital deals have been posted here with a heap of us jumping on it, no issues from three orders I've made (total 11 drives); they were also shipped from within Australia. Return address is also in Australia. They also operate via Ebay. I'm not a fan boy, just had positive experiences and all 11 drives have been operating all year 24/7 touch wood
No, they operate in Hong Kong while I saw their shipping address was in HK and using HK post 2 months ago.
I even asked the Sales Manager in email with spoken Chinese if I could buy it in HK and they replied in simplified Chinese that I could pick up in HK.
Whats your oldest drive purchased from east digital. Eg. How long running? Can u use as backup drive?
@cobknob: I run them in my NAS (well in two NAS) which are on 24/7, 5 have have been in one since January this year, the other six since in my new NAS since July 2024.
east digital has been a long time in ozbargain. I did buy 2×18TB for my home server. no problem so far.
HK company. All my dozen or so orders have shipped from AU though (Arrived within 48 hours, AU sender address)
They're totally legit.
The used to have you email them personally and deal over direct messaging.
That got messy so they threw together a boilerplate shopify website.
They've been around for a while.
https://www.ebay.com.au/str/eastdigital
2014.
And you can hit the owner up on Skype if you have questions, like I did: robin2011qiu
I've made over a dozen orders from them, all delivered, and all were better than expected.
Plus their packaging could be used to ship nitro; its so well packed.
The packaging is fantastic, all individual fit for purpose foam inserts for each drive. Very impressed.
I have 4x 16TB drives from them and all going amazing, no issues at all
They had a local address so it was shipping in about 3-4 business days. Cant remember if it was Syd or Melb
Great post OP. Any 20TB version coming soon? Thanks.
Depends on supplier availability and pricing, but also need to clear the current batch :)
![[Recertified] Seagate Exos X18 14TB 3.5" SATA HDD Factory Recertified $249 Delivered + Surcharge @ Pongobyte Computers](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/85/877085.jpg?h=1b81c743)
what's the difference between this and the one you posted prior for $50 less? https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/851343