I bought a supposedly new SCSI disk on eBay (Seagate ST3146854LC, 147 GB
15k rpm). According to the format command on Solaris 10, this has 633
primary defects and 18 grown defects. Does the fact there are grown
defects indicate it has been used? I'm very suspicious it is not new at
all.

I'm also more than irritated that it was sent in a very thin jiffy bag,
with no anti-static bag. I'm very tempted to tell the seller he can have
it back, as I've no idea what damage this might have suffered in the
post being in just a jiffy bag. According to the seagate site, they
should be shipped with 2" of foam in a corrugated box. I suspect that it
is a bit OTT, but a silly jiffy bag is a feel taking the mic a bit.




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