Free shipping at scan

[divine]

Originally Posted by Will

I don't know about the cash in hand thing, but it hasn't surprised me that Gibbo has left. I can't divulge too much I'm afraid - but it's really not that sinister.

Is there really much else to divulge beyond what Gibbo posted in that link? :/

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by divine

Is there really much else to divulge beyond what Gibbo posted in that link? :/

Only Bull and Bluster that Spie will have fed the Dons to keep them onside

MB

[Will]

That's actually very much not right MB, but anyway... it's not that sinister and Gib made some of the choices for himself.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Nutcase

Has anyone bought a hard drive from Scan recently? Bought one for my mate using the AVForums free shipping, it arrived just in a thin plastic (not antistatic?) shell wrapped in bubble wrap and was DOA. Replacement works ok so far. Just got one for me and the same pathetic packaging.

This has been normal practice for as long as I've ordered from Scan so nowt to do with free shipping. The trick is to order something else that won't fit in the bubble wrapping - then you'll get a box.

I've had worse too - HDD in an antistatic bag and then just shoved in a jiffy bag. I could feel parts of the drive through the bag. Fortunately, it survived and still works. That was from guess who several years ago (they apologised and have since improved).

Originally Posted by Feek

Bloody hell, I always expected him to be part of the furniture forever.

Same, but then again nothing is a certainty nowadays in employment.

Originally Posted by Zirax

Hmmm, this is after the super ted was brought in (Rupert). This probably also explains why a new director was announced on ocuk. I did think at the time "why would I care?" but that probably explains it.

Rupert disappeared from the scene several months back. No word was given (not that I'd have expected one).

PS - I'm a Novatech customer. Heard about them because work use(d) them for IT spares. Not sure if they still do but I didn't have any problems with the parts I ordered (mainly small stuff that was hard to come by via the usual suspects).

[MarcLister]

Originally Posted by Mark

Rupert disappeared from the scene several months back. No word was given (not that I'd have expected one).

Rupert's gone? He wasn't there long. Only arrived in 2008 sometime didn't he?

[G|mp]

The things I've heard don't bode well for the future of OcUK but hey thats for another time

[Nutcase]

Originally Posted by Nutcase

Has anyone bought a hard drive from Scan recently? Bought one for my mate using the AVForums free shipping, it arrived just in a thin plastic (not antistatic?) shell wrapped in bubble wrap and was DOA. Replacement works ok so far. Just got one for me and the same pathetic packaging.

From Scan's RMA instructions:



What external box?! Freee shipping is one thing, but surely it should be packaged properly?

Well shock horror my drive is dying Won't read from large parts of it and when I do a scandisk it stops at 24% and won't go any further, have to switch off and on. Have put it as the non-boot drive and am trying scandisk within windows, and that seems to have the same stall point, but at least the computer runs...

Not amused at all.

[divine]

What is the drive?

Seagate have just admitted to having a load of drives that kill themselves because of the firmware.

[Nutcase]

Samsung spinpoint 1tb.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by divine

Seagate have just admitted to having a load of drives that kill themselves because of the firmware.

Different situation - the bad firmware just makes the whole drive 'disappear'. The data is still there but you can't get at it. In that case, power cycling the machine might help, but woe betide you if you use one in a RAID array and the firmware bug bites.