Amazon.com Shipped 2TB WD HDDs Just in a Bag
They were either dead on arrival or failed in a few days.
By Jean Jacques Maleval | March 31, 2010 at 2:40 pmTo read this article from Wired.com, click on:
Amazon’s ‘Frustration-Free’ Packaging Leaves a Trail of Dead Disks
Amazon’s decision to reduce difficult-to-cut-through plastic shells and boxes stuffed with foam as part of its ‘frustration-free’ packaging initiative introduced last year has helped consumers and the environment. But sometimes the idea can backfire, as some shoppers discovered. Amazon customers who bought a two terabyte Western Digital hard disk drive from the company’s website were shocked to find their disk arrive wrapped just in a bag and secured with some ‘cardboard hoops.’ And not surprisingly, the hard drives were either dead on arrival or failed in a few days.