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I posted that I needed a cheap 128 gig SSD. I immediately go a response from a long time member. He said he had one in the price range that I though was what one should cost. I did not ask any more questions since the member had great Heat. Everything went well. When I received the drive I was stunned to ha Crystaldiskinfo report that the drive as 67% good. I personally don't sell anything that is not in near perfect shape. I give drives that have seen their better days to a friend who uses them to store non-critical files. Am I missing something.

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Well, the drive is functional, just not at optimal health. It's not misrepresented. You received a drive that works and still has life remaining.

Lesson learned: Ask for CrystalDisk info prior to purchase
 
wolfofsin said:
Well, the drive is functional, just not at optimal health. It's not misrepresented. You received a drive that works and still has life remaining.

Lesson learned: Ask for CrystalDisk info prior to purchase
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Agreed. It was not misrepresented at all. Make sure you do your homework before purchasing a used item.
 
Im not piling on, but I have to agree with the others, and your post says it all.

You posted a need for a "cheap 128 gig SSD."
Selller said he had one in the price range.
"I did not ask any more questions since the member had great Heat."

I checked your thread, and your requirements were"128 gig SSD wanted, Cheap. Shipped to zip 21222."

You appear to have gotten what you paid for.

I do not see a problem, and would expect you to leave the seller positive heat.
You can even put in the comments about being disappointed about the drive life, but you need to be honest and mention that you never asked about the life, or even "any more questions."
 
Even if the drive is at 67% it will last for a very long time if you aren't planning to write to it all the time.
 
I hope in the end you will not blame the seller of any wrong doings. I think we all, over time, learn there are certain things we should not take for granted and now make sure to ask. It happens and we learn for it. Thanks for posting here before reacting to the seller. That's what this is for. Thanks to everyone else for constructively responding.
 
No wrong doing here. Due diligence would have avoided this 'disappointment', if you can call it that.

Drive works just fine, count your blessings!
 
That is why I posted here. I had tried to buy something from this seller years ago. Asked him a question and really didn't care for the response. Avoided buying from him all these years. Just goes to show you that first impressions are often right.
 
LM3 said:
That is why I posted here. I had tried to buy something from this seller years ago. Asked him a question and really didn't care for the response. Avoided buying from him all these years. Just goes to show you that first impressions are often right.
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You still aren't getting it.

"Just goes to show you that first impressions are often right." Is just a bullshit answer to somehow convince yourself you're right in the end. You aren't. You asked for a used drive that was cheap and got exactly that. If you wanted near perfect quality, say it. The seller was as honest as you required.
 
I guess I just expected everyone else on the forum to be be as honest as I am.
 
Not to poke at this, but remember, your not losing a percent each month of use, Ive been beating on my ssd for a few years and Im still at 100%. your going to have that drive for a long time man, it works, I think you got a fair deal.
 
Just to point out a little statistical analysis... If you use it in the same manner as the previous owner (99% 24x7 according to the power-on count) and write to it at the same rate (unknown) then you have ~7 yrs of life left on that SSD.

If you get your partitions properly aligned that time frame may be much larger. SSDs don't like unaligned access, it causes write amplification which of course increases the wear rate. On the other hand maybe that SMART field is bogus for this model.
 
Etherton said:
My impression is that you didn't ask enough questions and now are complaining. Personally, I try to avoid buyers (and sellers) like you. Too much potential drama, as shown.
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I think I disagree with you Etherton. The OP has pretty good heat going back a long time.

https://www.heatware.com/u/24266/to

He took the time to post and ask a questions here and get feedback.............the answer to his question seems obvious to all of us, but I would not classify him as someone to avoid.....this isnt drama to me or even potential drama.

But what the hell do I know?
 
When you ask for a cheap drive you can't really expect it to be perfect. I too see no problem with the transaction from either side. I've had my own concern from someone else about a drive I was selling and sometimes I'm wondering if people still think of SSDs like they do mechanical drives.
 
67% life on most SSDs is still several years worth of typical use.

It's usually based on the amount of overprovision capacity that has been retired. Not a big deal.
 
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