Any way to wipe this drive?

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> kony

It is what it means to the manufacturer, who is the one
deciding what they'll send as the replacement.

Indeed. That is *exactly* why consumer protection laws exist, to avoid
consumers being at the mercy of manufacturers.

 

[Rod Speed]

The drive was never spec'd or advertised in any way as
fit for the exact, narrowly defined purpose discussed.

Irrelevant to what the fit for purpose consumer protection laws require.

Suppose you bought a garden hose and find it useful that it
has a white stripe on it, not entirely colored green so your
half blind neighbor wouldn't run over it with his lawn mower.
Suppose that hose fails under warranty and they want
to give you a non-striped green hose instead. Are they
obligated to give you a specific hose based on some
attribute they didn't advertise as being a feature? Not necessarily.

Irrelevant to what the fit for purpose consumer protection laws require.

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> kony

The drive was never spec'd or advertised in any way as fit
for the exact, narrowly defined purpose discussed.

Unimportant. If the previous drive was suitable for the customer's
needs, the replacement must be suitable for the same installation.

Suppose you bought a garden hose and find it useful that it
has a white stripe on it, not entirely colored green so your
half blind neighbor wouldn't run over it with his lawn
mower. Suppose that hose fails under warranty and they want
to give you a non-striped green hose instead. Are they
obligated to give you a specific hose based on some
attribute they didn't advertise as being a feature?

If that feature was a deciding factor in your purchase, then in short,
yes.

 

[Rod Speed]

Show us anywhere in the drive spec or manufacturer
advertisments, press releases, anywhere at all that states
the drive is fit for the purpose of RAIDing with another
drive of some exact capacity.

That aint what the fit for purpose consumer protection laws are about.

There is no fitness for purpose that is not a purpose they
didn't ever claim in the first place.

That aint what the fit for purpose consumer protection laws are about.

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that you dont have a
clue about what the fit for purpose consumer laws are actually about.

 

[Rod Speed]

You mean you'd like it to be, but the replacement doesn't
have to be suitable in any way the manufacturer did not
advertise. Manufacturer advertises a guaranteed minimum
capacity as suitable for a RAID array, SPECIFYING RAID? If
so, ok.

That aint what the fit for purpose consumer protection laws are about.

 

[Rod Speed]

Oh?

Fraid so.

Then show us the consumer protection law that claims
fit for purpose means something other than advertised,
something other than a spec'd capability.

Read the fit for purpose section of any comsumer protection
law, it has NOTHING to do with advertising or specs.

They do not claim it's purpose is "able to create
RAID0 array with some exact other size drive".

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that you dont have
a clue what the fit for purpose consumer protection law is about.

Nor do you apparently.

Fraid so.

 

[Rod Speed]

Fraid so.

Read the fit for purpose section of any comsumer protection
law, it has NOTHING to do with advertising or specs.

Uniform Commercial Code
§ 2-315. Implied Warranty: Fitness for Particular Purpose.

Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any
particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer
is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish
suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under the next
section an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.

 

[Rod Speed]

Those are covered by an entirely different section, 2-313
etc which doesnt even mention fitness for purpose.

When the drive was bought did the manufacturer "know of the
particular purpose" (RAID0 of some exact size other drive)?

No one said they did. I JUST rubbed YOUR stupid nose in the FACT
that your stupid claims about advertising and specs have NOTHING to
do with the fitness for purpose section of the consumer protection laws.

 

[Rod Speed]

Someone needs a nap.

You need a boot up the arse.