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> It was listed as “No HDD” which was visibly a lie because this thing still has its screw cover stickers intact I’m trying to understand why anyone would lie
by mysterypie 6y ago
> It was listed as “No HDD” which was visibly a lie because this thing still has its screw cover stickers intact
I’m trying to understand why anyone would lie about not having a hard disk. Is there some rule on the auction website that hard disks must have been removed or wiped?
- p_l 6y agoSeller not knowing combined with common approach of removing hard drives to either sell separately or because of data wiping. The CMOS battery error could have confused the final seller. It's quite often that such finds come through multiple hands, and by the time it hits eBay/whatever the seller has no idea what they are selling except maybe for what's written on labels and can be decided in 5 minutes from looking at the wares :) That's how I bought my (former now) AlphaStation 255/233, I noticed the case being sold as "old server case for use as HTPC" :)
- PAPPPmAc 6y agoThis. Goodwill's policy is, AFIK, a "reasonable measures to wipe" so once they saw it fail to POST and no obvious HDD caddy they just listed.