Enterprise drives that make it into retail channels have been suspect for years and I've received used/dead drives from Amazon, Newegg, etc. pretty habitually.

Enterprise drives that make it into retail channels have been suspect for years and I've received used/dead drives from Amazon, Newegg, etc. pretty habitually. I pretty much only buy them from Newegg anymore if I have to buy retail and even then my return rate for receiving DOA drives is nearly 50%. Where I don't have this problem is buying via my server vendor contract w/ our Dell reseller. Buying enterprise drives through enterprise sales channels they always arrive new.