I also received recertified (sold as such and with proper labels and warranty) WD drives and more concerning:
4 fake WD drives that had failed SMART long self test with surface read anomalies and looked very banged up and used (scratches, stripped mounting holes).
The SMART attributes had been reflashed to look brand new and the drives cleaned with isopropyl alcohol or something similar and relabeled with not too bad looking fake labels using OEM or old serial numbers. The antistatic bags were also not genuine WD. The disks contained a test pattern unlike brand new WD disk which usually only have 00s.
This is not a new thing. I think I bought them off Amazon marketplace in 2023. Returns for full refund were not an issue however once I sent photos and SMART errors.
4 fake WD drives that had failed SMART long self test with surface read anomalies and looked very banged up and used (scratches, stripped mounting holes). The SMART attributes had been reflashed to look brand new and the drives cleaned with isopropyl alcohol or something similar and relabeled with not too bad looking fake labels using OEM or old serial numbers. The antistatic bags were also not genuine WD. The disks contained a test pattern unlike brand new WD disk which usually only have 00s.
This is not a new thing. I think I bought them off Amazon marketplace in 2023. Returns for full refund were not an issue however once I sent photos and SMART errors.