Storage Solutions India Warranty on Seagate External HDD

ravi14 · Dec 22, 2013

I wish to buy external Seagate HDD from Amazon.com ( 3 TB or 4 TB) since the price is 10-15% cheaper (landed price).. I wish to know what will be warranty status in India. WIll Seagate replace the drives here in case of problem ? . Drives purchased in India comes with 3 yr replacement warranty.

nishthecooldude · Dec 23, 2013

Those drives come with 2yrs warranty.... Indian ones have 3yr indian warranty...

Brendon · Dec 23, 2013

AFAIK Seagate India won't honor the warranty. - http://forums.seagate.com/t5/GoFlex...ro/Global-warranty-refuse-in-INDIA/m-p/192730

prateekS · Dec 23, 2013

Brendon said:
AFAIK Seagate India won't honor the warranty. - http://forums.seagate.com/t5/GoFlex...ro/Global-warranty-refuse-in-INDIA/m-p/192730

I have already rmaed my drive once.

Brendon · Dec 24, 2013

^^ You RMAed a drive brought from outside India ? Please share your experience so people can be better informed.

malhotraraul · Dec 24, 2013

Yes .... even my drive was returned, please share, how ???

chetansha · Dec 24, 2013

AFAIK, do not hand over drive to ACCEL, they are the culprits here, go online, create seagate RMA, and ship it out. I have rma'ed 2 x seagate go flex home devices, no issues

prateekS · Dec 24, 2013

malhotraraul said:
Yes .... even my drive was returned, please share, how ???

Brendon said:
^^ You RMAed a drive brought from outside India ? Please share your experience so people can be better informed.

Here is your answer.

chetansha said:
AFAIK, do not hand over drive to ACCEL, they are the culprits here, go online, create seagate RMA, and ship it out. I have rma'ed 2 x seagate go flex home devices, no issues

hitesh12 · Dec 27, 2013

chetansha said:
AFAIK, do not hand over drive to ACCEL, they are the culprits here, go online, create seagate RMA, and ship it out. I have rma'ed 2 x seagate go flex home devices, no issues

Accel Frontline sux :wtf: