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RyanCooperdjy0 
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Posted 23 May 2012 - 12:20 PM
What??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. hahaha, I have had such bad customer service experience with Seagate and now am all using al LaCie drives because they have been really good.
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Posted 23 May 2012 - 12:31 PM
RyanCooperdjy0, on 23 May 2012 - 12:20 PM, said:
What??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. hahaha, I have had such bad customer service experience with Seagate and now am all using al LaCie drives because they have been really good.
In contrast, I swore off LaCie years ago because of miserable customer service. I can forgive the occasional bad device, or even flawed design. They happen to every vendor. But when you get one of the bad units you want confidence that it will be dealt with efficiently and effectively. LaCie met *neither* criterion. From reading about other people's experiences with them since then, I've avoided any interest in giving them another chance.
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Posted 23 May 2012 - 01:42 PM
First off, calling LaCie a “storage company” is kind of funny.
2nd, I don’t believe LaCie really make anything! They OEM stuff and slap their label on it no?
They don’t build the panels for their so-so display systems (get an NEC SpectraView, better software, they pick the best panels). They don’t build the drives do they? I don’t think so. The most certainly don’t make the Colorimeters used in their display offerings.
They may make cases and such, develop software (probably out-of-house).
2nd, I don’t believe LaCie really make anything! They OEM stuff and slap their label on it no?
They don’t build the panels for their so-so display systems (get an NEC SpectraView, better software, they pick the best panels). They don’t build the drives do they? I don’t think so. The most certainly don’t make the Colorimeters used in their display offerings.
They may make cases and such, develop software (probably out-of-house).
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Posted 23 May 2012 - 01:55 PM
bastion, on 23 May 2012 - 12:31 PM, said:
RyanCooperdjy0, on 23 May 2012 - 12:20 PM, said:
What??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. hahaha, I have had such bad customer service experience with Seagate and now am all using al LaCie drives because they have been really good.
In contrast, I swore off LaCie years ago because of miserable customer service. I can forgive the occasional bad device, or even flawed design. They happen to every vendor. But when you get one of the bad units you want confidence that it will be dealt with efficiently and effectively. LaCie met *neither* criterion. From reading about other people's experiences with them since then, I've avoided any interest in giving them another chance.
Ya I imagine everyone is different. I had 3 seagate drives fail in the same week one time and they wanted me to pay $40 per drive PLUS shipping (which according to them was going to another $50 or so per drive) to access my warranty. I wasn't happy which is when I switched to LaCie and every one of my LaCie drives has been going strong for a couple years now without fail.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:52 AM
RyanCooperdjy0, on 23 May 2012 - 01:55 PM, said:
bastion, on 23 May 2012 - 12:31 PM, said:
RyanCooperdjy0, on 23 May 2012 - 12:20 PM, said:
What??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. hahaha, I have had such bad customer service experience with Seagate and now am all using al LaCie drives because they have been really good.
In contrast, I swore off LaCie years ago because of miserable customer service. I can forgive the occasional bad device, or even flawed design. They happen to every vendor. But when you get one of the bad units you want confidence that it will be dealt with efficiently and effectively. LaCie met *neither* criterion. From reading about other people's experiences with them since then, I've avoided any interest in giving them another chance.
Ya I imagine everyone is different. I had 3 seagate drives fail in the same week one time and they wanted me to pay $40 per drive PLUS shipping (which according to them was going to another $50 or so per drive) to access my warranty. I wasn't happy which is when I switched to LaCie and every one of my LaCie drives has been going strong for a couple years now without fail.
Then you should poke around inside your LaCie enclosure... The do NOT make the drive mechanism... just the shell that it goes in. You could easily have Seagate drives in your LaCie enclosure...
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 09:20 PM
Maybe now we will get some decent products La Cie have been going downhill for several years, no innovation just fancy and expensive housings. My experience with their products has been disappointing and I have several dead housings around the house most of them built to military specs by the look of them.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 11:11 AM
Seagate would be crazy to drop the LaCie brand. Despite all the LaCie haters out there, it remains a popular brand and known for simplicity and design. Two things Apple users prefer over gadget-iness or crippled and unusably cheap options.
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