Update: One drive was DOA. I don't trust the other drive.
Update two: Lagoom's customer service was EXTREMELY helpful. They immediately apologized, promised to look into their shipping methods, and issued me a full credit. I was impressed with their response. I would order again from them (although I would call make sure their shipping was adequate if I was ordering something fragile.)
Original Post below:
Everything went well with this order for two Western Digital Hard drives until I opened the package and saw how they had been packed.
I ordered these specific drives because of their supposed longevity. I am tired of drive failures! Yet I have been reading that most drive failures are caused by poor shipping practices.
Lagoom did not ship these fragile drives properly. The two bare drives were rubber banded to each other with a flimsy piece of cardboard between them and a thin layer of SMALL dimpled bubble wrap was around them. Then the drives were simply thrown into a box and shipped via FedEX.
There was no indication on the box that this package was fragile.
Hard drives ARE extremely fragile and to drop one is to almost certainly ensure its early demise. No hard drive manufacturer will even accept a return without 'retail packaging" which cushions the drive with thick foam or other secure shock-proof packaging.
This review was modified by its author, pmcg, on
9/17/08 7:48 PM.