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To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (1471)	6/23/1998 1:23:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

>>I think the efforts of end users to rate manufacturers defect rates is futile and nearly impossible.<< What options do we have? If I buy a product from a manufacturer and it fails I may or may not buy another one. If I buy again and it fails I surely would not buy from the manufacturer again. If someone else relates their experience with a product it is at least one piece of information that I did not know before. My only stipulation would be that it is factual. If a manufacturer wants to counter incomplete information they should just publish reliability stats..If they have a reliable product what do they have to lose? I for one would be more inclined to buy a product from a manufacturer that is forthcoming with information on their products. The availability of information on a product is indeed a deciding factor for me. I bypass many potentially good products for lack of information. I have only heard positive comments about Plextor drives. It is almost unanimously selected as the drive to buy on the sites I frequent. I find it useful knowledge that at least one person has had a problem. If Spots still has the drive perhaps Plextor would buy it back and replace it for the inconvenience. It sounds like the drive was defective. I doubt they are involved with planned obsolescence. If they were to take apart the drive perhaps they might learn something and spare another customer the inconvenience. Spots might change his mind about Plextor if they were to act in such a manner. I certainly would favor a manufacturer that showed an interest in their products. Always looking for the best Zeuspaul