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Krisnatharok
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PSA: Crucial mix-up means 1 TB SSD instead of 128 GB one

Based off a clue from Reddit, I ordered a 128 GB Crucial M550 SSD from Amazon, and received a 1 TB ssd inside the 128 GB box.

See here (apologies for the language, since Arch's reply was "ha ha no you didn't, I read reddit too"):




The Redditor who first discovered the mixup claimed that his was likely shipped from a Chicago location, but mine was shipped from a Trenton, NJ location, which leads me to believe it was Crucial's mixup, and not Amazon's.




The Crucial SSD is sitting there as Disk 3.

I ordered two more, so I will report back with additional findings when they come in this weekend.

Sauce: »www.amazon.com/gp/produc ··· F8&psc=1
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Original thread: »www.reddit.com/r/pcmaste ··· d_mixup/

Exodus
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I'll buy one off you.

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One for me, one for the wife, one for the kid.

I'll give you a steal on a Samsung 840 500GB, though.

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I ordered one, even if it's a 128Gb ill just use it as a cache drive in my server.
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on the first one did you order from a third party that was fulfilled by Amazon and if so which one?

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Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

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Bah.. Not seeing them as an option.. only third parties.

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My next two are coming from BrooksBrother. Keeping fingers crossed.

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said by Exodus:

I'll buy one off you.

+5

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Bought one. At minimum I got what I paid for and can use it as the operating system drive. If I am lucky I got a bonus.

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There probably was a random 10 they gave out. An entire legion of nerds are buying these unwanted 128gb ssd drives like nuts. Marketing.

/I may have just bought the last one

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Thats my thought as well give out 1 in 25 and they are still making bank for the surge in sales.

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This became more fun than the lottery. Regardless I am getting a useful SSD I can put somewhere.

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said by Mike:

There probably was a random 10 they gave out. An entire legion of nerds are buying these unwanted 128gb ssd drives like nuts. Marketing.

/I may have just bought the last one

... there was at least one more.

Bastards.

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This thread delivers.

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I wonder this works. right now theyre sold by everything deals and fulfilled by amazon. Do they keep things separate from amazons stock or are they all in the same bunch?

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I think they are kept separate. . But don't quote me on that.

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I'm tempted to order one from Amazon Canada and see what happens.

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From the Reddit thread, it looks like a lot of these are mislabeled, some folks are getting 512GB, 1TB and 250GB drives randomly.

Seems like Crucial had some inventory issues.

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There is some sort of irony that we are spinning a wheel of destiny for a solid state drive.

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said by El Quintron:

From the Reddit thread, it looks like a lot of these are mislabeled, some folks are getting 512GB, 1TB and 250GB drives randomly.

Seems like Crucial had some inventory issues.

Just as long as they don't send you a lower capacity then you ordered,.....

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but....
"Sold by Hyper Tech (NO TAX Anywhere) and Fulfilled by Amazon."
»www.amazon.com/gp/produc ··· F8&psc=1

They(Hyper Tech) probably tested it, and but put it back in the wrong box.
Amazon is just the middle man.

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said by FizzyMyNizzy:

but....
"Sold by Hyper Tech (NO TAX Anywhere) and Fulfilled by Amazon."
»www.amazon.com/gp/produc ··· F8&psc=1

They(Hyper Tech) probably tested it, and but put it back in the wrong box.
Amazon is just the middle man.

I highly doubt that Hyper Tech tested the drives. No seller of equipment like this ever tests it except when they are installing it in a machine. The margins are too low to spend the time testing.

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Came today - "only" a 128gb drive. That's fine - I can use it anyway; I keep an SSD with my OS X installer on it; 128gb is plenty big for that.

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said by dennismurphy:

Came today - "only" a 128gb drive. That's fine - I can use it anyway; I keep an SSD with my OS X installer on it; 128gb is plenty big for that.

Same, I got 2x 128GB (ordered two), one is now a cache drive in my server and one is in my "Car Laptop". its was worth a shot.

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Also lost SSD lottery. Will find a use for it.
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(topic move) PSA: Crucial mix-up means 1 TB SSD instead of 128 GB one

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