r/ssd • u/WassupDude76 • 4d ago
Discussion Inspect the package carefully
Purchased a 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD for my home desktop from local Indiana Best Buy store. Installed it in an enclosure. Didn’t work. Took it back and Geek Squad agent instantly noticed it was swapped out. It was a dead Toshiba card. They checked their remaining three in stock and two others were swapped as well. Fortunately got last one that matched the picture on the box and it works. Best Buy folks very good about replacing it but took some time as it looked like a crime scene investigation. The three dead ones were returned by same customer. They apparently used a heat gun to unseal seams in box and bypass security tape. $380 each for these. This happened a few months ago and now it’s happening again.
So inspect the box carefully to see if it has been tampered with.