Extra services are for chumps. ;)

I have no quarrel with your ideas for branding and brand marketing on Twitter, but the site honestly has been hailed as the next image of Jesus on a taco. Let's give the coverage a rest.

"Yo duder", that site doesn't work. The resulting MP3's are unplayable. Thanks for your bag of fail.

I had to add a disclaimer above starting with "Dear Christ" because people are just incompetent. :)

Try http://xenonmkv.ev98.net/for now. I'll fix the domain shortly. :)

Unfortunately, Seagate's policy change directly affects me as a consultant and reseller. My clients had the peace of mind that their drives were covered with the best warranty around. This is why I'm so displeased; frankly, all hard drives these days are very similar and the warranty is probably the most differentiating factor.

I also have an 8-drive RAID5 array in my server using exclusively Seagate 500GB SATA2 drives. When these drives die, I'll likely replace them with comparable Western Digital ones in light of the new policy.

No problem, Adam - the more light these scammers get the less likely they'll hit somebody. I absolutely loathe them and I can't believe Gmail still continues to harbor their accounts.

Sally: If you receive a payment through PayPal, reject/return it and email the person to let them know you're not interested in selling to them. If it's a real scam they won't respond.

Yeah, I've had a good experience with my Western Digital 1TB external unit that I picked up from Costco. It's got FireWire, USB2 and eSATA connectors and performs pretty well. I just hope Seagate doesn't start blaming the economy for this.