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My 26tb Seagate External HDD arrived... is the inside of the chasis supposed to look crumpled like this?

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My 26tb Seagate External HDD arrived... is the inside of the chasis supposed to look crumpled like this?

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Two months ago, Amazon shipped me my hard drives without any protection. Bought the same drives in Newegg instead.

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Two months ago, Amazon shipped me my hard drives without any protection. Bought the same drives in Newegg instead.

Created May 10, 2013

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