Components returns rates in France

jmke · 14th May 2010, 08:57

The first question is of course where the stats come from. They’re taken from a large French online retailer, whose database we have direct access to. We were, then, able to extract the stats we wanted straight from source. Of course they are limited to the products sold by the retailer, but unfortunately there isn’t any other way of getting hold of reliable stats. Who would believe for example any returns rates given by the manufacturers themselves?

The returns rates given concern the products sold between April 2009 and September 2009, namely after between 6 months and a year of use. The statistics by manufacturers are based on a minimum sample of 500 sales, those by model on a minimum sample of 100 sales. Each time, we have compared manufacturer’s rates with those in our previous article on the subject published 6 months ago.

http://www.behardware.com/articles/7...rns-rates.html

piotke · 14th May 2010, 16:19

Interesting.

Seeing the return rates for the Seagates disks, it must have been painful for them.

jmke · 14th May 2010, 17:47

hate to say this, but those seagate barracuda are real stinkers when it comes to reliability

14th May 2010, 08:57	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Components returns rates in France The first question is of course where the stats come from. They’re taken from a large French online retailer, whose database we have direct access to. We were, then, able to extract the stats we wanted straight from source. Of course they are limited to the products sold by the retailer, but unfortunately there isn’t any other way of getting hold of reliable stats. Who would believe for example any returns rates given by the manufacturers themselves? The returns rates given concern the products sold between April 2009 and September 2009, namely after between 6 months and a year of use. The statistics by manufacturers are based on a minimum sample of 500 sales, those by model on a minimum sample of 100 sales. Each time, we have compared manufacturer’s rates with those in our previous article on the subject published 6 months ago. http://www.behardware.com/articles/7...rns-rates.html __________________

14th May 2010, 16:19	#2
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	Interesting. Seeing the return rates for the Seagates disks, it must have been painful for them. __________________ .

14th May 2010, 17:47	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	hate to say this, but those seagate barracuda are real stinkers when it comes to reliability __________________

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