He discovered software worth thousands of zloty on the new SSD.

Interesting things can sometimes be found in a landfill, e.g. a gaming computer. This time, however, it is not news about a garbage find, but the story of the owner of a brand new SSD drive purchased in a store. Or at least the owner thought it was new. He found the software on the medium worth even several thousand zlotys.

A “new” SSD?

Użytkownik Reddita All-Seeing_Hands describeswhich included his 1TB SSD he got from the store. Theoretically, a new-smelling medium should be empty, or have only the software installed that was listed in the additional options when purchasing (e.g. for data encryption). However, the device purchased by the redditor had tons of folders with over 800GB of softwaresuch as Spectrasonics Omnisphere (approx. PLN 1,700 incl. VAT) or EZDrummer (approx. PLN 770 incl. VAT).

Can such a drive still be considered “new”? Source: All-Seeing_Hands/Reddit

Of course, this does not mean that the new owner of the disk has gained anything. After all, he is not the license holder for these programs, he can only view the folders or delete them. Although I do not know if it would not be better to simply advertise this disc, its content makes you doubt the compliance of the contract for the purchase of a “new” device.

According to comments on Reddit, this is likely a consumer return disc that the technicians forgot to remove the previous user’s content from. However, such an item should be marked differently in the offer, e.g. as “outlet”. Such copies usually have a slightly lower price, even if they still look like new.

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