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Is this 'legitimate'?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/External-...ver/5622186488

Also this 2TB for $7+$2shipping
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Slim-Supe...ble/5702964371

(On various 2010+ Linux laptops etc)

Thanks in advance!

iPad,

With 1-star ratings running at 52%, I would avoid it like the plague!

This single customer comment should be enough to deter you from a purchase:

The 6T likely has a HDD that uses perpendicular recording, with iffy reliability, and/or shingled magnetic recording, which I wouldn't have much faith in either. I wouldn't trust anything of any importance to it. The 2T probably contains an old technology SSD with iffy reliability. What's your data worth?

The first "External drive" appears to be an obsolete case and (about half of the time) drive. Apparently it is sometimes shipped WITHOUT the drive and you must provide your own.

The 2TB case is JUST a case and adapter, it does not appear that storage comes with it. the reviews also make it appear a piece of cheap junk that Walmart no longer wants associated with their brand anymore.


NEITHER of these actually comes from Walmart, they are allowing third party sellers to use their online store. Walmart policy does NOT apply and you probably cannot get your money back. If you want to play and can afford to throw that amount of money away, then you can play. I do not recommend it.

What I DO recommend is that at both Walmart.com and Amazon.com you read the one and two star reviews BEFORE ordering. Always! Let previous buyer's experiences guide your expectations.

No. Far too good to be true.

At least not as of 2025. Perhaps in future.

just send me $10 and save yourself a lot of aggravation.