"I think that many drives sell for more than their market value," on eBay, Garfinkel said in an e-mail interview with TechWeb. The only explanation: they're playing the possibilities, and expect there's data on some of the drives they buy.
I agree that it may be a theory that some believe, but almost everything sells on ebay higher than what a person could buy at walmart or Frys.
Last year George Foreman grills could be bought up on sale at retailers and then resold at a 50% markup.
The guy's theory doesn't seem to be well thought out as he explain how unopened hard drives still sell for what some retailers are selling them for.
Note to self: Next time Fry's has a hard drive sale, buy a bunch & put 'em up on eBay with this description: "You are bidding on a used hard drive from my home computer that I used for web surfing, email, Quicken, etc. You know, the usual stuff. It's served me well, and I never lost any of my precious data. But now I've traded up to a bigger drive..."
:-)