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Purchasing Netgear NAS Devices on Ebay
Dear Forum Members
As you guys know, the only way to buy NAS equipment nowadays, for the majority of us, is to go on ebay but the problem is that there is no real way to find out the age of the equipment you (the potential buyer) may want to buy.
However, most (if not all) sellers display the serial numbers of their devices they want to sell, so I thought, would it be possible to interpret the serial number in a way that can understand when the device was manufactured.
So my question is this, is it possible to find out the manufacturing date of a device by interpreting it's serial number, and if so how?
However, if there any gaps in my post or clarifications needed then please do not hesitate to contact me.
UK Bob
1 Reply
Interesting question! If Netgear doesn't publicly document its serial number format, would contacting support with the serial number be the most reliable way to verify a NAS device's manufacturing date? Also, could firmware release dates or hardware revisions help buyers estimate a device's age before purchasing it on eBay? Has anyone tried this successfully?
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