In your 6TB example on eBay WD WD60EFRX if you google WD60EFRX you will that is a WD 6TB WD Red Plus CMR drive.

 

Amazon search for model  WD60EFRX

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Red-6TB-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B00LO3KR96?th=1

 

 

 

Newegg search for    WD60EFRX

https://www.newegg.ca/red-wd60efrx-6tb/p/N82E16822236737

Your 8TB link is model WD80EFZX , a WD Red CMR, firmware  manufactured in 2016

 

https://aphnetworks.com/reviews/western-digital-red-wd80efzx-8tb/2

 

And your links were for ebay purchases. As I said prior ebay products can be sketchy. I much prefer Newegg, BestBuy or Amazon.

So I am not surprised to see older products listed on ebay as new are old. Unlike Newegg or even Amazon. Older models of WD and Seagate are often sold  at BestBuy as a discount as older products.

35 minutes ago, Vetteman said:

you would find the Amazon WD 10 TB is from 2017

I'm sorry, where did I say that these were new models? In fact one of the links posted specifically mentions it's an old model:

 

 

You mentioned:

On 12/2/2023 at 3:30 PM, Vetteman said:

So I hardly think there would be any 4 year old WDs in stock at Best Buy, Newegg, etc being sold as new

And clearly you still can, but I see this conversation is not going anywhere so I going to be like Elsa and let it go 

 

Sorry but my intent was not to be confrontational or argumentative. I was simply trying to make a point, that NEW WDs follow the rebranding. Any prior to the 2020 branding are OLD stock and perhaps USED.

 

I did maintain that eBay is a place you need to investigate before purchasing and it is on ebay where there is confusion not with Newegg, BestBuy and perhaps even Amazon.

Again sorry....