I guess stepping back and looking at the situation its something that happens to every vendor at some point. Kinda sucks when it happens from a brand you trusted with a solid prior track record.

Just look at what Nvidia recently went through with their gpu's and faulty soldering and all the laptops and possible desktop parts that where affected. Does that mean I won't buy an Nvidia product again, no, but I will wait until they get the issue resolved before doing so.

It would seem I can't even find the 7200.11 500gb drive even listed for sale at newegg right now either, they do have the 7200.12 500gb listed though.