I bought a 3d printer off Ebay which got delivered not too long ago, and it came with 2 sd cards - one with a build video and some demo print files, but worryingly another card that has all the previous owner’s personal files on there.
Not sure whether to format it, or to contact the seller offering to send the card back (free of charge)… how would you prefer to be approached in a similar situation?
Edit: No gcode files are on the card, just 30gb of pictures, music and videos. Sent the seller a message offering to upload it to cloud or to send the card back
Reach out to them and ask. The card is now yours, but the data is theirs.
I am sure if needed they can give you an online folder to upload the contents if needed.
Yeah I don’t see the need to return the card. But asking if they want the data seems sensible.
Upload the files to google drive or the like, send the seller a message with the link and an explanation. Give them 14 days to download it. Delete files.
Idk how big these files are. Too big and my idea won’t work
I wouldn’t upload my own files to the cloud, and in turn I wouldn’t upload someone else’s without their consent.
It might have passwords, personal financial data, corporate trade secrets, health data, child porn—any number of cans of worms.
Good on you for asking to upload the data before formating. It’s a nice gesture that I’d appreciate either way.
I’d just contact the seller, explain the situation, and offer to send it back. If they say they don’t care then just go ahead and format it, or dig through it for fun if you’re that kind of person.
I’m pretty sure he doesn’t care about random gcode files that won’t be usable on another 3D printer anyway.
It’s pictures, music and videos, sorry wasn’t clearer in the post - updated
then yes, you should tell them 😁
