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If it's not been used, there should be no major difference. That's a big IF though. There's lots of resellers on NewEgg and Amazon that sell "refurbished" drives with a BS warranty of 30-90 days, after which the drives will more than likely fail. Most of these resellers reset the SMART data to report a drive as passing, or go so far as to swap controller boards to make it seem new. Do your research before buying.
Mechanics doesn't like just sitting around. 10 years is not nothing, I'd definitely take that into account.
Might be stupid to ask but how would you go about weeding out the bad sellers from the good ones when it comes to hard drives? Especially on secondhand markets like eBay and amazon
Reviews, mostly. Don't buy from new accounts without older AND recent reviews. If this is supposed to be a new product, check the warranty on the drive with the manufacturer before hooking it up, and if something seems fishy, send it right back for a refund. That's about all I got.
Don't use Amazon or Ebay, use something like serverpartdeals.com so you know you're not buying from some fly-by-night company that'll disappear when you try to do a warranty claim.
I just placed my first order with them a couple of days ago. It looks like a great source, and there are lots of happy users.
I bought my last 14TB drive with them after buying new ones over the last 6 years. I definitely wish I would have heard about them sooner as I could have a lot more storage at a lot lower price if I had.