60 GB Western Digital 5400rpm $105 SAMS no hassles

[Maetryx]

Maetryx here,

I just picked this up at SAMS Club today. It did not involve any rebates, coupons, price matching, or chicken sacrifices. It is a Western Digital model WD600ABRTL.
- 60 GB
- Average Seek Time 9.5 ms
- Buffer Size 2 MB
- Ultra ATA/100
- 5400 rpm
- $105.00

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[psteng19]

sorry matey,

this deal was even hotter last week. the 60 gig was $84 at Sam's

 

[Maetryx]

Hmmmmmm. That does suck. I'm in Alaska, so undoubtedly this is the hottest deal I have access to. UPS does not ship Ground to Alaska, so I always have to add $20+ for 2nd Day Air. So $105 here is like $85 "there", so I'm 80% still happy.

 

[Mailman]

Grrrr.....all my Sam's Club has is a 30 GB hard drive for $67 and it isn't even in stock!

 

[shurato]

is it one of those newer 60 gig'ers with the special platter size which makes it faster than those normal 5400rpm drives?

 

[J3anyus]

Ohhh, we're actually getting deals in Fairbanks? Normally we're excluded. Nice, maybe I should pick this up and throw it on my Promise controller.

 

[tigerbait]

<< is it one of those newer 60 gig'ers with the special platter size which makes it faster than those normal 5400rpm drives? >>

yes, these new drives use 30 gig platters, and the increased areal density increases transfer speed.

 

[danii8]

Too bad I miss $85 60G deal last week
but still $105 is good deal

 

[Maverick215]

not horrible I guess

 

[chexi]

Check for the price drop and get some money back. That's what I did. The price dropped from $112 to $84, and I got the difference back.

 

[Blakwngbrd]

Can you do a pricematch when the lower price happened before you bought it? As in, go buy it for $105, then go back and say &quot;last week you had it for $85, I want a pricematch&quot; ? It seems to me like that wouldn't work.

 

[Ape]

It a little weird that the price would go up on a clearance item. I can?t remember the last time that has happened. Unless it just hasn?t gotten that low in that region yet. Ape Out.