80GB Western Digital Special Edition drives for <$70

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sdemaio

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Check em out on newegg. Thats a really nice price without the need for any rebates. I picked up two of them for my server.
 
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Noirish

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i n-th it.

without the rebates, all drive should be about that price anyway, $1/gb.
rebates just sweeten the deal more.
oh well, as long as you like it.
 
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HonkeyDonk

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Originally posted by: sdemaio
Check em out on newegg. Thats a really nice price without the need for any rebates. I picked up two of them for my server.
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um...are you serious?
 
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DorkBoy

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Originally posted by: sdemaio
Check em out on newegg. Thats a really nice price without the need for any rebates. I picked up two of them for my server.
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Gosh u made alotta friends here quick :p
 
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BigEdMuustaffa

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Originally posted by: sdemaio
Check em out on newegg. Thats a really nice price without the need for any rebates. I picked up two of them for my server.
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I picked up two at $20 each, so if by NICE PRICE, you mean RIP-OFF...then I agree....:)

 
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hans007

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these drives were $80 - $40 rebate at best buy a couple months back. i got one.


and they had a ton of them


i guess out the door it was more $80 + tax, but thats not much more and it was retail
 
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Krutoy

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All depends on dealing with rebates or not. Some people really hate dealing with rebates and would rather get a lower price out the door.
 
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rasputinj

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newegg has some great deals, when it comes to HDs, OM/Staples/OD/CompUSA are the way to go. I always get my rebates, so biggie to me. I just want the best price.
 
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Ionizer86

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Originally posted by: rasputinj
newegg has some great deals, when it comes to HDs, OM/Staples/OD/CompUSA are the way to go. I always get my rebates, so biggie to me. I just want the best price.
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I agree: buy drives (optical and HDD) locally when on sale, buy stuff like mobos, heatsinks, etc at Newegg, and buy ram and video cards locally or online depending on whether or not there's a massive sale locally.

Slightly less than $1 per gig seems to be about the online price on many drives. Rebates will bring your drives down much more, though you may have to pay WD another $15 to go for a 3 year warranty.
 
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nutxo

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Originally posted by: rasputinj
newegg has some great deals, when it comes to HDs, OM/Staples/OD/CompUSA are the way to go. I always get my rebates, so biggie to me. I just want the best price.
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yeh, the 20 dollar drives sounded great, well see if they honor the rainchecks.

I figger if its less than a dollar a gig without rebates its not a bad deal really.

 
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Dran

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I'm going to throw my hat into the anti-rebates ring. I'd rather pay $70 for a HDD and KNOW that that was the final price than pay $80 and hope for $60 back later. Free shipping and no tax decrease the price further for those of us outside Newegg's localities.

I got burned bad on a CompUSA rebate, cost me and my best friend $25 apiece. Neither of us will touch them now.

I also disagree with the basic concept of rebates. They're designed to increase the price of a product while permitting it to be advertised at a lower price; they're offered with the hope that consumers won't remember, or bother, to send them in (and, based on my own experience and the posts i've seen here, not honored a significant portion of the time for various reasons); and the government has absolutely no incentive to do any kind of regulation or policing of rebates, because they make free money from them (buy a HDD for $80, pay tax on $80, get $60 back in rebates... but that tax on the $60 difference is still in Uncle Sam's pocket!). So I vote with my wallet. I'll buy something with an instant rebate, as that's absolutely the same as a price cut, but I will not, under any circumstances, buy a rebated product of any kind.
 
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jrichrds

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Originally posted by: Dran
I'm going to throw my hat into the anti-rebates ring. I'd rather pay $70 for a HDD and KNOW that that was the final price than pay $80 and hope for $60 back later. Free shipping and no tax decrease the price further for those of us outside Newegg's localities.

I got burned bad on a CompUSA rebate, cost me and my best friend $25 apiece. Neither of us will touch them now.
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On the other hand, there are others who speicifcally avoid unreliable rebates like the ones from CompUSA, while being more than willing to spend $10 extra to get $60 back in reliable rebates. Opposite ends of the spectrum.
 
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robertsmith

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$70 for a 80GB. Hm, let's see: last year I got an 80GB w. 8MB cache from Staples for $22 AR/PM, and then the rebate center messed up and send me a second check for $30, so I actually made money...
 
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Axon

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Originally posted by: Dran
I'm going to throw my hat into the anti-rebates ring. I'd rather pay $70 for a HDD and KNOW that that was the final price than pay $80 and hope for $60 back later. Free shipping and no tax decrease the price further for those of us outside Newegg's localities.

I got burned bad on a CompUSA rebate, cost me and my best friend $25 apiece. Neither of us will touch them now.

I also disagree with the basic concept of rebates. They're designed to increase the price of a product while permitting it to be advertised at a lower price; they're offered with the hope that consumers won't remember, or bother, to send them in (and, based on my own experience and the posts i've seen here, not honored a significant portion of the time for various reasons); and the government has absolutely no incentive to do any kind of regulation or policing of rebates, because they make free money from them (buy a HDD for $80, pay tax on $80, get $60 back in rebates... but that tax on the $60 difference is still in Uncle Sam's pocket!). So I vote with my wallet. I'll buy something with an instant rebate, as that's absolutely the same as a price cut, but I will not, under any circumstances, buy a rebated product of any kind.
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Agreed. I'm not a big fan of rebates and it's a long time until that money comes in if at all.

Unless it's an insane deal like an 80 gig for $20, I'd rather just pay $60 and get the free shipping. A rebate that brings an 80 gig HD for $95 out of pocket down to $40 after rebate just isn't worth it if I can get it at New Egg for $60.
 
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