First Post-30gig quantum fireball for 80-100

[djchowfun]

heh first post, don't kill me
30.0GB EIDE ULTRA-ATA/66 3.5LP 7200RPM 2MB FIREBALL PLUS LM @buy.com for 140
buy somethign that costs 10 bucks
30 off 150
mail in rebate for 30 bucks
shipping is 7 bucks
tax however, is a bitch

 

[loogie]

been posted... good deal though...and because I'm feeling nice, here are the links:

30 gig drive
rebate

 

[kinkyboy702]

YEAH... this is a really good deal and thanks for the post djchowfun, but as loogie wisely said, this has been posted. hehe

 

[BA]

Worth reposting because buy just dropped the price. It used to be $149 or $150.

 

[bonedoctor]

Yeah, it dropped in price, but now there's no 30 off 150 coupon for buy.com returning customers. So the most is 20 off 150.

 

[CecilSaxon]

I wonder if a receipt from BUY.com will be honored by IBM since on their website they (BUY.com) is not listed as an online retailer...
The word from IBM.

 

[loogie]

this is a quantum drive though.

 

[cmv]

I brought this drive a while back from buy.com and got the rebate...

 

[HellRaven]

Hey cecil, like a true junior you are not paying attention. this is a QUANTUM hard drive.

DJ, I won't be too hard on you since you at least tried - but for god's sake this has been posted at least 5 times over the last 4-5 months. Please use the search function before posting.

 

[pillage2001]

Hmmm.....Good deal, just had myself one.

 

[Ranger X]

Not bad. Quantum seems much better than Maxtors in those benchmarks.

 

[wywy]

I mailed in this rebate 2 months ago and haven't received the $30.

 

[djchowfun]

i've been checkin this board daily for the past 2 weeks and i didn't see anythign but maxtor hd's, so blah =P

 

[CecilSaxon]

Well in that case IBM would certainly not honor the rebate... nevermind.

 

[pdo]

I'm with you on this one Red Dawn. Maybe this post is good for new members that don't even know about this kind of deals. Lighten up we have such uptight bunch of people on this board.

 

[DallasStarsFan]

WyWy:

re: rebate --

I sent mine in on 8/15 and got it yesterday (11/13). So they are getting them out right at the 12 week mark

 

[jblondi]

agreed, it takes quite a while to get the rebate, but mine did come.

 

[MontyBurns]

I can't believe we've gone 17 posts and the Quantum vs. IBM Deskstar debate hasn't started up yet! Already this thread is better than all the others.

 

[kablam]

Hey, I got my drive today, but it just came in a brown box with the serial.part and sku # on the side? Is this the typical retail packaging of quantum drives?
thanks!

 

[billandopus]

That's probably because what you got is OEM and not retail packaging. You just got the drive and not much else in the packaging right? That's what you get for 140-30(or 20)-30 rebate = hot deal.

And what's with this Quantum Vs IBM debate?

 

[kablam]

Well, can I get the rebate on the OEM version of the drive. All the rebate form asks for is a proof of purchase.

 

[MontyBurns]

Yes, you can absolutely positively get the rebate on the OEM version of the drive. In fact, if you notice, the rebate form doesn't even require a UPC symbol. I mailed in the rebate request before I had even received the actual drive (just print your buy.com receipt). I received my check about 8 weeks after sending in the info.

 

[kablam]

thanks monty

 

[XzeroR3]

I ordered this on the last day you could use the 30/150 coupon.

will that coupon ever return?

 

[bigern]

I bought this drive and I love it. They are certainly taking their time with the rebate though.