HOT 100gb Hard drive... THERMONUCLEAR HOT!!!

ginch · Nov 28, 2001

Hello everyone, it's my *VERY* first post, so don't flame me if I make a booboo.. ok?

Future Shop (Canadian Retailer) has the following:

Western Digital 100GB EIDE 7200 RPM Hard Drive
100/ MB/sec transfer rate (Ultra ATA/100)
8.9ms average seek time
2MB data buffer size
Failure prevention and data protection feature

$449.99 (Cdn) - $30 Instant rebate (Cdn) - $100 mail-in rebate (about $150 cdn) = $269.99 CANADIAN!!!!!

After taxes (14% in BC) and USD - CAD conversion, you're looking at about $205 USD. BUT!! if you are a US resident, you can also claim 7% back when you cross the border... so that's Sub $200 for you guys/gals!

You can also go online: See the drive here

and the online rebate is located Rebate here

Have fun!
(if all the link stuff doesn't work, just go to http://www.futureshop.ca and find it.. front page)

Zwingle · Nov 28, 2001

Average price for OEM bare drive, same model on Pricewatch is 194+shipping....no waiting on rebate is neccessary....not that great......sorry to crap.....welcome to Anand....!

bond007taz · Nov 28, 2001

I would like to play "Global Thermo Nuclear War" !!!

Yeti · Nov 28, 2001

Haha - I just got War Games on DVD. Good movie, this deal hoever is not.

geekender · Nov 28, 2001

dEfCoN IV

durin · Nov 28, 2001

same drive is $199 w/ free shipping at Outpost, retail. sorry to crap too, but this deal is artic.

matrixvision · Nov 28, 2001

Hey man,
NOT thermonuclear but nice try

Boogak · Nov 28, 2001

LOL, this is more like radioactive fallout winter cold.

beatinitup · Nov 28, 2001

damn when i saw the title i got all excited

broadwayblue · Nov 28, 2001

maybe some of you were going to visit canada anyway.

RDMustang1 · Nov 28, 2001

$199US = $317CAN so $269 is not a bad deal at all (for canadians).. Usually canadians have to pay more for the exact same stuff (after conversion) so they are actually getting this drive cheaper than US people can get...

You people are too quick to flame people...

ginch · Nov 28, 2001

Hmm.. well, it IS the retail box.. .. you do get more cardboard with your order!

and for Canada, it's a darn good deal, cuz the cheapest place (and worst customer service) we can find in our area is ATIC Computers, who have the drive for $355 CDN... more than $100 than Futureshop.

Well.. I tried. Next time I post I'll start the thread with "Canadians readme! American's.. you know you beat us so just move on!"

Jhill · Nov 28, 2001

Are the HD's from outpost.com retail or oem?

durin · Nov 28, 2001

<< $199US = $317CAN so $269 is not a bad deal at all (for canadians).. Usually canadians have to pay more for the exact same stuff (after conversion) so they are actually getting this drive cheaper than US people can get...

You people are too quick to flame people... >>

Well i was going by his origional post that said $269 CAD = $205 USD.

but if you want me to work out this deal, i would much rather do this than work so i gladly will.

$449.99 (Cdn) - $30 Instant rebate (Cdn) = $419.99
$419.99 + 14% sales tax = $478.78
$478.99 - (100.00 USD = 158.35 CAD) = $320.64

320.64 CAD = $202.51 USD

and i'm pretty sure shipping is not free, and there is no waiting for 8-10 weeks for a $100 rebate.

Flatpicker · Nov 28, 2001

ginch,
Even this is closer to cold fusion than Thermo Nuclear , thanks for thinking of us.

azdevil · Nov 28, 2001

Time to jump on the bandwagon.

How about posting the price in your title?
If everyone posted the price it would save us from having to look at "deals" because they say "THERMONUCLEAR".
It slows down an already slow server, plus it is a letdown.

THERMONUCLEAR HOT = WinXP Pro Full for 50 buck or Iomega 12xCDRW make 10 bucks or 100gid HD for 100 bucks. These are HOT!!

This post is a sales price at Fry's or something pulled off PriceWatch.

Moral of the Story, Flaming is correalted to Title Over Exaggeration!:0

KeyzerSoze · Nov 28, 2001

If this is the nuclear Osama da Bomba is using, I'm not so worried.

juddev · Nov 28, 2001

Futureshop does NOT ship outside of kannook land.

RBA · Nov 28, 2001

Damn, I thought I was going to get a 100 gig drive for ten bucks or something like that.

WileCoyote · Nov 28, 2001

why do people feel the need to put the word "hot" in their topics.
you are posting in the "hot deals" forum so you don't really have to tell us if it is hot or not.
plus, we can be the judge of whether a deal is hot or not. you don't have to feel so insecure about the "deal" that you feel you need to sell us onto its hotness by building it up in the topic.
furthermore, hey... who took my soapbox? give it back, ya' hear...

RONType1 · Nov 28, 2001

<< I would like to play "Global Thermo Nuclear War" !!! >>

LOL

cheric4 · Nov 28, 2001

ginch,
Thank you for trying though........These hot deals guys are experts on prices. You did well on the first try. Welcome to the forum.

DEFIANT1 · Nov 28, 2001

Awww hell!!! Saw the title, and thought to myself "no, not another deal....CC can't handle it....Must...Resist!" Baaah! Got stiff for nothing!

And another "welcome to Anandtech" too!!

Helpless · Nov 28, 2001

Shall...we...play...a...game.

DKim81 · Nov 28, 2001

crap crap crap

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