Maxtor 250GB HD $70 - no rebates!

[Dealwrap]

Staples has Maxtor 250GB 8MB Cache, Ultra ATA/133 Hard Drive for $70 w/ free shipping. No rebates required.

 

[dethman]

oos in my area.

 

[priteshmpatel]

says out of stock...damn. I REALLY NEEDED A HARD DRIVE

 

[captains]

gonna check b&m later

 

[allisolm]

For additional information see: Staples - 250mb Maxtor PATA 8mb Hard Drive - $70 - YMMV.

 

[Zap]

OMG, glad I saw this thread!!! Got the last two in my area. Thanks to the OP. Shows up for $69.50 as a clearance item.

 

[mrrman]

OOS online to

 

[superHARD]

Repost...please search before posting

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1603235&enterthread=y

 

[Ranulf]

Meh. Tempting but after having a 160GB maxtor die on me 4 months ago and the "refurb" warranty replacement starting to act the same way (major drive noise, "grinding" practically) as the dead drive I don't have much interest in buying another maxtor for awhile.

 

[dc]

i use to buy almost exclusively maxtor drives since they were usually the cheapest.
i've had 4 maxtor's fail on me in the past year.
i'm going seagate now, don't know if they're much more reliable, but 5yr warranty vs. 1...

 

[mscdex0]

Originally posted by: superHARD
Repost...please search before posting

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1603235&enterthread=y

No, that one is for a 250MB hard drive @ staples

 

[Zap]

Got my two drives.

GOOD: One of the drives was a 16MB cache model.

BAD: The two drives were in a large Staples branded box with absolutely NO padding. Zero. Zip. Nada. It was delivered by a Staples driver, not by UPS/FedEx, so they may or may not have taken care to not toss it around. I'll find out soon if the drives are fine.

edit... I had ordered these online.

 

[feelingshorter]

that is one cheap hard drive..

 

[gergever]

drive prices seem to be getting less
outpost has the seagate 200g for $119 or 300g for $169 w/ no rebate (plus shipping)
also has seagate 160 for $69 w/ rebate + shipping (and sata for same)
and the seagate 80g for $19 w/ rebate + shipping

 

[Cheezeit]

Originally posted by: gergever
drive prices seem to be getting less
outpost has the seagate 200g for $119 or 300g for $169 w/ no rebate (plus shipping)
also has seagate 160 for $69 w/ rebate + shipping (and sata for same)
and the seagate 80g for $19 w/ rebate + shipping

cool. has anyone had luck with seagate rebates?

 

[Katana]

Yes, but they take forever. My last Seagate rebate took about five months, the longest I've ever had to wait for any rebate.

 

[kamranziadar]

Nice price specially no rebate make it a muct have one. Thanx

 

[superflysocal]

sku anyone? is this b&m only? OP mentioned free shipping, so i assmued online also.

 

[FrankSaucedo]

My seagate rebate took about 3 months

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: Katana
Yes, but they take forever. My last Seagate rebate took about five months, the longest I've ever had to wait for any rebate.

Thats nothing. I've had a rebate check show up 5 years later. A 16X CD burner.

 

[barok22000]

no rebates for this deal?

 

[Samus]

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: Katana
Yes, but they take forever. My last Seagate rebate took about five months, the longest I've ever had to wait for any rebate.

Thats nothing. I've had a rebate check show up 5 years later. A 16X CD burner.

I recently had a rebate show up for a Logitech Dual Optical Mouse I purchased in 2001!! They don't even make them anymore, infact they were discontinued in 2002. Took 4 years exactly (purchased in June 2001...)

Wish I could go back to then and buy more, they're tough to find and excellent comfy mice.