Open Box VelociRaptor at the Egg 199.99

[Old Hippie]

If you're looking to be the fastest on the block NewEgg has open box 300GB VRs.

I suppose you get the remainder of the 5 yr. warranty.

Pretty nice.

Thanks to HF for this find.

 

[shingletingle]

Ripoff.

 

[krylon]

That's what she said

 

[marvdmartian]

If the box is open, doesn't the velociraptor get out? And then wouldn't chaos ensue in the neighborhood, as it goes around eating everything??? 😕

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian
If the box is open, doesn't the velociraptor get out? And then wouldn't chaos ensue in the neighborhood, as it goes around eating everything??? 😕

Yep, it seems to eat most other hard drives for lunch. :laugh:

 

[imported_falcon999]

dead... deactivated on the website.

 

[nerp]

I've always sworn to never buy an open box or refurb HD but this isn't a bad deal, really. So basically if it had issues you could just get it replaced under warranty with a new one? Hell, why not?

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: nerp
I've always sworn to never buy an open box or refurb HD but this isn't a bad deal, really. So basically if it had issues you could just get it replaced under warranty with a new one? Hell, why not?

IMHO, this was an excellent deal.

For some reason or another people seem to be polarized by these, and all Raptor drives.

You either love 'um, or you hate 'um.

I happen to appreciate the seek speeds they offer while others couldn't care less.

Course, I'll also be an early purchaser when decent 70-80GB SSD HDs hit the 3-400 mark... the dollar/GB per speed threads otta really get interesting! 🙂

 

[solog]

Originally posted by: nerp
So basically if it had issues you could just get it replaced under warranty with a new one? Hell, why not?

Or, you could get it replaced with another used one

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: nerp
I've always sworn to never buy an open box or refurb HD but this isn't a bad deal, really. So basically if it had issues you could just get it replaced under warranty with a new one? Hell, why not?

Well, depends. If it were just RMA'd to Newegg and they turned around and sold it as Open Box, then yes it will have the full warranty. If it was actually refurbished by WD, then it will only have a 90 day warranty (and usually will say Refurbished in light blue print diagonally across the label).

Also, warranty replacements are not guaranteed to be brand new, though with new models they usually are for a little while.

 

[superHARD]

don't the refurb HD's get tested better than the new ones?

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: superHARD
don't the refurb HD's get tested better than the new ones?

Well, at least you know they have been tested.

I have no idea if they test every new drive, or just a few out of a batch.

 

[Mattd46612]

I had a raptor and currently have a SCSI setup. And to be honest neither of them are really noticeably better than these new larger drives.