Warm deal on Firewire 80GB HD: CompUSA

[jonnashville]

$219.99 minus $10 instant savings minus alleged $30 rebate.

It's a crap shoot on the actual mechanism. It's also a crap shoot on the $30 rebate (and the warranty).

CompUSA item

Manufacturer page is here. Who is ACOMdATA? Beats me. Probably a re-badger (like Prime Peripherals... remember them?) No info on Hoovers.com, and when you try to click on the "about us" link, nothing happens. The only link that works is a phone number.

From Whois:
Organization:
Dura Micro, Inc.
Titus Wu
13580 Fifth Street
Chino, CA 91710
US
Phone: 909-613-1318
Fax..: 909-613-1408
Email: tituswu@duramicro.com

Domain Name: ACOMDATA.COM

Created on..............: Thu, Apr 06, 2000
Expires on..............: Sat, Apr 06, 2002
Record last updated on..: Wed, Jul 19, 2000

It's about time these started coming down in price, though I wish this was a brand name.

Hard to beat this price, even if you got a separate case from Geeks link and then got a 80 GB HD separately.

However, the rebate is through TCA, so consider it $209.99 and your lucky day if you ever see the rebate.

 

[Brolli007]

TItle says: 80GB, 7200RPM, Internal Firewire Hard Drive
Although its clearly external by the picture.

 

[xyyz]

Hmmm... I got the 40.gb USB 2.0 atacom drive from last weeks deal of $129.00 after rebates and other stuff and this included the adaptec 4-port USB 2.0 card.

the drive unit is pretty nice. it's put together well... and it's ultra quiet. the unit I have uses a samsung drive.

the do offer a 3 or 5 year waranty... these guys aren't that bad... but I guess it's to be seen how this lasts through the years.

 

[Eminem2k1]

my father got the hd, it seems nice but tried looking for a review found nothing, no reviews of AcomData products what so ever, but it seems like a decent deal.

 

[amgine]

Scary when company information is blank.