wd 500gb sata 300 for 85.99 at BB B&M

[kalster]

its on clearance at best buy so YMMV. I picked up 1 from reno,nv some people on FW are saying they could even use the bb 10% coupon with this. sku is 7821967

 

[Midnight Rambler]

IIRC, retail WDC drives only offer a 1yr. warranty vs. 3 years for their OEM drives.

Just a heads up ...

(If true, ClubIt, NE, and Micro Center all have the OEM 500GB drive for $99 or less)

 

[kalster]

I recall reading somewhere that WD had upped warranty for retail drives from 1 to 3 years, think it was a thread on AT General hardware

 

[tbogstad]

Originally posted by: kalster
I recall reading somewhere that WD had upped warranty for retail drives from 1 to 3 years, think it was a thread on AT General hardware

yup 3 years now, so not a bad deal, i have a 16 month old retail WDSE and it is out of warranty, they only started the 3 year warranty for all drives a little while ago.


directly from warranty page: Effective for products purchased since August 1st, 2007. Drives purchased previously have 1 year warranty


link http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp#policy

 

[lopri]

Anyone else found the same deal? I don't want to drive to BB only to see ~$200 price tag.

 

[jjmIII]

Originally posted by: lopri
Anyone else found the same deal? I don't want to drive to BB only to see ~$200 price tag.

I don't even bother with BB deals. They are always BiG YMMV.
Having said that, your store probably has 200 of these for $30 each .

 

[phragger]

Grabbed one in Greensboro, NC...Put together a Winders Home Server box...Usin' it for backin' up schtuff now...

 

[Dragoon42]

Yea the thing about BB is that some stores will have something on clearance and others won't. The store close to me had a $2500 sony Bravia like 42" TV on sale for $1000 with an offer of a free $200 blu-ray player on it. It was the display model, so they were selling it cheap as crap.

 

[keeweet]

I picked two of these up in Lake Forest, Ca. Although the store tags say these are the WD5000KSRTL models, they are in fact the WD5000AAKS models... the ones I bought were the last two left!

 

[Anyone2u2]

Originally posted by: keeweet
I picked two of these up in Lake Forest, Ca. Although the store tags say these are the WD5000KSRTL models, they are in fact the WD5000AAKS models... the ones I bought were the last two left!

Hmmm, I bought two of these at the Dedham,MA BB about a week ago and they were the more expensive WD5000KSRTL model.

Receipt with UPC (PDF file)

 

[keeweet]

I was under the impression that the WD5000AAKS was more expensive because of one less platter, also it does seem that everything points to having the WD5000KSRTL model but when I opened it the model WD5000AAKS was in the static wrap Link to upc, Hard Drvie and receipt scans

 

[scootermaster]

I would love one of these. Any thoughts/links/reviews on how loud this drive is?

 

[scootermaster]

My post was SO exciting I decided to do it twice!

So, while we're here...any good deals on enclosures? Preferably quiet, SATA/PATA combos?

 

[trevor0323]

Bah! Just drove out to my Best Buy for nothing. Checked for this HD and they had nada, not even a WD 500gb sata spot.
Also looked for that infamous 22" Samsung for $160 and again nothing. However they did have the Microsoft Keyboard/Mouse
combo. I did have the ad for Staples but I didnt feel like screwin arround