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Some Pricing Links

SecretPrices.com model 7200.8 $105.00 ......new (model 7200.9 is $65 AR)

PriceGrabber.com $85.00 .....new

NexTag.com $79.20 .....refrubished

BizRate... New one... $80 and up

MSN Shopping... New one... $80 and up

Sprenzy.com... New one... $100 and up

Nextag.com... $76 and up

CNet.com... no reviews... submit one if you want

... for new... i'd go with BizRate or MSN... reliable i suppose...

bah, refurb (rox0rz!) & Seagate. pass

bummer...no SATA for me

Note: This post contains pricing information for future reference because it is generally not available elsewhere once the next Woot has been offered.

Seagate 250GB SATA Hard Drive
$54.99 + $5 shipping
condition: refrubished
product(s): 1 Seagate 250GB SATA Hard Drive - ST3250823AS

oh good lord, I can't get a brand new seagate drive without unfixable sectors, and general faults, man i couldn't even picture how bad a refurb (rox0rz!) would be.

I have to agree

refurb (rox0rz!) and seagate (not a good combo). but better than a new Maxtor

ive been waiting for this. i already bought 2 IDE caviars... so im happy now.

solarix wrote:bah, refurb (rox0rz!), IDE, & Seagate. pass

reading comprehension much? it's SATA.

The reason I buy Seagate drives is because they have a 5 year warranty on new drives. refrubished (definitely not rox0rz!) with 180 day warranty? No thanks. Good night.

great woot, I like Seagate - just that I needed an ATA instead of a SATA to put in my wooted EIDE enclosure

ah, well, maybe next time

geees, $15 more, get you a new one in newegg. even faster and newer drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148144

mtbkrbull wrote:I have to agree

refurb (rox0rz!) and seagate. but better than new and Maxtor

seagate owns maxtor now..
as for quality.. not saying anything..
I've had WD & Seagate drives both die on me...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148065R
$10 more
discontinued model hmm

shucks. I need IDE for my mythtv or i would want 3!

Seagate, I love Seagate, but refrubished? and if you look hard there are cheaper prices out there.

okay i RRLY shouldn't buy one but .... sata 250 for 54$ srry but with my ide drive trying to game ... buy!

decent deal for a hd of this size but the fact that its a refurb (rox0rz!) with only an 180 day warranty concerns me. ill pass.

damn...just bought 2 400gb drives last night...oh well, the 180 warranty kinda makes me nervous as well

Well, my two refurbed woot drives have been working perfectly (on 24/7) since I got them...

MarkL wrote:The reason I buy Seagate drives is because they have a 5 year warranty on new drives. refurb (rox0rz!) with 180 day warranty? No thanks. Good night.

Really, half a year and a refurb (rox0rz!), not very safe. Better to spend that $25 more to get a new one with 5 year warranty. I mean 180days, they must no feel that secure about drive lasting long if they make it that short

This a beter buy than the caviar but still a no go

oupost has this for 70 shipped. faster too
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4596257

workingnonstop wrote:reading comprehension much? it's SATA.

according to pc magazine if it is sata tiene olor a pata

wtrew wrote:Well, my two refurbed woot drives have been working perfectly (on 24/7) since I got them...

I bought 8 refurb (rox0rz!) hard drives from woot. They all worked when I got them, and not one has failed yet.

I am tempted to buy some of these, but don't have any computer in mind to put them in. Sigh...

Manufacturer's product overview page.
Product datasheet.
Product manual.
Installation guide.
Manufacturer's downloads.

180 day warrenty?! yuck

I will concur that this ain't exactly the deal it was 18 months ago (when it was same capacity, same price for Western Digital IDE drives)

Anyone else have an ad on the right side of the page beneath the podcast?

woot for Seagate SATAs! Can't ask for a better combination of a reliable manufacturer (please let this signal the end of stupid DOA Western Digital Caviars from woot) and speedy SATA Barracuda goodness.

wooted two. Perhaps impulsive, but hopefully I can sell these for a nice profit.

Cheers!

The majority of my drives are Seagate, but a refrubished and only 10% (half a year) of the regular warranty? Negatory ol' wooty. If they these were new and had the 5 year warranty, I'd be getting three new drives right now, and telling the rest of the LAN party to stock up on these too.

Silly woot! Messing with previewing the post. ;)

Test: refurb (rox0rz!)

RbZomb5 wrote:Anyone else have an ad on the right side of the page beneath the podcast?

yea, Google Ads, really annoying

WildcardHB wrote:decent deal for a hd of this size but the fact that its a refurb (rox0rz!) with only an 180 day warranty concerns me. ill pass.

The new perp. recording drive new at newegg for $75/shipped with a 5-yr warranty...or an older, slower drive with a 180day warranty @ $60shipped.

Newegg is the better deal. I'd bite at $50 shipped. 250-300gb drives are frequently around $60 AR new.

It is funny, but psychologically speaking, if this had been under $50, I probably would have hit the 'I want three' button. $155 for 500 gb storage in a error correcting RAID - referb wouldn't bother me. But it's just far enough beyond where I can resist the temptation.

Let Dell have them.

Nice w00t! Needed more media space anyway.

aielli wrote:$15 more bucks and you get a 16meg cache.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148144

I checked it out and I have to say newegg's got the bettter deal this time. theirs is even 3Gb/s

smohan123 wrote:woot for Seagate SATAs! Can't ask for a better combination of a reliable manufacturer (please let this signal the end of stupid DOA Western Digital Caviars from woot) and speedy SATA Barracuda goodness.

wooted two. Perhaps impulsive, but hopefully I can sell these for a nice profit.

Cheers!

profit? rofl!!!
Hard drive prices are going down big time. Have u check out stores lately? A brand new faster drive only sells for $70 shipped right now. Same manufac.
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4596257

jackhampton wrote:Some Pricing Links

SecretPrices.com $105.00

PriceGrabber.com $84.00

NexTag.com $84.99

Hahaha Secret prices what a joke man you really need to look better. Try http://www.pricewatch.com $79.95 with 16MB cache and SATA II

Is this one of the 7200.9 SATA drives? I heard that there were some reliability issues with that model, can anyone here confirm?

Edit:Looked up the model and it appears to be a 7200.8. Should be no problem then.