Solid. Ready whenever you are. With the dependable speed of USB 2.0. When you need pure storage muscle, choose a drive that makes backing up your life a little easier. Because nothing should ever get in the way of your memories, movies, music and entertainment. Backed by Hitachi’s reputation for quality, reliability and a world-renowned R&D heritage for advanced hard disk drives used to store, preserve and manage the world’s most valued data.
Put up the price, lol.
Rofl mate any chance you wanna tell us how much it is?
$76.95+postage
Postage is $19.95 to Syd, Perth, Mel, probably flat rate nationwide.
Thanks ozhunter.
When you include shoppingsquare's inflated shipping price ($19.95) to sydney, it doesnt really seem like a great deal.
Their postal address is in Alexandria. For $20 you could get the drive delivered in a stretch limo!
$19.95 shipping fee. WOWSERS.
http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Hitachi+1TB…
Gotta love the savings though!
"Don't Pay: $199.00
Was: $106.95
Our Price: $76.95
Save: $122.05(61%)"
It was $106.95, now $76.95 and I save $122.05? ROFL.
199-122.05 = 76.95.
Obviously they'd put the you save off the "Don't pay" price =)
The savings price should come off their normal price, not an imaginary and out of this world "don't pay" price.
sorry guys. first post.
Nice one.
Leave out the marketing dribble next time :)
the postage is a bit too much for one item.
Good price pity the hell of an ugly case!
Only $3 cheaper than the 1.5TB they had the other day.
You can definitely pick up a 1TB in-store from a major retailer for about the same price as this deal once delivery enters into the equation. Still, if you want something delivered I suppose it's OK-ish…
neg for the postage. if others can do it for free/ or $6-10, why can't you?
Overall it's still a good price. Have you found it cheaper delivered, even locally?
What if it was $50+$20 shipping, would you still neg it?
Since rip-off shipping leaves such a sour taste in buyer's mouths (and minds), I cannot understand why sellers don't just charge actual postage and make their profit on the item itself.
Do they REALLY think that consumers are stupid? A drive like this would cost under $10 posted Aussie-wide using e-parcel, probably a lot less considering the volume that ShoppingSquare would be sending out.
Gosh, I could go and get a single 3kg postpack and send it australia-wide for $10.30, let alone the discounts for buying them in bulk ($9.27 each for 100 pack)… and eParcel is considerably cheaper that retail packs that I mention!
Yeah, I guess total price is what really counts… however since people will be a LOT happier with $86.95 + $10 P&H than with $76.95 + $20 P&H, and the profit for the seller is identical… the answer to keeping more buyers happy would seem really really bloody obvious to the majority of readers here.
I'm sure it's just a marketing mind trick.. because the product can be advertised as $76.95 (+ shipping) rather than $86.95 (+ shipping).
"Solid" … "dependable speed of USB 2.0" what a load of marketing tosh.
USB is the least dependable of any hard disk connectivity.
I'd rather just get the facts than a load of @%&.
It's ludicrous to suggest people are paying $200 for this.
A quick look at staticice reveals it going from $76 to $133 depending on where you go.
This price + the extraordinary shipping fee is at the top end of the price range.
its a real shame to see products passed of like this, statice ice has it for cheaper, and you dont have to pay for shipping if you pick it up. the postage is inflated, same amount it cost me to get my LCD TV delivered from interstate, and whats worse its making out like you getting a good deal quoting some non existent original price….
pretty poor form all round…….
Yea I agree, they put excessive shipping charges so they make you think you save more than you really are.
$75 off $150 product = 50% saving, (shipping $20)
$85 off $150 product = 43.3% saving, (shipping $10)
It's annoying how people do it on ebay too, because no one refunds shipping charges. My sister bought a dress(from Honk Kong) for $2, but shipping was $120. In the T&C shipping charges weren't refundable. Thankfully the dress turned out to be ok.
Just got their newsletter by email and today they have a 1TB Noontec external drive with WD inside for $69.95. Shame about the $20 delivery. I probably would have got one if delivery was cheaper. Anyone got a free shipping coupon?
Price? Model?