Western Digital 3TB My Book Live Home Network Drive - $224.45 Delivered

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  +3 votes

  foobar on 09/01/2013 - 10:27 ¶

  Pricematching is NOT a bargain, read the following

  http://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:deal_posting_guideline...

  

  foobar on 09/01/2013 - 10:27 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show) ¶
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    bxpressiv on 09/01/2013 - 10:44 ¶

    100% agree with you but the precedent has been set in this debacle recently:
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/89417

    "Mod: FYI: Receipts have always been able to be posted as deals. Price errors get moved to forums."

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      foobar on 09/01/2013 - 10:47 ¶

      That wasn't a pricematch, was supposed to be a 'new' drive haggled down according to the OP but may not have been new according to conflicting reports from others that visited the store and a post from the salesperson involved.

      This 'deal' was attained by invoking the pricematch policy at officeworks which is a totally different situation.

      The only similarities between the two is the posting of a receipt image.

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        bxpressiv on 09/01/2013 - 10:54 ¶

        And the way you'd attempt to get the deal is the same, by using the posted receipt. What I'm saying is the receipt is the deal.

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        foobar on 09/01/2013 - 10:57 ¶

        Anyone else care to have a go cos I give up.

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        +2 votes

        bxpressiv on 09/01/2013 - 11:07 ¶

        Good adult discussion, I enjoyed it.

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  thewingman on 09/01/2013 - 10:29 ¶

  Thanks foobar - the receipt was uploaded with the pricematch details but just to confirm I price matched it with this place: http://www.gimmedigi.com/catalog/western-digital-my-book-liv...

  As I said it's not a deal as much as it is a price match.

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    foobar on 09/01/2013 - 10:31 ¶

    not a deal as much as it is a price match

    and as such should not have been posted as a deal, should be in the forums at best. You've been a member since Jan 2011 and must have seen countless pricematch 'deals' either deleted, moved or altered to conform to the rule, yet here we are.

    

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      thewingman on 09/01/2013 - 10:35 ¶

      Thanks and noted but I haven't posted a deal here before (and it seems I still haven't). I don't pay that much attention tbh. But if it's against the rules, feel free to delete.

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        foobar on 09/01/2013 - 10:36 ¶

        If you take 30 seconds to read the first sentence of the link I posted above…

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        thewingman on 09/01/2013 - 10:41 ¶

        Again, thanks - I'll remember that next time.

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    cpho on 09/01/2013 - 10:53 ¶

    It's still a bargain. Not a great one but still a bargain.
    Just edit the link to the site which you pricematched off, and get rid of the pricematch part and you're good to go

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      foobar on 09/01/2013 - 11:03 ¶

      A bargain it may be, a deal it is not.

      (Comment posted before the deal was corrected by a mod)

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  nbn on 09/01/2013 - 10:32 ¶

  You are just lucky to find someone to let you pricematch a store that based in Hong Kong.
  http://www.gimmedigi.com/catalog/about_us.php

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    thewingman on 09/01/2013 - 10:36 ¶

    Postage was free to Australia from the website.

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  +1 vote

  adamwf on 09/01/2013 - 10:46 ¶

  I went to JB HiFi and asked for best deal, got it for $195 then sent off my WD claim for a further $50 off. Total price $145.
  Can upload receipt if anyone s interested.

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    easternculture on 09/01/2013 - 10:54 ¶

    plz upload

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    +1 vote

    roughana on 09/01/2013 - 10:58 ¶

    The $50 rebate has now expired as per
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/86892

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      adamwf on 09/01/2013 - 11:16 ¶

      Yes it is expired, but what I meant is that I claimed it when I purchased it on the 17th Dec

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  oz-dxer on 09/01/2013 - 11:06 ¶

  Just use these vendors
  http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Western%20Digit...
  Cheapest is $224 in Au

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    thewingman on 09/01/2013 - 11:12 ¶

    The vendor selling it at $224 is presently out of stock: http://greenboxit.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=9191_672_194....

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  Bigsta on 09/01/2013 - 12:01 ¶

  got the seagate backup plus 3tb for $100 at HVN recently, normal inflated price is $185, but normally $149 does not have ethernet port though.

  PM me anyone who wants a receipt of the HVN

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  Cardz on 09/01/2013 - 12:20 ¶

  Not a bargain

  Even if we allow price matches (which i thought we didn't)
  I would take proof of this
  http://www.greenboxit.com.au/index.php?cPath=728_19709_19702

  5% off this price is a lot cheaper that the OP price.

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    thewingman on 09/01/2013 - 12:33 ¶

    The price match I used ($224) brought the price down to $213 at OW. I may be wrong but how is 5% off the price from your link a lot cheaper?

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      Cardz on 09/01/2013 - 12:43 ¶

      Oh okay. I thought it was $224.45 after your price match. I cant download your receipt at work (network blocked)
      So I guess my link is only slightly cheaper.

      Normally people post something like this as a subject
      Western Digital 3TB My Book Live Home Network Drive - $224.45 delivered (OW pricematch $213)

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  kirynflare on 09/01/2013 - 21:22 ¶

  I got this for cheaper here, which was also based off an overseas stocker, which ultimately got moved to forums by mods:

  http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/83165

  Not sure why mods have decided to let this one go..

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  MITM on 27/01/2013 - 10:16 ¶

  Any lower than $199 at OW (on Staticice) and JB HIFI. HVN $244
  And are they any good ?