Crucial M500 480GB SSD - US $209.99 from Amazon +Shipping

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effgee on 28/05/2014 - 09:42 amazon.com (614 clicks)
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another $10 price drop from the previously posted deal.

Didn't manage to get a 'price difference' refund on this one, I bought about 10 days ago at ~$231 and already claimed a price drop refund of $21ish

Their policy is not on their website, but from chat session its
"For the items which are sold and shipped by Amazon.com, we'll issue a refund for the price difference within seven days of delivery for the first price drop."

So, anyone who's bought recently, get on and claim your $US10 refund

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  hollykryten on 28/05/2014 - 10:32

  +3

  $209.99 USD actually. Closer to $210 USD when you round up. Just stating a fact. No need to neg me over that.

  Quite a good deal. This drive is $299 at PCCG.

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    effgee on 28/05/2014 - 12:07

    good point, and thanks for the edit. I was in a rush - I was meant to be working !

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  hollykryten on 28/05/2014 - 10:42

  +1

  Those others who ordered this recently when it was $219.99 USD and hadn't claimed a partial refund yet better get onto Amazon support chat to get the $10 USD price difference refund. If it was me i would.

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  googolplex on 28/05/2014 - 11:03

  +1

  Anyone reckon SSD prices will keep going down?

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    Vladdo on 28/05/2014 - 11:15

    +2

    I'd say that amazon has a fair amount of stock of these as they are an older/obsolete model.. so they'll just continually knock off a few buck until it's all gone.. the question is.. when do you jump…

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      effgee on 28/05/2014 - 12:09

      Well, at least you get some coverage from Amazon there with their price difference refund policy. But you only get to dip in that pool once per order. It's a bit of a gamble.

      I doubt the price will drop drastically in the short term.

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    abbztract on 28/05/2014 - 11:34

    Hell yeah. Maybe not as much as HDDs have but probably at a comparable rate. I can say that 500GB drives for ~$100 will be possibly a commonality in another few years.

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      hollykryten on 28/05/2014 - 11:58

      It will happen. I mean 2TB HDD's were at one time costly but they a few years later fell down to $100 and under.

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        slimdusty on 28/05/2014 - 12:46

        I agree. I first bought my 1.5 TB HDD when it first came out for just over $400, and that was the cheapest by far I found at the time.

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  jackau on 28/05/2014 - 12:26

  +3

  The only way is down for ssd in sata form factor

  Cause the more and more new control chips and smaller fabrication chip the less and less the price it will be.

  At this stage in 2014, the breakthrough point is 500 gb drive at sub 200 aud level

  Prices would be stable at : 6x to 7x for 128 100 to 12x for 2xxgb and 19x to 21x for 480/512 by the end of 2014.

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    hollykryten on 28/05/2014 - 15:38

    +1

    Unless some thing happens that blocks the supply of NAND chips. Some thing like a natural disaster wiping out a major manufacturing plant. Remember what happened in Thailand a few years ago with the HDD manufacturers.

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      jackau on 28/05/2014 - 16:21

      oh well.. Or GFC mark 2.. where all US EU Chinese / AUS banks collapsed lol

      if fab production go the way industry projected, we will see the production quantity atleast double the rate of 2013 by early 2015!

      We will see controller chips and ram gets cheaper too, which itself cost the other 1/4th of the cost of the SSD.

      the days of magnetic disc hdd with size advantage are numbered…expect 3-5 TB drives charging at 600 + USD level in 2015!

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  seraphim2017 on 28/05/2014 - 17:59

  is it any good? worth paying extra for the Samsung evo 500gb version?

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    abbztract on 28/05/2014 - 18:12

    +1

    One of the best. Not worth spending the extra for the EVO unless you want another 20GB

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  tightarse on 28/05/2014 - 18:31

  If anyone is interested in the M550 models, the 256GB & 1TB have been reduced to their lowest prices ever;

  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/146056

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  Charity on 28/05/2014 - 22:47

  I'm biting when they are $200 delivered! 6weeks?

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    effgee on 28/05/2014 - 23:39

    don't hold your breath! They need to keep these as expensive as possible to justify the higher price of the m550's

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  chipz on 29/05/2014 - 01:31

  Any idea what the international shipping costs are to Perth WA…thanks?

  Never mind…I found it eventually

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  Vladdo on 29/05/2014 - 09:39

  Wow.. price went back up to $229.. way to go amazon!

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  seraphim2017 on 29/05/2014 - 09:50

  +1

  Bought at $209.99 US. total price in AUD $234 not too bad! Doubles my available storage and by the time I fill it 1tb's will be cheaper! :)