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Seagate 3TB Portable Hard Drive $97 C&C @ Officeworks Certain Stores [NSW/QLD/SA]

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Seagate 3TB Portable Hard Drive $97 C&C @ Officeworks Certain Stores [NSW/QLD/SA]
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doweyy on 03/02/2017 - 11:14 officeworks.com.au (5043 clicks)
Last edited 20/02/2017 - 14:15 by 2 other users

The 3TB Seagate Portable Hard Drive has been placed on clearance and this is a killer price for the 3TB, was $115 originally on sale but they've decided to clear it off. Listed below are the stores that have stock when I have researched them on the website, call around or search your local store if I have missed it :)

Available at these stores:

NSW (Call Before going in store!)

Tamworth
Rutherford
Nowra (limited)
Castle Hill
Mittagong
Albury
Orange 4pm - 11 left
West Gosford1:50PM Only a couple left

QLD

Toowoomba
Windsor
Harvey Bay
Morayfield Out of stock
Gladstone
Mackay Out of stock
Bundaberg

SA

Marion(Sold Out)

Price found thanks to Price Hipster

Just as a disclaimer, I would recommend calling the store you wish to purchase it from first because the system integrity might be out, many of the NSW stores have limited stock so be careful.

Edit: For anyone who was wondering if this can be price matched, I have only found one store in Aus that sells this drive and they offer a price match policy. You could try your luck by filling out this form at Megabuy.com.au and they might possibly honour it.

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  • lycos on 03/02/2017 - 11:17
    +2

    Cant' find any in VIC

    • CH on 03/02/2017 - 11:29
      +4

      None in any Sydney stores either.

  • cnut on 03/02/2017 - 11:39
    +10

    There's about as many left in Australia as there are TBs of capacity on these drives.

  • leTintin on 03/02/2017 - 11:44
    +5

    As soon as I see clearance price from officeworks I know its basically a lottery, and I never win!

  • Thrifty McGifty on 03/02/2017 - 11:47
    +1

    Carlton (NSW) don't have any. I called a few weeks back and their computer says yes, but they can't actually find the stock.

    • doweyy on 03/02/2017 - 11:48
      +1

      Thanks, I removed it from the post.

  • PLANT on 03/02/2017 - 11:51
    +1

    Bugger I paid $115 :(

    • samlor on 03/02/2017 - 12:10
      +2

      So did I but at least we got one. Finding one is apparently hard at this lower price.

  • flyingmouse on 03/02/2017 - 11:59

    Rang one store, they can't do charge over the phone, hopefully will still have stock tomorrow.

  • King Steuart on 03/02/2017 - 12:07

    Jesus 3TB portable for under $100?

  • syousef on 03/02/2017 - 12:10
    +11

    Product unavailable. A bit like my data with a few of my Seagate drives.

  • Saiya on 03/02/2017 - 12:10

    It's a shame that Officeworks are deleting this item from their inventory. Been using this drive in my low power torrent server for a while now and it's still going strong.

  • mikezillakind on 03/02/2017 - 12:34
    +2

    maybe add "hdd" to the tags ?

    so is this the seagate drive that has a high failure rate ?

  • The Wololo Wombat on 03/02/2017 - 12:38

    Damn it. I bought the 2TB deal for $99 from officeworks last week :'(

    • 980tibaby on 05/02/2017 - 16:50
      +1

      The 2TB Toshiba one right? Same here… :(

      But then again, I fill up alot of these portable HDD quickly so I might as well pick up this one as well for the future (that is, if I can find any available)…

  • Gomo on 03/02/2017 - 12:42

    Any chance on this working with ps4?

    • Phreakuency on 03/02/2017 - 12:46
      +13

      To use a quote none of us will ever hear in our lives… it's too big, it won't fit.

      • Gomo on 03/02/2017 - 12:47

        Haha dang ! So that's why people go for the 1tb / 2tb drives :(

        I was just reading on reddit some guy said yes but you must shave down the drive as it's 1.2mm to thick sounds rather dangerous process ;)

        • suburbanmale on 03/02/2017 - 13:27
          +3

          I hear if you put it in the microwave for 5 minutes, it shrinks by 1.2mm

        • dfaktz on 04/02/2017 - 06:43
          +2

          @suburbanmale: I hear if you encase it in some stylish budgie smugglers and then put into a cold pool for 5minutes, it will shrink an entire couple of inches.

        • lovesabargain77 on 05/02/2017 - 16:25

          @dfaktz:

          George Costanza agrees with this.

    • KaTst3R on 03/02/2017 - 16:59
      +1

      According to Amazon, the 2TB and 3TB drive have the same width and thickness. However, the length of the 3TB drive is actually shorter by 0.2 inch which could be attributed to a shorter SATA to USB connector. But the risk is that this could be a design overhaul whereby the USB connection is soldered as part of the chipboard. So best not to get this as so far it is only proven that Expansion Portable 1 and 2TBs are PS4 upgrade compatible. I upgraded my PS4 using the 2TB version of this drive. It comes with an ST2000LM007 drive which has 128mb cache. It feels slightly faster than the stock HGST drive.

    • Croziac on 04/02/2017 - 11:46

      The new patch notes for PS4 accept external drives. So you would be in luck when that drops

  • tinku on 03/02/2017 - 12:47
    +3

    Update for Vic no stock in any store.

    • doweyy on 03/02/2017 - 12:50
      +1

      Thanks, I updated.

  • Leonard on 03/02/2017 - 13:08
    +1

    None at Mackay store.

  • MeesusEff on 03/02/2017 - 13:09

    would Coles PP work for ran out of stock item?

  • RambunctiousRog on 03/02/2017 - 13:11
    +1

    Just called the Marion SA store and heading in to buy one now. They recon they've got almost 20 left.

    • Nugs on 03/02/2017 - 13:19

      damn, they said 40 at 11am….

    • Sebby on 03/02/2017 - 13:43

      Would be interested in knowing how many were there for you.

      I was told 44 at 11:13am and there were 4 left at 12:17pm.

      • heathwithnoteeth on 03/02/2017 - 13:58

        i guess by the time i get there… all gone :(

        • RambunctiousRog on 03/02/2017 - 14:01

          Ask at the checkout because they've taken them off the shelves. And half the problem with stock may be that i saw staff buying them also while i was there. Don't know total left but only a couple in one cabinet, the other cabinet had more because that's where another checkout grabbed one while i was walking out.

  • Nugs on 03/02/2017 - 13:12

    anyone used this for xbox one?

    how did/does it perform?

    • amazonaddict on 03/02/2017 - 13:32

      Mine sucked big time. But, it worked flawlessly for many others. I returned it and got a 2TB WD Elements.
      Post

      • Nugs on 03/02/2017 - 13:34

        ouch. at least it was resolved one way….

  • ozbargainer001 on 03/02/2017 - 13:38
    +1

    Morayfield out of stock.

  • zealmax on 03/02/2017 - 14:05
    +1

    Castle Hill out of stock.

  • starKz on 03/02/2017 - 14:07
    +1

    just spoke with a rep from castle hill, no stock, no stock locally and could not see any in warehouses or NSW in general.

  • carboncider on 03/02/2017 - 14:13

    Just called Windsor QLD, no stock

  • dryandra on 03/02/2017 - 14:35
    +1

    I don't think there is any left at Marion, when the site tells me that they are available at Marion, but when I set Marion as my store it then says they are not available there.

    Edit: Just rang Marion they are all out of stock, so none left in SA.

    • heathwithnoteeth on 03/02/2017 - 15:07

      awww… thanks for letting us know though. saves me a trip :)

  • OzB123 on 03/02/2017 - 15:01

    Thanks OP.
    Had um'd and ah'd over the 3TB @ $115 and finally decided not to go ahead.
    This time though… Called West Gosford store and they said "Yup, 4 left here"
    I asked them to put one aside and went to pick it up.

    When I got there the girl at desk pulled one out from behind countered and checked name - not mine but that had one for me too.

    So, as at ~1:50pm they may have had two left.
    I would call and ask though as it is a very good price.

    • Froot Loops on 03/02/2017 - 16:02

      West Gosford is a pain in the ass for holding things. They ran out of Lenovo tabs and custom ordered one for me. They "forgot" to call me when it arrived (lucky I checked) and went to the store the same day (Was sent from head office and I spend a shitload at officeworks and whinged to get my way). Anyways, she sold it. Pretty much the same thing happened the 2nd time, just it was the wrong item. Haha.

      Never know if i should laugh or cry in W.Gos store :)

  • Froot Loops on 03/02/2017 - 16:00

    Orange NSW has 11 in stock and they said they haven't sold any of them in months.

  • Geryatric on 03/02/2017 - 16:07

    Use for photos or document backup. Drive has some performance issues with this model so not great for videos / games etc.

    • Drive Owner
    • Froot Loops on 03/02/2017 - 16:12

      I have the same model, brought it over a year ago. No issues with videos and large statisical data files I transferred to and fro. I did wipe the drive when I brought it. Didn't like the software on them

    • Geryatric on 03/02/2017 - 20:41

      I purchased 4 under the previous deal for $115 deal at officeworks and have been plagued with issues. Searching on the Web there are a lot of people having issues with this drive. Only the 3TB models seem to be affects the 2TB and 4TB models don't seem to have performance issues from my research. Suspect Seagate and clearing them all out. Again if you are just storing files you should be ok but do not use for a media centre PLEX etc.

    • some_one_some_where on 05/02/2017 - 22:19

      That is such good advice that if you think your drive is unreliable use it for backup!

      • Geryatric on 06/02/2017 - 08:07

        The drive has performance issues not reliability ones although all external drives have relatively high failure rates.

        In either even backup should be secondary copy of the data. If you move your files there that is now primary storage not a backup.

  • nukem on 03/02/2017 - 17:22

    bought one last year, unfortunately its started reporting errors lately, bad sectors etc, just got a dud i suppose

    great price none the less.

  • jkim on 03/02/2017 - 21:58
    -4

    Seagate 3Tb are a waste of money even at $10. You will lose data… these drives are bad. Avoid like the plague.
    If you want a 3Tb drive, get the Toshiba or HGST. Otherwise go for other capacities.
    (lost a whole heap of data to 3 x Seagate 3Tbs dying on me, Backblaze stopped using the Seagate 3Tbs due to 30%+ failure).

    • KaTst3R on 04/02/2017 - 05:12
      +2

      I dont know why you guys keep comparing this portable drive to the 3.5" Desktop HDD version which Backblaze tested. This one is the 2.5" either Samsung Spinpoint or Seagate Momentus (one version before the Barracuda). Totally different products, albeit still potentially dodgy drives.

    • Tuttorix on 04/02/2017 - 08:32
      +1

      Can you please provide some proof of this particular drive model being dodgy?

  • [Deactivated] on 04/02/2017 - 15:32

    Nowra is now officially out as the customer service said I just got the last one.
    Picked one up previously at $115 and have had no problems.

    • doweyy on 04/02/2017 - 15:36

      Thanks, updated.

  • dd22qq on 10/02/2017 - 11:41

    Of all the stores listed in the description, only Bundaberg and Gladstone are still showing as having stock left.

  • lordra on 20/02/2017 - 11:53

    OOS now online. tb
    None in Newcastle, Kotara or Warner's Bay in Newcastle, NSW. WB has 2tb at $119 & 4tb at $229.

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