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UMART: Flooded HDD in Anti-Static Sealed Bag with Warranty @ Discounted Piices

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UMART: Flooded HDD in Anti-Static Sealed Bag with Warranty @ Discounted Piices
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StevieRay on 17/03/2011 - 11:54 umart.com.au (733 clicks)
Last edited 17/03/2011 - 12:03

Quick look at list and their store prices it's around $10-$20 off

Bulk orders only. Minimum 10-15

If anyone in Brisbane is interested in the 1TB / 2TB Hitachi's I am thinking up upgrading my NAS. Very open to group buy.

Here's the list downloaded at time of this post

we have following Flooded HDD in stock,all contained in an anti-static sealed bag with warranty
Bulk buy only,minimun 10 to 15

Stock QTY Name Price

Hitachi
67 Hitachi 500G SATA 7200RPM 16M $37
170 Hitachi 1TB SATA 7200RPM 32M $46
32 Hitachi 2TB SATA 7200RPM $107

Western Digital
4 Western Digital 2TB Black 64MB SATAII WD2001FASS $161
8 Western Digital 2TB 64MB SATAII WD2002FYPS Server Ed $224
20 Western Digital 1TB SATAIII HDD 32M Caviar Blue $66
7 Western Digital 1TB Green 64MB SATAII WD10EURS AV-GP $82
3 Western Digital 1TB SATA3 64M(WD1002FAEX) $81
13 Western Digital 500G SATAII HDD 32M Green Power $43
8 Western Digital 500G IDE HDD Caviar Blue $76
1 Western Digital 500G RE4 SATAII 7200rpm HDD 64MB Enterprise $82
7 Western Digital 150G SATAII VelociRaptor 10000rpm $121

Samsung
43 Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M $47

Seagate
22 Seagate SATA III 500GB 16m Cache $40

Electrical & Electronics Computer Component Hard Drive

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  • anthony on 17/03/2011 - 11:55
    +2

    You have said MSY in the title but have linked to Umart

  • superforever on 17/03/2011 - 11:58
    -1

    Look like it said 170 x Hitachi 1TB for $46. :p

  • Kaboda on 17/03/2011 - 12:02

    yup I was sure this was Umart edit dude

  • StevieRay on 17/03/2011 - 12:04

    Yea…. Was looking at multiple PC stores at the time.
    It's Umart.

    1st numbers are quantity in stock
    And prices are obviously per unit. =P

  • Chris McMahon on 17/03/2011 - 12:10
    +8

    Umart Gold Coast refused to honour my warranty on a video card I bought from them. No way would I trust them on "flooded" HDs.

    • StevieRay on 17/03/2011 - 12:17

      meh, at least it is open disclosure with regards to drives.

      Just out of curiosity, on what basis was the warranty not honoured, and other than customer service or lack thereof? Why could you not claim warranty directly from the manufacturer?

      • Chris McMahon on 17/03/2011 - 12:23
        +1

        They gave no reason.

        It's an Asus card. When I emailed Asus they said "contact your dealer". :(

      • anthony on 17/03/2011 - 13:53

        meh, at least it is open disclosure with regards to drives.

        And all drives are in sealed packages with that stuff which is supposed to absorb any moisture.

    • Black Hole on 17/03/2011 - 12:19
      +4

      Wife picked up the Corsair F120G SSD from them yesterday and the box was opened with the connector showing sign of used. I don't trust this group.

  • Black Hole on 17/03/2011 - 12:22

    Why would they need to do this? If they were in the antistatic seal, it should be easily clean up by running this through water and it will look as new.

    • anthony on 17/03/2011 - 13:55

      They know that the drives have been wet, even if only the package was wet there should be some legal issues if they sold the drives as being brand new/perfect condition

  • hudalton on 17/03/2011 - 12:24
    +1

    I have found Umart (Sunshine Coast) to be VERY helpful and reasonable. Joyce Mayne fobbed me off to them a couple of years ago and I now go straight to Umart.

  • Gaz1 on 17/03/2011 - 12:30
    +1

    Mentioned previously in the forums:
    www.ozbargain.com.au/node/40810

  • c64 on 17/03/2011 - 12:32

    meh, bulk orders of 10+. so it is not possible to buy the hdds where the available quantity is < 10?

    • justtoreply on 17/03/2011 - 12:51

      It means you'd have to mix and match models to buy at least 10 drives total.

    • StevieRay on 17/03/2011 - 12:51

      Which is why I asked if anyone was interested in group buy

  • justtoreply on 17/03/2011 - 12:48
    +4

    You would have to be NUTS to buy a flooded HDD.

    Your data is more important than a discount.
    And do you really think you can expect warranty for a flooded unit? One look at the PCB, which is usually visible from the underside, and the manufacturer will know.

    My oath this is a bad deal. I wouldn't put data I wasn't prepared to lose on these even if they were free. -ve.

    • Ruckus on 17/03/2011 - 13:26
      +1

      Agreed.

  • Happy501 on 17/03/2011 - 12:52
    +5

    Warning to all, dont trust flooded Hard Drives. This is not a bargain it is a gamble.

  • Mikinoz on 17/03/2011 - 12:53
    +3

    So they obviously claimed the insurance and are now are selling the written off stuff, not sure how normal warranty could apply.

    I dont think the prices are fair enough nor are the bulk only purchases

  • Shonda on 17/03/2011 - 12:56
    +1

    Umart never answer my emails regarding my items :(

    Stay away !

    • POWERevolution on 17/03/2011 - 13:11

      imagine with all the troubles would arise when claim the warranty…
      +1 best to stay away!

  • g12345567 on 17/03/2011 - 13:04
    +1

    Have to be at least 50% or more off before I'd consider this a bargain.

  • Chris McMahon on 17/03/2011 - 13:04
    +5

    This is were your hard drives were. Still think it's a good deal?
    http://i.haymarket.net.au/News/HRGH7.jpg

    • POWERevolution on 17/03/2011 - 13:07
      +1

      NO!!!

    • Gopher on 17/03/2011 - 16:52

      Maybe they were on the very top of the very highest shelf :P
      Yeah, seems like a gamble for not much of a discount.

  • uraha on 17/03/2011 - 13:11
    +1

    Something smells fishy about this deal

  • Yuri Lowell on 17/03/2011 - 13:15
    +1

    $10 off a HDD is not worth the stress and worry of possible data loss in the future. Sure the drive itself is covered by warranty but who really cares about that when you lose all your data? Just pay the extra $10 and get a brand new non-water damaged HDD.

    Edit: It's bulk buy of 10-15 too, yeah definitely not worth it.

  • Tilduke on 17/03/2011 - 13:17
    +1

    Considering their whole store was under water it seems pretty risky. I don't think sealed anti-static bags are actually sealed enough to be classified as waterproof to 5 meters+

  • phobaphobic on 17/03/2011 - 13:17
    +1

    So they are selling potentially damaged merchandise at a measley $10 off? They probably claimed it all back on insurance as well, so getting twice the amount for every HDD. This is probably illegal.

  • Navi on 17/03/2011 - 13:25
    +1

    Not much of a saving vs pccasegear. Not worth the risk.

  • lazed on 17/03/2011 - 13:30
    +1

    Anti static bags are not waterproof. The only appropriate price for these goods would be FREE. I sorry for anyone that purchases these drives.

  • BenMHarvey on 17/03/2011 - 14:00
    +2

    They have probally already got an insurance payout for the items and are simply trying to make extra on the side

    Anti Static Bags are not waterproof, the manufacturer will not honour water damage. Umart will foot the bill themselves I imagine or just ignore you

  • Pizza The Hut on 19/03/2011 - 17:52

    very bad deal. pay the extra ten dollars from an honest store!

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