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This seems like a great deal on a portable drive.
1.5TB Seagate Expansion Portable Hard Drive $129 from DickSmith
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that didn't include free delivery did it?
not sure mate.. but surely it can't be hard to find a DSE around you? unless you're regional ie
Yes, It did include free delivery. I bought two of them and few other things to make it $250 and got $25 xmas discount and waiting for paypal $20 money back.
Still not a bad deal considering that the prices of rival WD HDDs has nearly trebled because of the floods in Thailand. e.g. I bought a 1TB portable WD HDDs for $89 3 weeks ago and it's now gone up to $255!
Are you serious a 1tb Hard Drive for $255 that seller must be on drugs!!
Just have a look at DS website. No joke. I was shocked too.
$148 at Harvey Norman, and Dick Smith won't price match that. "Below cost"
Prices are softening… although still a long way to go.
Every few days I download a price list from MSY, 2TB WD Green's have come down from a high of $193 2 weeks ago to $149 today. Still a long way to $82 (price before floods), but least they are heading in right direction.
Been delaying on a couple of 2TB drives for a few months now. Managed to buy a Seagate 2TB for $90 a few weeks ago (external desktop ripped open for internal drive), but busting for prices to come down again.
Damn, I just bought a 1TB Barracuda for $139… Completely forgot to look at MSY, looked everywhere else! Kicking myself.
I looked at MSY but I can't find the 2TB WDs at $149?
only suckers r buying hdd atm
Or, ya know, people who need them. For boring things like work.
:)
A 2.5" 1.5tb for 129 is still very good pre-flood
u can buy them on ebay for $125 for a 1.5TB from a guy on ebay.
I have got some and was over the moon
item number is 110788701059Why would you buy from Ebay for $125 when you can get from DSE for $129 and walk out with it the same day, plus walk back into the store if you have any issues?
And it is "Postage: AU $15.00" anyway, making it $140, think about it before posting, or just advertising your own item?
Also, this is 2.5", not the 3.5" listed in the ebay auction.
From where it says 2.5'?
it is 3.5' one
Seagate Expansion Portable = 2.5". The specs tab also says that it's USB powered which is another dead giveaway of it being 2.5".
hey yashik - wanna buy some speakers? just step in to the back of my van…
Hahaha - I remember those wanders - I saw them once in one suburb and they approached me the next day in another suburb. I asked them what sort of fraud they were selling today and they couldn't drive away fast enough!
Prices coming back down soon, i'm gonna wait.
I think $129 including delivery is a great deal even if WD weren't flooded it would be at a similar price.
"even if WD weren't flooded it would be at a similar price"
wow…. thats a big call.
wrong- but big :).
Soon? No. Think 6+ months.
not bad considering 3.5' 2TB harddisk only is selling $149
Compare apple to apple dudee… What you have posted are external hd where as this one is a portable one there is massive price difference between an external hf n a portable hd due to compaft size and ac power adapter that portable doesnt require
"Neg if you think Im wrong."
challenge accepted
haha guess I missed that I appologise to the op. In that case its a good deal for the size. I was looking at the pic and assumed it was the 3.5 not the 2.5, my excuse is that it was like 2am + Bourbon = me not thinking straight. This time ill accept the negs as I actually deserved it.
I know this deal is real, I saw it in Dick Smith on Wednesday, just surprised no one had posted it already by Thursday night. I did take photo, just didn't see anywhere here to upload it. First post and all.
I went to DS website, just to check I hadn't got the details wrong, and that I hadn't saw wrong size.
Good deal considering the hard drive market at the moment it works out to be equivalent to 89$ for 1TB Portable HD
True but keep in mind that this is not the ultra-portable model. This would be the equivalent of WD Elements Portable instead of WD Passport Essential. I bought the 1TB WD Passport Essential for $95 a few months back, knowing that WD Elements were selling for $70 odd then for the same size. Of course, the floods changed everything.
Just got one at DS store. Pretty annoyed that I can't use 'credit' when paying by debit card. I wanted to utilise the extended warranty (1 year) that applies when paying by Visa debit.
anyone ripped these open. hoping for 7200rpm and sata
These are 5400 RPM.
DON'T BUY it if your expecting to get 7200rpm goodness.
they upped the price by $10 from a couple of weeks ago =\
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/57657