Hard drive prices are creeping upwards rather rapidly, so if you need storage, it’d be wise to buy now. Big W’s advertising a special on the Seagate 2TB external expansion drive for $88 until tomorrow. A few months ago that might have been unremarkable; now it’s quite cheap. [Big W]
Andrew
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 12:55 PMAt that price, I’d grab a few and gret rid of the case. The drive inside that thing is currently going for $162 from my local bulk computer store.. so ya.. very cheap. I’d just be wary that it may have been identified as a batch with a higher than normal fail rate or something similar.
simon
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 1:02 PMi knew there was a hdd shortage due to the flooding in thailand, but i never checked the latest pricing…. blown away i be by the current pricing of a 2tb drive compared to 6months ago… wham!
Pete
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 1:14 PMOnline store “Out of Stock”
Dr Doom
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 1:14 PMSeagate = fail
Adam
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 4:43 PMlol. capt’n no idea.
Bill
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 1:36 PMThis has been on special from the 24 Nov and there are none in Adelaide.
lazyboytony
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 1:37 PMI have to comment about this one. Its near impossible to pick one up due to stock shortages. Stock comes and go and you can’t price match with other retailers if BigW don’t have stock. Good luck finding one!
Greg
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 9:07 PMNot true. It makes no difference if the advertiser of the cheaper product has stock. It is still a valid price match.
Alex Kidman
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 1:41 PMFor what it’s worth I don’t post deals to frustrate anybody, and always try to pick stuff that seems to still be in stock when written up — but I can’t control the stock quantities that external stores have!
i2
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 2:28 PMWell BigW in the Brisbane CBD are out of stock… but the Office works isnt! Printed the bigW webpage that showed the $88 price, walked into Officeworks and bought 2 drive with a further 5% off.. so $83.60 per drive! Bargin!
wes
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 2:30 PMAustralia post has it for $99 if you can’t be bothered going around looking for a BigW with stock.
moloko
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 2:30 PMThey are just hoarding them at the warehouse so they can up the price after the special ends.
delux
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 2:50 PMI never bother when BigW has specials like this as they never has enough stock for it to be a genuine special. Service is terrible too.
Don
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 3:37 PMI bought a couple last time around. Recommended!
Quick service.
Greg
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 7:08 PMGreat deal but none of the stores have stock. Bait advertising.
Calvin Lichty
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 1:32 AMAt first I thought to myself, “Damn, that’s a great deal” but then I saw it was from Seagate. Pass. Of all the drives I’ve ever had, it’s the ones from Seagate that have failed.
I bought a WD 2 TB hard drive for 99$ not that long ago. I should have stocked up then.