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    Bose quiet comfort 25 $150 Noise cancelling headphones

    These were $300 last year. I prefer wireless and have the 35s. These are superb. If you take on airplane you can never go back. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/bose-quietcomfort-25-acoustic-noise-cancelling-headphones-black/8323098.p?skuId=8323098 Bose® - QuietComfort® 25 Acoustic Noise...
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    Microcenter Hard drive deals 10tb Seagate iron wolf $299

    Can these be used as regular internal hard drive? I’ve got some of the 8tb seagate magnetic shingled drives to replace.
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    [H]ot $399 for Denon X2100W AVR (orig $699)

    This is regularly priced $699. I bought it 60 days ago for $549, which at the time was the lowest price it had ever been. So I am fairly said about this for me.... Crutchfield and Amazon tend to match each others prices (when one decreases so does the other). So you can buy it at...
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    Smallville Fans! Season 1 $18.50

    That sounds like a helluva deal!
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    Custom PC Crashing Possibly the Video Card?

    I never posted back, but I replaced both the video card and the PSU and it resolved the issue. About a couple years later had same issue, this time replacing only the PSU solved the issue.
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    Iptorrent Invites

    I will take one
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    $10 Free with $50 Amazon gift card purchase

    I got my $10 back after exactly 5 days (today on Saturday) after ordering the gift card last Monday.
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    Seagate SMR 8TB Performance

    I missed out on the 249 pre-order deal... kinda bummed out cuz I bought 2, that would have saved me $100. Did you get it from B&H ?
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    Seagate SMR 8TB Performance

    I updated my original post... 4 hours later... seems to be a steady 42MB/sec After 45 hours 13 minutes I checked again 7,204,584,013,824 bytes copied, estimating: 42.22484473 MB/sec For the initial backup you are looking at a couple days minimum. You have to remember you are comparing a $300...
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    Seagate SMR 8TB Performance

    I was curious what others found in performance of there Seagate 8TB drives... This was the best review I found here Seagate 8TB review I would tend to have to agree with the review. It does surprisingly well writing in short bursts. My initial calculations were in the 100s of MB/sec...
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    $10 Free with $50 Amazon gift card purchase

    I should mention I think I saw that the deal said the $10 back will come via email in 5 business days.
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    Pre-order 8TB Seagate HDD for $249 (expected to ship in March)

    Just thought I would share my real world transfer rates with everyone... I am running both drives on the same ICR10r chipset. Both drives and ports are SATA3. After 1 hour 7 minutes of transfer from one 8TB to another 8TB I had transferred 339,501,514,752 bytes. I am estimating that to be...
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    Pre-order 8TB Seagate HDD for $249 (expected to ship in March)

    Since I missed the deal and B&H didnt have stock on it, I ordered from serversupply.com $299, and it arrived in 3 days. Im still pissed off considering all the press releases said it was going to be $260
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    $10 Free with $50 Amazon gift card purchase

    Thats what I am hearing from a friend as well. It worked for me, but not for him.
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    $10 Free with $50 Amazon gift card purchase

    Just used the code and it worked... see also at fatwallet FatWallet forum Enjoy this exclusive Gift Cards offer: Surprise someone with an Amazon.com Gift Card, and get a $10 promotional code to spend on yourself. Just purchase at least $50 in Amazon.com Gift Cards in a single order by March...
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