Woot 250GB wd HDD for $54.99 shipped

outpost has maxtor 300gb 16meg cache for 80 shipped. I heard lots of problems with the woot 250s last time. A guy at work got 2 and both were bad and never did get a good one.
 
I've never had a problem with the drives I got from Woot - i have 5 in various Xboxes and computers around the house.

Besides their return policy is great!

If you ordered the kensington Monitor stand from them in the past - try using the code "wristpadless" for $5 off the price.
 
You forgot the 'refurb' part.
So very much not worth the risk. I can get new ones for that after rebate if I'm patient, and they're even SATA 8MB.
 
My first w00t, last hdd ago... Wrong size + took almost a week and a half to get to me. Took another week to get the right one. Not worth the trouble IMO. I'd rather save and get a new sata drive.
 
Just got in for 3 and got my buddy to order me 3 more!

I am now a member of the TeraByte Club!!!!

I've got a computer that's just itching to be a network file server.
Software RAIDed of course.

 
It's really not a bad deal. Use them for external storage or backup storage. $55 bucks (shipped and without a REBATE) isn't that bad a deal for such.
 
Apallohadas said:
It's really not a bad deal. Use them for external storage or backup storage. $55 bucks (shipped and without a REBATE) isn't that bad a deal for such.
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Not so sure I trust a refurbed drive to backup my data.
 
Apallohadas said:
It's really not a bad deal. Use them for external storage or backup storage. $55 bucks (shipped and without a REBATE) isn't that bad a deal for such.
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REBATES suck, they basically never come or take ages to come even if you're meticulous in keeping records and sending everything asked for clearly. Never again will I buy a product with a rebate and count on getting it... got screwed over for hundreds of dollars on rebates the last time I had tried them on a few different products, called and followed up and was told to screw off by them repeatedly. This is a sweet price, I got mine a bit ago on the last WOOTOFF and love it, works great and came in properly. It has a 6-month Woot warranty, too.
 
sitheris said:
Not so sure I trust a refurbed drive to backup my data.
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I've got 4 refurbed 40GB WD PATA drives that have been running for years. YMMV
And at this price you can afford 2 of them and do a RAID 1 mirror - if it makes you feel better.

Also a TRUE backup would be to tape or DVD media.

But who can afford a tape autochanger for home use?

The pundits never recommend using a hard drive for a backup solution.




 
rodsfree said:
I've got 4 refurbed 40GB WD PATA drives that have been running for years. YMMV
And at this price you can afford 2 of them and do a RAID 1 mirror - if it makes you feel better.

Also a TRUE backup would be to tape or DVD media.

But who can afford a tape autochanger for home use?

The pundits never recommend using a hard drive for a backup solution.




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but with his luck both drives will fail and theres goes his g0at pr0n :mad:
 
:D

"You're not getting a caviar on a silver spoon."

"You're getting a Caviar in a crappy box."

With that labeled and being a refurb... it does make me feel uneasy on whether or not to purchase it.
 
Also, they show a picture of a silver-top drive (non-FDB) but advertise FDB.
At ~20 cents a gig it's not a bad deal at all, but I'm rather uneasy with the refurb + woot's shipping methods.
 
jcopin said:
youd just die without all that rare g0at pr0n wouldnt you? =p
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Yeah, goat porn. As if it's any of your business to begin with.
 
Hahaha -

Oh man, someone hit a sore spot there! :-P





As long as it's not a sore spot on the goat as well, I think we'll be ok :-D

/smartass
 
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