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#275737 - 10/02/2006 13:03 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: pgrzelak]
CrackersMcCheese pooh-bah Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2489	I'm ready to buy 2 80gb drives
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#275738 - 10/02/2006 13:11 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: pgrzelak]
edsmiata addict Registered: 18/08/2002 Posts: 544 Loc: New Jersey	Quote: Cool!!! Time to build / install more hard drives in your player(s)??? ...exactly _________________________ ...One man gathers what another man spills
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#275739 - 14/02/2006 17:06 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: edsmiata]
edsmiata addict Registered: 18/08/2002 Posts: 544 Loc: New Jersey	just called IBM...they have been instructed to CANCEL ALL ORDERS as the price quoted on the website was wrong....it should have been $342...oh well...if it looks too good to be true...it usually is!!! _________________________ ...One man gathers what another man spills
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#275740 - 17/02/2006 16:57 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: edsmiata]
mcomb pooh-bah Registered: 31/08/1999 Posts: 1649 Loc: San Carlos, CA	Quote: they have been instructed to CANCEL ALL ORDERS They could at least notify people. I haven't heard anything since my original order confirmation and its been almost two weeks. Oh well, didn't really expect to get it anyway. -Mike _________________________ EmpMenuX - ext3 filesystem - Empeg iTunes integration
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#275741 - 17/02/2006 18:46 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: edsmiata]
SE_Sport_Driver carpal tunnel Registered: 05/01/2001 Posts: 4903 Loc: Detroit, MI USA	Quote: it should have been $342... About 300% over the going rate for such a drive... If that was a mistake, I doubt they'd cancel all the orders! _________________________ Brad B.
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#275742 - 17/02/2006 21:24 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12341 Loc: Sterling, VA	Quote: Quote: it should have been $342... About 300% over the going rate for such a drive... If that was a mistake, I doubt they'd cancel all the orders! That's what confused me when the prices shot up the next day. I thought I wasn't following directions and had gone to the wrong page, because while I thought $34 for a laptop hard drive was a big bargain, $342 was even more shocking! _________________________ Matt
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#275743 - 19/02/2006 18:43 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Quote: Quote: it should have been $342... About 300% over the going rate for such a drive... If that was a mistake, I doubt they'd cancel all the orders! As typo's go, that seems a little less plausable that some other prices would be. _________________________ Glenn
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#275744 - 20/02/2006 17:44 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: gbeer]
tanstaafl. carpal tunnel Registered: 08/07/1999 Posts: 5549 Loc: Ajijic, Mexico	As typo's go, that seems a little less plausable that some other prices would be. Not necessarily... what if the "$342" price quoted were really "$342.50" and the person quoting the price just rounded it for the sale of simplicity/brevity? Then just dropping the "2" would give you $34.50, an easy enough typo to make. And if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a tea cart, I know. Pure speculation without a shred of evidence to support it... tanstaafl. _________________________ "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"
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#275745 - 21/02/2006 23:04 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: g_man]
matthew_k pooh-bah Registered: 12/02/2002 Posts: 2298 Loc: Berkeley, California	I got an email today saying the correct price was $522 for the disk drive, and to place my order gain if I'd like one. Really makes them look good to send an email two weeks later, signed by someone other than the email address it's coming from, saying the price is actually five times what's reasonable. Matthew
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#275746 - 22/02/2006 00:24 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: matthew_k]
msaeger carpal tunnel Registered: 23/09/2000 Posts: 3608 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	522 for a 80G that sounds more like a typo than the 34.50. _________________________ Matt
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#275747 - 22/02/2006 11:56 Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu [Re: msaeger]
edsmiata addict Registered: 18/08/2002 Posts: 544 Loc: New Jersey	i bought an 80 gigger from newegg for about $110 delivered..all in....about a month ago http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822153025 _________________________ ...One man gathers what another man spills
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