DEAD: 80GB 8MB Maxtor Hard drive at Staples for $29.98?! AR B&M and Online

[stultus]

Can someone post an idiot's guide to pricematching this? Maybe I'm still too sleepy from waking up, but it looks like you're trying to pricematch staples' 110-20 coupon-30 rebate=60 to outpost's 110-50 rebate=60.

 

[Replay]

Originally posted by: stultus
Can someone post an idiot's guide to pricematching this? Maybe I'm still too sleepy from waking up, but it looks like you're trying to pricematch staples' 110-20 coupon-30 rebate=60 to outpost's 110-50 rebate=60.

No, you've got it. 60 = 60 as many Staples CSR's will explain to you. This is a game where some keep calling, hoping to take advantage of a csr who will make a mistake, large or small, in their favor. Not something everyone will want to try, and YMMV on pricematching. Also, I think the Fry's sale was a one day anniversary sale, for yesterday.

 

[CheetahMk2]

Oh, I got it to go through. I wasn't greedy, only got one [glares at certain unscrupulous people he saw in the store].

I did find a $20 off $100, it was a 16 digit code. It mentioned having to surrender the coupon when you go in-store... maybe try FW for the actual code. I just wish I could have gotten this on on that $18 inch sony LCD for $330 deal...

 

[Wookie82]

Just wanted to let everyone know that the PM is STILL AVAILABLE!!!!

I called Staples 1800 Number today, they asked me what i wanted to price check, where to price check, and what the prices were... said the 50$ rebate vs. the 30$ rebate, had to stay on hold for a while, when the lady came back on the phone she said that they would PM the 20$ difference except they had to factor in shipping charges so I will be getting $14.12 credited to my credit card.

I did this at 12:30 EST on 5/17 a day after the sale was over

What a GREAT Deal
Thanks everyone

 

[forumreader]

Installed mine today

Anyone knows how to find out the buffer size in XP so that I can confirm it is indeed 8MB cache ?

Thanks
:beer:

 

[Antoneo]

Hrmm.. for those of you who bought the drive from Staples and are mailing rebates out:

Where's the UPC for this thing??? TIA!

 

[MistaQ]

Hope this goes through -

my deal - HD $110
RAM $40
Total $150
-----------------
- 30 Staples MIR - HD
- 30 MAxtor MIR
- 20 Staples MIR - Ram
- 30 off 150 printable coupon
----------------
$40 for 80gig HD and 256mb ram

 

[forumreader]

Originally posted by: Antoneo
Hrmm.. for those of you who bought the drive from Staples and are mailing rebates out:

Where's the UPC for this thing??? TIA!

On the side of the Box - the sticker with 3 bar codes.. UPC, serial and KIT no.

 

[Toddlizzle]

Originally posted by: forumreader
Installed mine today

Anyone knows how to find out the buffer size in XP so that I can confirm it is indeed 8MB cache ?

Thanks
:beer:

Download Hitachi Feature Tool and you'll be able to boot with the floppy it creates. You can also use it to view S.M.A.R.T. status or to modify the acoustic management settings. It works with many drives, including Maxtor, IBM and Western Digital.

 

[forumreader]

Originally posted by: Toddlizzle

Originally posted by: forumreader
Installed mine today

Anyone knows how to find out the buffer size in XP so that I can confirm it is indeed 8MB cache ?

Thanks
:beer:

Download Hitachi Feature Tool and you'll be able to boot with the floppy it creates. You can also use it to view S.M.A.R.T. status or to modify the acoustic management settings. It works with many drives, including Maxtor, IBM and Western Digital.

Isn't this the same as the IBM Feature Tool? Lazy me.. I wanted to see the drive info without booting out of XP . Will give it a shot though. Thanks

 

[joeld]

<kicks himself for not reading AT hotdeals on the 17th or before...>

 

[Keltron]

The price of the drive is $129.98 online, and there is no instant rebate. I dont know where you get $119 - 10 !

and both rebates are sent to same address. unless somebody recieve both rebate checks, i am not going to believe this

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: Keltron
The price of the drive is $129.98 online, and there is no instant rebate. I dont know where you get $119 - 10 !

and both rebates are sent to same address. unless somebody recieve both rebate checks, i am not going to believe this

In my original post, I clearly stated that the sale was on until May 18th. You posted on the 21st. You missed the sale. Also, numerous people have already commented on the validity of the two rebates.

Please read the Original Post Thoroughly, and at least scan the subsequent thread if you have any questions about a Hot Deal.

 

[Replay]

tk149,

Good post,

Good time to edit the title, and mark the deal as "Now Dead!" instead of "Now Hot!".

Then we won't get all the sad and angry posts from those that read the title, and can't get the deal.

"Now HOT!: 80GB 8MB Maxtor Hard drive at Staples for $29.98?! AR B&M and Online"

 

[SCSIfreek]

I'm getting both rebates back . Send copy to staples and Originals to Maxtor. $23.xx dollars for a 80Gig drive isn't too shabby. For those of you who missed out on this. I'm sure the next round of drives to score are 120gig so keep track of the Hot deals forum.


--Scsi

 

[huesmann]

I now have this drive humming along nicely as my boot disk.

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: Replay
tk149,

Good post,

Good time to edit the title, and mark the deal as "Now Dead!" instead of "Now Hot!".

Then we won't get all the sad and angry posts from those that read the title, and can't get the deal.

"Now HOT!: 80GB 8MB Maxtor Hard drive at Staples for $29.98?! AR B&M and Online"

Thank you, and the title has been changed.

 

[HarryManback]

I'm getting both rebates back . Send copy to staples and Originals to Maxtor. $23.xx dollars for a 80Gig drive isn't too shabby. For those of you who missed out on this. I'm sure the next round of drives to score are 120gig so keep track of the Hot deals forum.


I assume that you believe you are getting both rebates back because both appeared on rebateshq.com? If so, did you use the same name/address on each rebate form?

 

[JmsAndrsn]

I assume that you believe you are getting both rebates back because both appeared on rebateshq.com? If so, did you use the same name/address on each rebate form?

Whether or not the same name/address was used is not important. The important thing is that each rebate has a unique offer number. The limit of 1 rebate per person/address/household is tracked almost all the time by offer number (not necessarily by the similarity of the offers).

 

[HarryManback]

Whether or not the same name/address was used is not important. The important thing is that each rebate has a unique offer number. The limit of 1 rebate per person/address/household is tracked almost all the time by offer number (not necessarily by the similarity of the offers).

Just was curious how that worked. I'm getting ready to send mine in and want to make sure I do so correctly.

 

[blaisburn]

just recieved email from rebateshq that my rebate is invalid on the 80 gig for not sending original upc.

 

[Athena]

«Just was curious how that worked. I'm getting ready to send mine in and want to make sure I do so correctly. »

Alsways send the original UPC with the manufacturer's form then send the copy with the store's form. When Staples asks for the original UPC, write "Original sent to manufacturer" on the copy.
I've dne that many times and Staples has always come through.

 

[fiask0]

this is really off-topic for this thread, but deals like this do come around once in a while, after mail in rebates comp-usa had WD 80's special editions for 29.99 . I bought about 8 of them and each rebate came in. I'd go for it, even for 59.99 or whatever it's an awesome deal.

 

[bigalt]

Did anybody else get some odd behavior on the hard drives sent?

I ordered one, then told my roommate about it. He got one too (will that mean we can't both get the rebate?).

Anyway, i got an email saying OOS and that if i still want one i should reorder when they are in stock.

Then on thursday, there were two hard drives addressed to my roommate, and a message on the answering machine saying "we screwed up order #xxxx, sent you two hard drives instead of one, and will send a driver by to pick it up." The order number wasn't at all similar to either mine or my roommate's. He figured that if the driver actually managed to swing by while we're home, he'll give it back.

Anyway yesterday, two hard drives came in the mail for ME as well.

What's the procedure on this? Is it up to our consciences whether we return the second? Can they charge our credit cards a second time? And if we send in our rebates for different addresses, will it matter that the packing slips with the hard drives will have been the same?

 

[SpideyCU]

I'm not familiar with it exactly, but there's a law that says if you receive something in the mail that you did not order, you're not obligated to pay for it and you can keep it. So, yeah, I think your conscience is the only limitation here, but someone else might be able to clarify (or even contradict) the law I'm thinking of.