Not that I know of right now. Target and Amazon had the $69.00 deal the last two days. What made the Staples deal so appealing was the $25 coupon that would bring this drive (+ filler) down to $50 + tax.
The Target drives ending in NETG (Malaysia) contained WD Black 2TB drives (but only with 1 year warranty instead of the normal 5). It's not known if the Target deal will extend to today or not (maybe a manager will still sell them at the $69.xx price).
Just a heads up for yall, my local staple is matching the online add pricing, so it doesn't hurt to call yours and see if they will.
Damn thing went live at 2:35 EST. I didn't get up until just after 4 am and they were sold out. There are lots of held up orders with "Researching" listed and 0 drives on the
Staples online order confirmation (from posts at SD) so it might have been for the better anyway.
At this point, it looks like only those who tried to tie in a $25 off $75 coupon into the deal are getting the 0.00 "Researching" thing...
I think people just tried to get too greedy on a good deal, and Staples put the hammer down.
The timing was all screwed up though - the deal didn't go live @ 12:01 EST, but at the oddball hour you mentioned. A lot of people saw it wasn't up at midnight, and went to sleep, setting alarm clocks for 5:55AM... only to find them all sold out, I'm just glad I stayed up a bit and also didn't try and use a purchased coupon with the deal. Still sweating it out until I get tracking numbers, though.
May not be valid in combination with other offers. Offer subject to change. No cash/credit back
Offer Code: 68819 will be automatically added to your cart and applied to your subtotal at checkout
More expensive than Best Buy with their $25 SATA Cables?I think if you wait couple months, every store will sell them for $70. Costco just sent coupon $40 off for a similar drive. Costco is most expensive store for electronics.
can't beat my buddy, who had a single sharpie (also delivered in a large box) hand delivered by a guy who drove 300 miles from another state. It was the only package he had to deliver.
Lame... I ordered at 1am PST
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