HOT! Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM $38 (after last chance for amex and rebate) ADDED REBATE LINK!

[LOBOCOP]

The updated rebate coupon expired on 4/4. Does that mean this deal is no good anymore?

 

[TeMpT]

anyone have news on BVG on this drive yet?

 

[Bob/NYC]

Blue already reimbersed me for 2 drives w/rebates, on prior offers. Receipt says "WD Caviar 80GB 7200RPM INT Hard Drive" and used keyword Caviar 80 gig, to match receipt. No mention of 80BB, or 80BBRTL, OEM nor retail. Crummy drives do a random click thne head reset, without a cooler. SVC's did the fix. YMMV...

 

[roamerr]

Filed my BVG on the drive on 3/31 -- received it ($86.95 check) in the mail today. At the moment I love AMEX!!

 

[beaver]

<< Outpost has the WD 80GB 7200RPM WD800BBRTL for $199.95 - $75 MIR = $124.95. Buy with American Express Blue and pricematch PCBuyersClub at $113.
Final cost = $199.95 - $75 rebate - $86.95 pricematch = $38 + Shipping!

Outpost will email you valid rebate link.

Alternate PM links:

• PC Xperts $112
  House of Computers $112
  PCLink2000 $115

$108 now.

 

[dude]

People, people.

Getting one of these refurbed and a new one is almost the same. They will still carry the same warranty. Matter of fact, if you contact the manufacture, they will most likely give you another refurbed anyways, at least that's what almost all of their RMA'd hard drives are.

Most likely, the "refurbed" drives are working perfectly fine and probably had a defective PCB or something like a bad chip or bad memory/cache on the PCB. That was caught during QA check. So it may be better to have a refurbed cuz it actually was a problem that was found out during QA.

When problems occur, "refurbed" items often go through much more QA Testing than "new" items.

This drive shouldn't be a problem with most people in the "know" or understand the manufacturing business. The average "Joe" will probably freak out and demand a "new" drive. Or for a peace of mind, if you will call it that, get a RMA from WD for a "new" drive.

 

[amgine]

<<

<< Outpost has the WD 80GB 7200RPM WD800BBRTL for $199.95 - $75 MIR = $124.95. Buy with American Express Blue and pricematch PCBuyersClub at $113.
Final cost = $199.95 - $75 rebate - $86.95 pricematch = $38 + Shipping!

Outpost will email you valid rebate link.

Alternate PM links:

• PC Xperts $112
  House of Computers $112
  PCLink2000 $115

$108 now. >>


Where?

 

[marill999]

where's $108?

 

[FordLorider]

$58 shipped to anyone that can get this deal to work. Either you or I can wait on the MIR. Please PM me!

 

[Richard Berg]

Ditto. I'll make it worth your while.

 

[jsfiat]

Thank you for contacting Outpost.com.

We have been assured by Western Digital that the drives they are sending
are new. The current rebate will no longer be valid when the new
shipment shows up. There will be a new rebate for $55, and the price has
dropped, so you the drive price after rebate will still be $124.95. I
have made the adjustments on the order to make sure you recieve the
drive at the new price of $179.95.

Please let us know if there is anything else we can do for you.

I'm still in, I just hope it arrives in time for PM

 

[beaver]

House of Computers $108.

 

[djlevyii]

Is there a new link for a new rebate?

The current rebate form is dead as of April 4............

 

[FordLorider]

$58 shipped anyone????

 

[IamAddicted]

<< $58 shipped anyone???? >>

Once the $75 rebate comes mine is $38 from the original Best Buy Deal. Amex PM done.

 

[Euripides]

I ordered on April 4th and I got it today. (I took next day shipping). So everyone else should be getting their drives in the next day or so.

 

[ghankerson]

Looks like it's $107 at the House of Computers now! It just keeps getting better.

Should I wait until April 29th to pricematch this deal? Or should I go with the $107?

 

[RigorousT]

It's my understanding that the pcbuyerclub drive is in retail box (item #WD800BBRTL) while the House of Computers item is
OEM (3yrs warranty WD800BB DMA/ATA-100 - OEM - 7200RPM EIDE DRIVE). Be careful price matching since you might get your claim
denied.

 

[yugpatel]

I spoke with the CSR at rebate number and CSR confirmed that even if rebate form shows "mail within 14 days of order", we can submit with a copy of the packing slip and they shall honour rebate for $75. If you drive comes after the rebate expiration date, call the number on the form and they shall give you a new address to mail in your rebate. My drive would show up today.

 

[ghankerson]

Yah your right. I don't want to risk PMing an OEM drive.

 

[Uthiroid]

yugpatel,

so you are saying that if we ordered within the prior rebate, but shipped late then we just send the packing slip with the original order date, and it's all good?

 

[jsfiat]

ok, drive arrived today. it is a brand new retail 3year warranty etc. I called the outpost .com for the rebate info and he emailed me a pdf file of the rebate, anyone need it ? I will pm you. Set up the amex pm and the csr told me what I bought and who I was pm with. it was kinda funny, she was really nice.
This looks like the last big pm with blue. Going out with a bang.

 

[weepul]

not sure if this was mentioned before, but i think it's very noticable that it says output.com instead of outpost.com. One place might be a typo, but 2 places??? think something shady is happening?

 

[mpjohnst]

I got mine today too. I submited my PM with AMEX late last week. How long do they usually take to come through?

 

[mpjohnst]

BTW, it is a brand new drive...