My experience with "Hot Deals", in general, is that this board is filled with posts from MANY AT members who don't want to spend a dime. These jerks only want FAR items & $1.00 Big Macs. Usually no profile is enabled so you know they never set foot in FS/FT.
Note, I said "MANY", not all, so if this doesn't pertain to you, don't get your panties in a bunch.
I've NEVER made a post on this board that didn't get multiple derogatory responses. I know a good deal when I come across one. If you disagree, it doesn't mean someone else won't want to take advantage of what I consider to be "hot".
Back to this particular post... I needed a 20gb HDD just the other day for a proxyserver @ work. I needed it immediately. Bought a 40GB drive (smallest they had in stock) for $85.00/no rebate (company funds, of course). No clearance HDDs available...I asked.
CATASTROPHY's post is indeed a "hot deal" for a 30GB HDD.
We post in "Hot Deals" to help other members.
Responses that undermine these posts are BS.
For what it's worth, OM has a WD 40GB hard drive for $29 AR starting on Sunday.
This never would have been posted without the original post from CATASTROPHE.
See how it works?