Seagate 250GB $80 AR

[KingThot]

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[drifter106]

I have ordered 3 seagates from outpost and have recieved all three rebates...your post leads me to be a little skeptical...am I wrong here? This would be a pretty good deal if i didn't smell a rat....

please advise

I have never dealt with tigerdirect so i am clueless about them....

 

[Bozo Galora]

http://resellerratings.com/seller5616.html

Tiger Direct sucks goat testicles

 

[KingThot]

Not nearly so bad in the US

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller1983.html

You linked to another. Still kinda shabby though. I think the deal is for real though.

 

[xarmian]

Originally posted by: drifter106
I have ordered 3 seagates from outpost and have recieved all three rebates...your post leads me to be a little skeptical...am I wrong here? This would be a pretty good deal if i didn't smell a rat....

please advise

I have never dealt with tigerdirect so i am clueless about them....

TigerDirect has positive and negatives, all anyone seems to remember are the negatives, and a lot of people flaming them have never bought from them. The issue stems from the fact that the rebates are manufacturer rebates, and sometimes the manufacturers themselves are sketchy and don't fulfill the rebates (or cause a lot of headache doing so).

I've gotten all of my rebates for items I purchased from them, and Seagate is reputable, so this is a very good deal in my opinion. You just want to be careful with no-name products.

-Dave

 

[Devil2U]

Three year warrentied 250GB HD for $80 after rebates is hot!

 

[KristopherKubicki]

Linkified for your protection:

http://labs.anandtech.com/search.php?q=seagate+250gb

Also note shipping is *not* free.

Kristopher

 

[cordite]

Originally posted by: xarmian
TigerDirect has positive and negatives, all anyone seems to remember are the negatives, and a lot of people flaming them have never bought from them.

Tiger Direct has positives and negatives but the are plenty of good vendors with great pricing out there who are nowhere near as negative as Tiger Direct. I've ordered twice from Tiger Direct in the past and will never order from them again due to product misrepresentation and very poor customer service. In my book, there's no reason to even risk dealing with vendors like this. YMMV, caveat emptor, and all that jazz.

 

[imported_blip]

Anyone have any good/bad experiences with onrebate.com? It seems kind of like a pain that they don't just give you the rebate form, but rather an information form telling you to go fill out stuff at the website. Why not just give us the stupid form?
This price isn't that remarkable, given other prices that have been listed lately. I may just wait for another one, not even bother with TD.

 

[Keltron]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
http://resellerratings.com/seller5616.html

Tiger Direct sucks goat testicles

I second that. Tigerdirect is rebate nightmare. I have had two experience with them couple of years ago. never recieved those rebates. I will never deal with them:|

 

[poisonthewell]

OP says "At TD but oh well..."

Hah, next please!!!

 

[drifter106]

My take is that the rebate is with Seagate...if thats the case I don't have a problem with it. My last rebate from Seagate came in about 4 to 5 weeks. It was a pleasant surprise to say the least.

 

[fzj80]

Originally posted by: Devil2U
Three year warrentied 250GB HD for $80 after rebates is hot!

On TD they list the warranty as 60-months...which is 5 yrs...is that right? I thought only SCSI drives EVER got 5-yr warranties...that doesn't sound quite right...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...tails.asp?EdpNo=1265028&Tab=7&NoMapp=0

 

[KristopherKubicki]

All seagate retail drives come with 5 year warranties now.

I wouldn't rag on TD so much (although their Canadian counterpart isn't very good). They generally get the job done fine, but they are no NE or ZZF.

Kristopher

 

[flyswatter]

Originally posted by: drifter106
My take is that the rebate is with Seagate...if thats the case I don't have a problem with it. My last rebate from Seagate came in about 4 to 5 weeks. It was a pleasant surprise to say the least.

Rebate is thru Tiger. Seagate's rebate do not use Onrebate. Seagate's rebate, you mail it in to El Paso, TX.

 

[drifter106]

dumb question but what is the purpose of tiger direct giving you a rebate where you have to go to another site to get the rebate form? Defeats the whole purpose in my estimation. I was seriously considering this but when they have this "middleman" rebate center involved makes me wonder if they are trying to pull something. I have had extremely good luck with seagate rebates but this one i just don't feel comfortable with.

Probably to early to tell if someone has got a rebate from this particular offering.

Has anyone ever went through this methology to get a rebate (using onrebate.com) and can vouch one way or the other whether its sound....

thanks

 

[Yurkinator]

I have gotten three rebates from onrebate.com. All came withing two months.

 

[drifter106]

well i tried it...ordered 2, one for daughter and one for myself...we will see how the rebate goes...

 

[0roo0roo]

sweet

 

[QTPie]

Originally posted by: blip
Anyone have any good/bad experiences with onrebate.com? It seems kind of like a pain that they don't just give you the rebate form, but rather an information form telling you to go fill out stuff at the website. Why not just give us the stupid form?
This price isn't that remarkable, given other prices that have been listed lately. I may just wait for another one, not even bother with TD.

I've got all 3 of the rebates for my 1st time order from TD. 2 of them came from onrebate.com which they sent me thru PayPal, really cool.

Their S & H is kinda expensive.

 

[drifter106]

just got an email from onrebate.com and it gave me a 800 # to call. The 800 number is a recording that says it no longer working...oh boy...lol ... is this a sign of things to com...anyway i emailed them asking what they want me to send in... hope i hear from them

 

[BrokenVisage]

Want to know if I should jump on this, looks like the rebate does go through OnRebate.com who I have no experience with, is this credible or what?

 

[drifter106]

well just got everything completed and mailed all the documentation they asked for...now to wait probably 8 weeks to see what happens...make a copy of everything so if it goes bad i can fall back on tiger direct, they said they would honor it...we shall see

 

[db]

Seagate's rebate house screwed me on a purchase from Fry's. Still trying to get those bastards to cough up the rest of the money.

Anybody with rebate problems that you can back up with proof should contact the FTC's site and file a complaint. The have a section just about rebates.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Whatever, I jumped, been perfect with rebates all my life to go on.