Super flaming hot!!! Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm HD for $9.99 AR @OfficeDepot - DEAD DEAL

[JackFrost1]

Can someone private message me the coupon code for the $20? Thanks.

 

[IronChefM]

Originally posted by: beergeek

Originally posted by: IronChefM
a bit OT but...

what is the purpose for a HD controller card?
is it only used when you want to set up a RAID config or does it increase trasfer rates in general?
do i also need one if i were to use several HDs in one computer?

An IDE controller card provides the interface and DMA between the IDE bus that the disk sits on and the PCI bus that (effectively) memory sits on. You need a controller, but normally you don't have to add one, as modern motherboards come with a dual channel IDE controller built-in (it's part of the "Southbridge" chip of the motherboard chipset). Each channel of the controller supports 2 devices on one cable (called the master and the slave). The devices can be HDs, CDs and DVDs (RO or RW), some tape devices, etc. So, with a normal motherboard, you can support up to 4 such devices without adding an additional controller. (Some MBs that have built-in RAID support can handle another 2 HDs beyond the normal devices.) If you need more than 4 devices, you need another controller. Or, if you want serious RAID support (the built-in stuff isn't serious), you need a heavy duty RAID controller. (A normal add-on disk controller doesn't support RAID - a true RAID controller is much more expensive. Of course, really serious RAID would use SCSI or a direct device interface, not IDE, but that's another thread.)

Long explanation - hope it helped...

ted

Thanks! It really cleared things up.

So I'm guessing if I open up my computer and see that there are no more "channels" that are free, I need to get a controller card to use my HD?

 

[scornful]

IronChef.... you're right. But you prolly dont need to open your case at all. Just count the number devices you have in your computer! CDR, CDRW, HDD..... I assume you prolly dont have more than that. If you have another HDD in there you should prolly know that off the top of your head.


Oops... forgot to add a zip drive in there...

 

[kof]

Well here's my tail of woe and joy.
Sunday
Tried to order from Sunday 00:00 to 04:30, couldn't get thru to the site and enter my CC info.
Tried to place a phone order - could not get the $20 rebate.
Went to bed
Tried to order online from 07:00 to 09:00 no luck. Called CSR was told could not use the $20 coupon w/ phone order, try website again, 5 left in stock for the phone orders.
09:05 still could not get website to work, called CSR's again.
Ordered one w/o extra $20 web coupon (they still would not take it), but now backordered).

Monday - tell everyone at work
1 close bud orders one, but OOS
Check w/ CSR still OOS

Tuesday
About 12:30 call CSR - still backorder, "no can't use web coupon"
13:00 my bud says he just got confirmation w/ $20 coupon - final price ~$13.
13:05 I call CSR back - tell her my tale of woe - she discounts my order the $20 (w/o any number) and finds another warehouse to ship them from and promises it will be here Friday.

Moral - be nice and keep on keepin' on.
So - I sure hope they can sell me a 19" LCD for about $100 next week!!
This fills up my $365 Gateway dual server.

 

[Tchen811]

I just called the 1888godepot number and place an order with a CSR. She told me that even though the drive is on backorder, it should be shipped 5-7 days. And when I told her about the coupon code she said that I can just give it to the driver and he'll deduct $20 off of my bill. I don't know if she's bsing...have to wait and see. Should I call back and metion the coupon again? Maybe some other nice CSR will do it for me without the actual code. Or if anyone has the actual code can you pm it to me?

 

[hypeMarked]

When the OD website say that delivery/time is on Thurs 22, does it means that I will get it on Thurs 22 or they will ship it on that date? Need clarifying, thanks

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: hypeMarked
When the OD website say that delivery/time is on Thurs 22, does it means that I will get it on Thurs 22 or they will ship it on that date? Need clarifying, thanks

delivery date is just that..the date it comes to you..JackFrost1 ygpm

 

[edavid]

The nice CSR I talked to said there would be some coming in tomorrow.

 

[amdi8]

I ordered mine on Sunday morning. It arrived in the mail
today (Tuesday). Not bad, especially considering that it was
free shipping.

OK, now let's get those rebates out right away.

 

[Pretty Cool]

F!!kin' Office Depot.

Like many others, I ordered it early, around 7am PDT. Everything appeared correct on my receipt and delivery was expected today. Well, those a**holes delivered a 60GB drive instead. Of course, the damn 40GB drive is out of stock throughout the country. You would think that OD has a FIFO system, first-in first out. Well, apparently not. Those jerk-offs must have send out thousands of 40GB HD's by now, but my early Sunday morning order meant absolutely squat. Naturally, I checked OD's website for a rebate, but it expired a day before my order. Of course, I couldn't redeem it anyway since those bozos never sent me a receipt. My guess is that an employee heard about this deal and kept the drive for himself and pretended the 40GB drives were out of stock. Naturally, the CSR refused to even confirm when the next shipment would be. However, the new stock would have to arrive this week since they would have to issue me a new receipt with a new date (probably after the rebate has expired). A 40GB drive for $15 is a hot deal. A 60GB drive for $75 probably is not even worth mentioning in this forum.

A**holes, A**holes, A**holes....

 

[stingygrrl]

sorry d00d!

I called up my local store this am, and they had one and only one, which they held at the CS desk. Just went over there and got it and told them how it was backordered and I couldn't use my $20 web coupon (showed printout of cart and coupon) and the CS mgr ok'd it in about 30 seconds. Cashier used coupon # 9999.

Strolled out for $75.62 - 60 rebates= $15.62. Thanks for the post!

(The Walled Lake rebate printed with the receipt but not the MAxtor one. My HD box shows the Maxtor # L01J040g.)

 

[C'DaleRider]

There were three of these drives on the shelf this morning in the Savannah, GA store. Now there's two..........and I'm going to essentially pay nothing for this drive today. Used the $20 off coupon and a $10 off anything card I received in the mail last month. I shop OM, OD, and Staples quite a bit and the managers are always very friendly and quite helpful. So, with the rebates, I should only be losing tax and postage....about $4.33 final cost of the drive. Tres excellent!

 

[lowelo7798]

NICE

 

[pcmax]

Geez Louise the peer pressure! Ordered Sunday for pickup, finally picked up last night. My computer room looks like a hard drive warehouse (insert need another hard drive like a hole in the head). Grand total of 388 GB's of space, ahh the humanity!

Nice thing is I look forward to the time when either OD or Maxtor possibly tries to screw us on rebates, AT class action b@tchfest.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Talk about the AT Effect, OD CSR's know all about the deal & are getting a little hard to deal with, got mine though, the store manager took the referral coupon link that I printed out. Now for a Trios drive selector & my wife will have a system she can dial into work with (they won't allow her to use Windows XP)

 

[TheSHANK]

MAXTOR 40GB for me? Heh I purchased this same drive for like damn I dunno $75 3 months ago. Now it comes around again. Of course I called up and they are backorder, same with online, But my store had it. So i was like i wanna use my damn coupon. 1800 rep was like sorry u can't use onlien coupons at the telemarketing number, so how bout just goto the store and just get it, it has rebates. I was like no i wanna use my $20 coupon. They were like no u hafta use it on something that is not on backorder.

Called up the store, spoke to manager, he was liek SUREE bring it in!

Walk in store, picked up the harddrive, 2 $0.69 folders, and i was off.. $75 total. Lets just hope the rebates work, It's pretty odd to see both rebates on the officemax site heh

 

[LouPoir]

So - I have checked many times - Any chance this will ever be back in stock??

Lou

 

[Nostrada]

Bay Area has it back in stock

 

[scornful]

Good luck finding one..... and to think I was actually waiting tiil I get some money Friday..... damn truck payment

 

[SKORPI0]

Expected the drive to be delivered to today, Tuesday. Ordered Sunday August 18th 5:30 a.m. Status on their site shows "Delivered Short Shipped", meaning they did not have any stock in the warehouse (Carol Stream, IL) to deliver it. Had to call Customer Service about this. Looks like have to wait for it. Hopefully I'll get it before the Sept 7 (OD) and Sept 21 (Maxtor) deadline post-office postmarks. :frown:

 

[guy89]

Nostrada,

Where in bay area none in Oaklnd.

 

[Salvador]

I just picked one up from the OD store in Vernon Hills, IL for $75.xx w/tax out the door. I called the store earlier today and they said that they had 4, so I had them put one aside for me. I printed off the shopping cart page showing the drive and the coupon, then when I got to the store, told the CSR that I tried to order online for in-store pickup and the site wouldn't let me. He said that they just got more in, that's why it didn't show up online. Whatever.. Anyway.. I asked the CSR if he would honor the coupon and he didn't have a problem with it.

So.. It does look like some of these stores are getting late shipments. If your local store was out today or the other day, try giving them a call again and see if they got any more drives in.

Word of advice.. I not only showed the CSR the printed out shopping cart page, but I went armed with a functioning code, that the CSR could plug into the register (found at fa*wallet).

A little side story.. I was going to try to phone in an order today at OD.com and the phone CSR gave me a contact number and extension for their online services division. I called the number and got another CSR and told her that I just called a local store and wanted to use an online coupon, but the site wouldn't let me order the drive and pick it up in the store. She said that there is a buffer that will not allow you to order online for in-store delivery when the supplies get really low. They do this for our protection, so someone doesn't come in and buy the last item before the store clerks get a chance to pull it for you.

Phew..

I then asked the CSR if I can take a printed shopping cart page and have the store honor the coupon for an in-store purchase. She then went on and on about how people get coupons in the mail and then post them on the internet. She said that these are "bogus" coupons and they aren't supposed to be used with this deal. I think the coupons are supposed to be used with some customers, but not the number that are taking advantage of the coupons. She also went on to say that the store clerks and CSR's have no authority whatsoever to accept these codes and that I would not get to use a $20 off coupon in-store. Whatever.. Heh.. I think she used the term "bogus" at least half a dozen times to describe the posted online coupons. I think she wanted to scare me away from trying to use the code for an in-store purchase.

To make a very long story somewhat short... I didn't take her advice and went down to my local OD, presented my case and didn't have a single problem using the online code. One of the rebates even printed out for me at the register after I made the purchase. Of course, YMMV..

A word about the rebates.. There is $60 in rebates for this drive and OD knows it. The online CSR that told me all about "bogus" online coupon codes confirmed that there is $60 in rebates (2 - $30 rebates), so it isn't like we are cheating at all by double dipping. OD is fully aware of this, so we shouldn't have any problems getting our $60 in rebates. I think is just peeved that people are also using the online $20 off $75 on top of the $60 in rebates. There is nothing that they can really do about it though as far as I see.

Sal

 

[nolimitt]

ack! I called up OD yesterday and asked if they had any in stock and they did, so I asked if they could put one on hold for me. When I went there today, I asked if I could use the 20 off 75 coupon, but they wouldn't let me (

so I just bought it anyways for $98.... I might/probably return it though.

 

[wiredspider]

TheSKANK, are you related to this guy?

 

[MrNutz]

This is a SWEET deal....but i made it a little sweeter when i bought the last one my local store had...

Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm HD = $99.99
- $10 IR
- $20 off $75 coupon
- $10 off In-Store Purchase
- $30 Maxtor MIR
- $30 OD MIR
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= FREE!!! AR .......(except for the damn 9% sales tax here...:disgust:...oh well... )