Maxtor rebate form (front page) says good for model L01J040G. When you pull up SKU 368-121 at OD it shows model ST0154000U.
Originally posted by: docinthebox
This deal starts this Sunday (8/18/2002):
- $30 Maxtor MIR (Original UPC required)
- $30 OD MIR (Photocopy UPC allowed)
Originally posted by: Richb
One Question?
The Maxtor rebate form (front page) says good for model L01J040G. When you pull up SKU 368-121 at OD it shows model ST0154000U.
Are these the same models?
Originally posted by: Richb
One Question?
The Maxtor rebate form (front page) says good for model L01J040G. When you pull up SKU 368-121 at OD it shows model ST0154000U.
Are these the same models?
Originally posted by: Richb
One Question?
The Maxtor rebate form (front page) says good for model L01J040G. When you pull up SKU 368-121 at OD it shows model ST0154000U.
Are these the same models?
Originally posted by: Branded
Maxtor rebate form (front page) says good for model L01J040G. When you pull up SKU 368-121 at OD it shows model ST0154000U.
From the OD web site;
Item # 368121
Manufacturer # L01J040G
capacity 40GB
manufacturer Maxtor
model name ST0154000U
Originally posted by: scarfase99
damn u anandtech, cuz i really need close to 300gb!!
Originally posted by: docinthebox
Originally posted by: scarfase99
damn u anandtech, cuz i really need close to 300gb!!
That's fine. Get 8 of these 40GB drives and get a 3ware Escalade 7500-8 and RAID them together into a single 320GB logical drive.
Originally posted by: docinthebox
And it's not all that expensive either:
8 of the 40GB drives cost $80.
Hypermicro has the Escalade 7500-8 for $365.
So for $445, you get 320GB of storage running in 8-way RAID-5. I think that's pretty good.
Do you have that many relatives and/or friends that will let you use their addresses for the rebates?
Shelby
Originally posted by: NemoD
yeah, ru guys sure the two rebates are distinct? any info would really help, thnx.
Originally posted by: docinthebox
Well, all I can say is... the rebates are processed by different companies (Parago for the Maxtor MIR and ExpressGroup for the OD MIR). One requires original UPC and one accepts photocopied UPC. Nothing in the fine print says you cannot submit both of them at the same time.
But, like many other deals on this forum, YMMV. I guess you can almost be sure that you'll get at least one of the rebates. But whether or not Maxtor or OD will decide to pull one of the rebates, no one knows.
My advice is: you should only make the purchase if you're okay with a $39.99 price for the hard drive (i.e. in case one of the rebates didn't make out.) If you absolutely must get it for $9.99 or that'll break your budget, then you probably shouldn't get it.
Unless someone could call Maxtor and OD next week to get some sort of guarantee that both rebates are valid. But I don't think that's going to happen.