Updated 11/19 - Seagate 200GB drive = $74.99 at Fry's or $69.99 @ Outpost

[tinkakat]

Got one from outpost. Better be 5 yr. Got the 160gb last week from there and it was 5yr.

 

[BZeto]

Just got back from Fry's with my new 200gb drive
Sadly I think mine is only a 1 year warranty, not sure though, becuse I already stashed it away.
Where do I find the warranty info btw?

 

[squid729]

hi check your seagate hd warranty status here

http://support.seagate.com/cus...arranty_validation.jsp

drives shipped to retialers before 7/26 should show as 1-yr warranty, drives shipped after 7/26 should be 5-yr

 

[Greg04]

Got in thanks.

 

[BZeto]

Sweet!
The warranty on my drive:
In Warranty
Expiration 31-AUG-2009

 

[ElFenix]

if your warranty doesn't come up at 5 years keep your receipt, anything bought after that date will get 5 years as well. that date was picked because segate started shipping 5 year drives earlier, and all the 1 year drives should have sold out by then.

 

[MrCodeDude]

And to think, I just paid this much for a 160GB HD

 

[dc]

time to get another drive.

 

[freshspace]

Most drives are made in China now, and what a joke that is. China has al1 ways made crap and still makes crap. I have had more electronics failures in the past 5 years then my entire life previous, and I am talking about a failure rate. over 90% of those failures were with China made stuff. It is sad, but true. China currently makes crap. Taiwan is ok, but mainland China = unreliable.

The silver lining is that hopefully this trend will continue and when the war comes their armaments will fail so much it will cripple them..
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Jnmunsey,

Are you being a racist again, just like the comment you made about the dogs? You never tried to amuse yourself and piss off the tech freaks. You are squirming again, you worm! No mission accomplished! Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

 

[hytek369]

Originally posted by: caivoma
anybody know fry's in chicago have the same deal

yes it does, selling like hotcakes, so you better go soon

rebate is by seagate

 

[dc]

rofl, did the price on this drive just increase to 139 after rebate even when friday's ad price is suppose to be good till tuesday?
ad

 

[Lpenguin]

I got one today and saw all the talk on 5yr/1yr warranty.The ad says retail, and the box looks retail, but the drive says "This drive is manufactured by Seagate for OEM distribution. For product information or technical support, please contact your system OEM." Also the box sleeve says "one year warranty", and no warranty registration card in the box. The Industry Fry's had lots of them this afternoon, all the same. I do not think this is a retail 5yr warranty drive. But I think it is still a hot deal!

I ran the numbers on the Seagate web site and it came back with a five year warranty, but the page that reported that also showed a slightly different part number and model number, so I am not sure. I don't think they would give five years on an OEM part.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Maybe they are blowing out the vendors inventory to make way for the new drive series, like the ones with ncq

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/s...ay/20040615035944.html

 

[ThunderRiver]

Originally posted by: freshspace
Most drives are made in China now, and what a joke that is. China has al1 ways made crap and still makes crap. I have had more electronics failures in the past 5 years then my entire life previous, and I am talking about a failure rate. over 90% of those failures were with China made stuff. It is sad, but true. China currently makes crap. Taiwan is ok, but mainland China = unreliable.

The silver lining is that hopefully this trend will continue and when the war comes their armaments will fail so much it will cripple them..

Well, are you referring to this hot deal or what? Not all hard drives are made in China. In fact, most of them are made in Thailand and Indonesia. For example, Hitachi hard drives are pretty much exclusively made in Thailand. Maxtor doesn't make hard drives in China as far as I know, but last time I bought their hard drive was 2 years ago.

In term of "Made in China," yes it is a total crap. I definitely trust most on "Made in Japan", and then "Made in Taiwan".. and then "Made in Thailand"....and the last is "Made in China"

One last note: Apple iPod 4th Generation is assembled in China.....but it still works well for me. Nonetheless, it is inevitable for US companies to lower their cost by outsourcing the production to countries like China. I wish they would not do so, or if they have to, try to avoid China as much as possible. Oh well

 

[cyberia]

I have not bought anything from Outpost before. What's "Call for availability"? Do they eventually ship the item and how soon?

 

[BZeto]

Originally posted by: Lpenguin

I ran the numbers on the Seagate web site and it came back with a five year warranty, but the page that reported that also showed a slightly different part number and model number, so I am not sure. I don't think they would give five years on an OEM part.

Actually my drive also has a different part number than what is listed on the seagate warranty page. But the model number is the same... Hopefully I get the 5 year.

 

[boyRacer]

burbank FRY's had a lot of them on the floor. then you look up at the shelves and theyre at least 5 stacks high for more or less half the aisle. thats a lot of HDs.

 

[weepul]

http://latimes.p2ionline.com/s...adid=1175176&pop=1

did they raise the price? the above ad is valid 9/5 tp 9/7.

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[psiu]

Originally posted by: cyberia
I have not bought anything from Outpost before. What's "Call for availability"? Do they eventually ship the item and how soon?

I have this same question. Does anyone know if the invoice date is the order date, or when they ship?

I'll probably just call tomorrow and find out.

 

[svidanag]

The Renton, WA Fry's still has a shitload

 

[ReiAyanami]

Call for availability means OOS. you can order and they might get more later. call them to make sure though

 

[crunchyjedi]

Fry's in Industry, CA has about 20 on the floor. They are stacked up behind the RAM/CPU Disservice counter on the East side of the store.

 

[caivoma]

got one from chicago fry's, couldn't pricematch in bestbuy though. i was too tired to bitch so i just left. turn out the drive is 5 years warranty, nice. now , i just have to deal with the problem that window couldn't recognize it for a full 200 gb, only 127 gb. damn

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: caivoma
got one from chicago fry's, couldn't pricematch in bestbuy though. i was too tired to bitch so i just left. turn out the drive is 5 years warranty, nice. now , i just have to deal with the problem that window couldn't recognize it for a full 200 gb, only 127 gb. damn

Yep...you'll need XP SP1A or SP2 to get the full 200GB, otherwise you'll have to partition it.

 

[caivoma]

thanx, i have xp sp1 already, i dont really want to download sp2 yet. i guess i will try to partition it