*****CHEAPEST 1.5TB HDD in the UK - Seagate 1.5TB LP HDD Only £44.99 Delivered!*****

.....dammit dammit dammit. I can afford 1. I need 1. I have the money available!!!

But....I'm trying to save money. Saving for christmas!!!


......*bites down*
 
Superewza said:
I know, i'm not saying anything about the value, i'm just wondering why HDDs rarely come in retail packages.
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Id imagine its because they are all the same to look out, very boring and plus far far cheaper for manufacturers to just box in bulk packaging. Many years ago there was retail hard drives for internal use in your PC. But now they seem none existent or extremely rare and the fact is you'd just be paying extra for a flashy box, which 99% of people would not pay.
 
Gibbo said:
Have you read the thread?

The drive are brand new un-used, but have sat in PC's without an O.S. for x amount of time and were then dismantled, hence "clean pull".

A company like DELL will build say 1000 PC's without an O.S., then when a customer orders they will finish the build off and install the O.S.

These PC's never sold, hence never had an O.S. installed and as such completely un-used hence clean pull and hence why they are a good £10 cheaper than normal. :)
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Hi Gibbo,

I purchased one of these drives today and I wouldn't exactly call it a 'clean pull'. The drive that you sold me has been formatted and has a disk label "Iomega", has 27 power on hours and 17 power on cycles. These really should be sold as 'B' grade stock.

Edit: also, as the drive has an 'Iomega' disk label I wouldn't have thought that it has come out of an "un-used none O.S. PC" but more like an external drive (that has been used, but returned for some reason?)

Zaxxan
 
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To quote Gibbo "however the remainder of the warranty with the manufacturer will still stand"

I have checked the serial number of the drive on the Seagate website and these drives are OEM and do NOT have any manufacturers warranty.

The above comment and the comment about the drives being unused are very misleading, I'm very disappointed, 'If it's too good to be true', springs to mind on this deal. :(:(

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So now there likely from iomega usb drives, used, and now no warranty. I think I will need to check the 2 I got for my mate. If this is all true bad stuff indeed.. want to see what gibbo has to say about this...
 
Tbh I'd rather get a 5 year warranty 7,200rpm drive. Why does it say 7200.11 yet 5900rpm, seems like Ocuk always make these amateur mistakes...
 
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