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Posted at 1:18 PM on Wednesday 08/20/08 by
Ben
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GoHardDrive.com has the refurbished Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS 1TB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $135 + $0 shipping = $135 shipped. It is re-certified and covered by a 6-month warranty. Just think of the joy you'll have when it finally fails. Also available New for $145 shipped when using coupon code BENBARGAIN (full 3-year warranty). [BizRate]
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    guyver2077 - Posted 1:30 pm PDT 08/20/08 (572 Posts)  Report Spam

    HMMM....

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    m0f0 - Posted 1:33 pm PDT 08/20/08 (7605 Posts)  Report Spam

    Western Digital sucks compared to other HD manufacturers... and this one is a refurb. *smirk*

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    DJ - Posted 1:51 pm PDT 08/20/08 (192 Posts)  Report Spam

    I think I'd spring for 10 more bucks and go new...

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    guyver2077 - Posted 1:51 pm PDT 08/20/08 (572 Posts)  Report Spam

    $10 more for a new one is not bad.... but werent their 750gb for $99?

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    underscore_ - Posted 2:04 pm PDT 08/20/08 (19 Posts)  Report Spam

    Who is GOHARDDRIVE, I don't know um.

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    mr.ed - Posted 2:16 pm PDT 08/20/08 (2577 Posts)  Report Spam

    6 mo. warranty. Feelin' lucky, punk?

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    cablephil2001 - Posted 2:58 pm PDT 08/20/08 (853 Posts)  Report Spam

    Does anybody know who this company is or was? I can't find any info anywhere on the net or at resellerratings.com. Don't know if I'd buy from them without a little more info. Anybody?

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    MuchoTumbao - Posted 3:17 pm PDT 08/20/08 (867 Posts)  Report Spam

    m0f0 wrote:
    Western Digital sucks compared to other HD manufacturers... and this one is a refurb. *smirk*


    Once again, the big claim - and no backing for it other than a smirk.

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    montezuma - Posted 3:59 pm PDT 08/20/08 (474 Posts)  Report Spam

    why are there so many refurbs on such a new drive?

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    w2k - Posted 4:14 pm PDT 08/20/08 (36 Posts)  Report Spam

    wow, $10 for a 3-year warranty, let me think...

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    heddy_lamar - Posted 7:29 pm PDT 08/20/08 (665 Posts)  Report Spam

    Western Digital rocks. Even a refurb would smite a brand new Seagate any day. Seagate = Maxtor = Sucks. Western Digital is renowned for 99.9% reliability!

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    heddy_lamar - Posted 7:31 pm PDT 08/20/08 (665 Posts)  Report Spam

    #7 it's a new company owned by some guy named Ben.

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    drealit - Posted 10:40 pm PDT 08/20/08 (393 Posts)  Report Spam

    #11 I will laugh at you when you drive fails from some random occurrence after your warranty period has ended (WD Enterprise drives aside). Don't worry... the gun won't go off cause the safety is on... baconeer. baconnaise happens. Way to be an rodeo cowboy fanboy.

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    Myself - Posted 1:28 am PDT 08/21/08 (883 Posts)  Report Spam

    These are unquestionably the quietest, most power-efficient drives I've ever used. I have two in my desktop right now (mirrored pair) and they're gorgeous. At this price, I think I might bump the ol' unraid up to 2+1 and pick up another pair for external backup use...

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    heddy_lamar - Posted 9:17 am PDT 08/21/08 (665 Posts)  Report Spam

    drealit wrote:
    #11 I will laugh at you when you drive fails from some random occurrence after your warranty period has ended (WD Enterprise drives aside). Don't worry... the gun won't go off cause the safety is on... baconeer. baconnaise happens. Way to be an rodeo cowboy fanboy.


    They never fail! Well there is one chance in 1000. I've owned 68 different WD drives since 1991, they are all still going strong - even the 300MB one I use for in Atari emulator. Just about all of them stay on 24/7. They are quiet, cool fast and extremely reliable (99.9%!). No joke!

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    drealit - Posted 10:08 am PDT 08/21/08 (393 Posts)  Report Spam

    For your information I just had a new 500GB GP drive go in for an RMA... thankfully it was obviously within the warranty period (it's a 4 month old drive). So I'm sorry my friend... but they do die. Why take the chance?

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    Wand - Posted 10:48 am PDT 08/21/08 (1431 Posts)  Report Spam

    Bens makes about $35 from every drive sold at this online retailer through this link.

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    heddy_lamar - Posted 11:32 am PDT 08/21/08 (665 Posts)  Report Spam

    drealit wrote:
    For your information I just had a new 500GB GP drive go in for an RMA... thankfully it was obviously within the warranty period (it's a 4 month old drive). So I'm sorry my friend... but they do die. Why take the chance?


    I'm sorry sir, but you must have dropped it, or spilled your Maddog 20/20 on it.

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    InVINCEblE - Posted 11:35 am PDT 08/21/08 (1026 Posts)  Report Spam

    Lame refurb. It's not worth it. GoHardDrive.com is already making a reputation for itself.

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