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    WD Essential Portable 1TB USB 3.0 for $55 shipped

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by NUTSH3LL, Aug 28, 2011.

  1. NUTSH3LL

    NUTSH3LL Notebook Evangelist

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    Found this on SD
    Best deal by far for a 1TB USB 3.0 portable HDD, I'd feel bad if I didn't share :D . I already have one and it's considerably smaller than my Seagate 1TB.

    Western Digital® My Passport® Essential™ SE 1TB Portable Hard Drive-USB 3.0 | Staples®

    On sale for $79.99 ($89.99 for silver) after instant savings. This is already the lowest price I've seen for any portable 1TB USB 3.0 HDD.
    To make it even lower, buy a "$25 off $75+ purchase" coupon to make it $54.99 + tax + coupon price

    staples 25 off 75 | eBay
     
    NUTSH3LL, Aug 28, 2011
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  2. Voodooi

    Voodooi AFK for a while...

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    Does this work in Canada? Anyone know?
     
    Voodooi, Aug 28, 2011
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  3. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    that's not $55 shipped...
     
    masterchef341, Sep 2, 2011
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  4. AppleUsr

    AppleUsr Notebook Deity

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    i guess it is if you buy the coupon from ebay. sucks that people just dont share. people will sell the dirt under their fingernails if they think they can make a buck on it.
     
    AppleUsr, Sep 2, 2011
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  5. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    well still not $55 shipped

    $80 - $25 + $3 coupon + tax (~ 6-10%) > $60.

    In any case still a good deal. Wish I had seen it sooner.
     
    HTWingNut, Sep 2, 2011
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  6. chillerman625

    chillerman625 Notebook Consultant

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    Very nice hard drive. Reasonably fast. I kinda don't like the fact that it doesn't have eSata though. Still, I think this is the cheapest 1 TB hard drive you can buy out there.
     
    chillerman625, Sep 2, 2011
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  7. NUTSH3LL

    NUTSH3LL Notebook Evangelist

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    it is very nice. it's about half the size and weight as the Seagate 1TB.

    Ok... my mistake for putting $55 shipped, it should've been $55 shipped + tax + coupon = ~$60
    Regardless, they typically go for $90 elsewhere so I don't know why people are complaining
     
    NUTSH3LL, Sep 2, 2011
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  8. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    why?

    i guess it is if you buy the coupon from ebay. sucks that people just dont share. people will sell the dirt under their fingernails if they think they can make a buck on it.

    i would've siad someting more along the lines of "want to buy the brown stuff sticking to my shoe? it's fresh."
     
    pukemon, Sep 3, 2011
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