Well a few weeks ago, I saw a similar deal (IIRC it was also at Office Depot) on a Maxtor Ultra 160GB, with 7200rpm and 8mb cache (ata-133 as well), for only $79 after rebates. And *yes*, my rebate *is* being processed. It started with a web coupon, which cut another $20 off the special deal that 'Depot had running in the sunday print ads... then a mfg rebate from Maxtor. So no, that is not the best deal, or the best drive for the money.
While we're on the subject, I'll plug dealnews.com again, as it has made a true capitalist out of me 8-P A friend also pointed me to gotapex.com recently, which I hadn't heard of. Disclaimer: I'm not ashamed of my web resources, nor do I commercially endorse them! regards, Ben PS - don't forget dealcoupon.com, it is in the dealnews family and handy when you've already decided to go with a specific retailer... for instance, follow this link and observe the code in the upper-right corner; this is $20 of $75 for *non-technology* items, a currently running promotion: http://dealcoupon.com/coupons/20771.html This one looks to be a flat $20 off $100, might work for the HD: http://dealcoupon.com/coupons/20615.html BTW, I was able to use the web coupon code while placing my order over the phone with the local store; this way I avoided shipping and also processed my order before their measly stock of drives ran out ( = So $80, with rebates. Prolly the same drive... On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 03:42:39 -0400 Jamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I just looked at pricewatch, and that is as low as they have (plus no | waiting), and the 160's they show are 2mb cache. when you scroll down | to find ones with 8mb cache, they are $110. | the ones listed are samsung, maxtor comes up w/8mb cache @ $118 | | are samsung any good ? | | Jamie | | | On Monday 13 October 2003 09:43 pm, Mr O wrote: | : With or without rebates? | : | : --- Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | : > I was in Office Depot yesterday, and they have 160 Gb Maxtor | : > hard | : > drives on sale for $99. That's 62 cents a gigabyte. These | : > are 7200 | : > RPM, 8 MB cache drives, sorry I don't remember the exact | : > number. | : _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
