Western Digital 3.5 inch 3TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with 3 Years Warranty £119.98 @ Amazon

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  galoka9 months, 1 week ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  Note thyough that Amazon have it down now as 'usually delivered in 3-5 weeks'. Which makes it pretty pointless I think, if you wanta a hard drive you want it now, if you don't you wait and see what prices do,. However ebuyer have it in stock for the same price
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  bbdom9 months, 1 week ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  Possibly worth double checking the warranty situation - their technical description doesn't match with the main description ..... :
  
  

  Title

  Western Digital 3.5 inch 3TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive WD30EZRX

  
  
  and the description .......
  
  

  Description

  Technical Details
  
  3TB capacity
  7200rpm spin speed
  3.5" form factor
  SATA interface
  3yr warranty

  
  
  So it may be a 7200 or a 5400 rpm - back in a minute !
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  bbdom9 months, 1 week ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  Ok - its a 5400 rpm drive and most other retaillers are offering a 2 year warranty on it (there are a couple in the USA which have a 3 year warranty) - deffo worth double checking and/or doing a printout of the description just in case you want them to honour the advertised warranty ;)
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  Ajibee9 months, 1 week ago1 Like #4Show comment toolsReply

  It's a two year warranty:
  
  http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp
  
  ...unless it's a retail kit (don't think this one is) - WD sneakily cut their warranties by a year at the start of this year - so sneakily that many retailers haven't cottoned on yet either - though still a hell of a lot more reassuring than Seagate's miserable 12 month warranty!
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  mysmith9 months, 1 week ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  but sometimes i order stuff from amazon and it says 1-2 months and get it a week later,
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  bez9 months, 1 week ago1 Like #6Show comment toolsReply

  http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/western-digital-caviar-green-3tb-3-5-sata-iii-hard-drive-119-99-delivered-ebuyer-1282161
  
  In stock and you get Acronis true image for free atm + quidco :)
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  Mr No9 months, 1 week ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  Definitely a 2 year warranty for OEM (I have a bunch of them sat next to me).
  
  Amazon still report 3 year warranties for the new Samsung HD204UI (now a rebadged Seagate), despite the fact they actually carry a 1 year warranty.
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  beerglass0079 months, 1 week ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  Cold
  
  Paid £50 for a 2TB last year...
  
  I'll wait until 3TB and 4TB reach sub £100. Not good prices at present
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  gunsNbutter9 months, 1 week ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Amazon is not the only one playing the, "3 years warranty, what 3 years warranty" game. Others gladly do it too. This is where crookedness masquerading as irresponsibility gets a new life. Scan is a big player in this department. They will just use past sell-by-date information to make a new sale and then pretend that they'd made a mishtake when the fingering gets a little frisky. They will even use the old rope of, "This drive has only a 1 year warranty because it is a grey import", to try eluding responsibility - not in those words, of course, but via in-yer-face honesty of the mind numbing kind - until you tell them that you are about to drop your pants and raise the ante. The only thing absolute about a human, that creature of The Duelling Duality, is that he'll change direction as the wind blows. And you have "people" trusting everything from being chosen to be Zer Few to Zer OhLimpics. Powah to yer gab.
  
  

  
  Edited By: gunsNbutter on Aug 14, 2012 00:03
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  u04217939 months, 1 week ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  PC World have it for the same price, more or less: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/wd-internal-3-5-sata-hard-drive-3tb-11358358-pdt.html
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  DontRun9 months, 1 week ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  beerglass007

  Cold
  
  Paid £50 for a 2TB last year...
  
  I'll wait until 3TB and 4TB reach sub £100. Not good prices at present

  
  
  +1
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  Ajibee9 months, 1 week ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  gunsNbutter

  Amazon is not the only one playing the, "3 years warranty, what 3 years warranty" game. Others gladly do it too. This is where crookedness masquerading as irresponsibility gets a new life. Scan is a big player in this department. They will just use past sell-by-date information to make a new sale and then pretend that they'd made a mishtake when the fingering gets a little frisky. They will even use the old rope of, "This drive has only a 1 year warranty because it is a grey import", to try eluding responsibility - not in those words, of course, but via in-yer-face honesty of the mind numbing kind - until you tell them that you are about to drop your pants and raise the ante. The only thing absolute about a human, that creature of The Duelling Duality, is that he'll change direction as the wind blows. And you have "people" trusting everything from being chosen to be Zer Few to Zer OhLimpics. Powah to yer gab.
  

  
  
  Posted just after pub closing time. Figures!
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  Ajibee9 months, 1 week ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  beerglass007

  Cold
  
  Paid £50 for a 2TB last year...
  
  I'll wait until 3TB and 4TB reach sub £100. Not good prices at present

  
  
  mght be in for a long wait, now that there are only two major drive manufacturers - expect them to compete slowly, at least untl SSD prices start to impinge on the bulk storage market.

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