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WD - Easystore 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive for $56.99+Free SH

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Model: WD - Easystore 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black

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12/15/23Best Buy$64.99
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01/31/22Best Buy$54.99
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09/13/21Best Buy$54.99
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06/14/21Best Buy$58.99
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05/07/21Best Buy$89.99
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05/07/21Best Buy$56.99
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04/12/21Best Buy$56.99
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02/08/21Best Buy$59.99
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12/07/20Best Buy$60
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11/02/20Best Buy$59.99
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10/14/20Best Buy$54.97 popular
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06/22/20Best Buy$57.99
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spark.co2
03-25-2021 at 10:40 PM.
03-25-2021 at 10:40 PM.
Not sure if it's actually a discount of $53 as best buy claims, more like $15 from usual price of around $70
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bennor
03-26-2021 at 03:27 AM.
03-26-2021 at 03:27 AM.
Quote from spark.co2 :
Not sure if it's actually a discount of $53 as best buy claims, more like $15 from usual price of around $70
Yeah not a true $53 discount. Its just how Best Buy plays the game. This drive was $59.99 in the past week or two. Best Buy is playing games with how it lists prices. They are giving the buyer the illusion they (the buyer) are getting a deal by saving $53 over the $109.99 "price". When in reality one is paying a few dollars less than the standard price a day or week ago. In this case saving $3 over the previous price of $59.99.

At $56.99 that puts it at $28.50 per TB. Which is a meh price per TB in the grand scheme of things since the smaller capacity portable mechanical drives almost always have a higher per TB price (average $8 to $10 more) than their higher capacity bothers. Currently (as of this post) the Best Buy Easystore portable 5TB is priced at $99.99 making that drive $20 per TB.
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GeoXify
03-26-2021 at 07:08 AM.
03-26-2021 at 07:08 AM.
Quote from bennor :
Yeah not a true $53 discount. Its just how Best Buy plays the game. This drive was $59.99 in the past week or two. Best Buy is playing games with how it lists prices. They are giving the buyer the illusion they (the buyer) are getting a deal by saving $53 over the $109.99 "price". When in reality one is paying a few dollars less than the standard price a day or week ago. In this case saving $3 over the previous price of $59.99.

At $56.99 that puts it at $28.50 per TB. Which is a meh price per TB in the grand scheme of things since the smaller capacity portable mechanical drives almost always have a higher per TB price (average $8 to $10 more) than their higher capacity bothers. Currently (as of this post) the Best Buy Easystore portable 5TB is priced at $99.99 making that drive $20 per TB.

Yeah I'd rather get something with better price per TB. But some people from what I've read previously like having these smaller hard drives for some reason
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03-26-2021 at 10:58 AM.
03-26-2021 at 10:58 AM.
Quote from GeoXify :
Yeah I'd rather get something with better price per TB. But some people from what I've read previously like having these smaller hard drives for some reason
Probably some older devices only take 2TB max
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03-26-2021 at 06:05 PM.
03-26-2021 at 06:05 PM.
Shockable?
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bennor
03-27-2021 at 03:43 AM.
03-27-2021 at 03:43 AM.
Quote from TenseShoe418 :
Shockable?
Generally applying a shock to any electronic item is not a good idea. Wave

Now if you mean can it be "shucked", then the answer is no. Generally the portable WD drives like the portable Easystore and portable Elements have the USB port embedded into the 2.5 inch hard drive. If you want a "shuckable" external hard drive then look at some of the Seagate portable drives or look to the larger footprint external desktop drives (3.5 inch sized).

Edit to add: Deal of the day price is over. Price for this 2TB drive is back to its regular recent price of $59.99 (on the morning of 3/27/21).
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Last edited by bennor March 27, 2021 at 03:47 AM.
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aerischan
04-09-2021 at 09:37 AM.
04-09-2021 at 09:37 AM.
Quote from GeoXify :
Yeah I'd rather get something with better price per TB. But some people from what I've read previously like having these smaller hard drives for some reason
I doubt someone using a laptop and needs more offline storage on the go would be keen on carrying a 3.5" USB3 external that requires its own separate power brick.
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bonustown
04-09-2021 at 06:06 PM.
04-09-2021 at 06:06 PM.
Quote from aerischan :
I doubt someone using a laptop and needs more offline storage on the go would be keen on carrying a 3.5" USB3 external that requires its own separate power brick.
this doesn't require its own power brick
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aerischan
04-09-2021 at 09:34 PM.
04-09-2021 at 09:34 PM.
Quote from bonustown :
this doesn't require its own power brick
Exactly the point.

Mind, if one needs to use these with a Raspberry Pi or something, these lower capacity 2.5" drives with fewer platters use less power and could work more reliably.
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