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$300
$379.99
+ Free Shipping
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Newegg has 18TB WD Elements USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0180HBK-NESN) on sale for $339.99 - Extra $40 Off w/ promo code SSBS435 (apply in cart) = $299.99. Shipping is free.

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Note, must apply the listed promo code to receive discount in cart. Item must be sold/shipped by Newegg

About the Product
  • 18TB Capacity
  • USB 3.0/Micro-B Interface
  • Plug and play simplicity
  • Backward compatible w/ USB 3.0/2.0
  • Formatted NTFS and compatible w/ Windows; user's hardware configuration and OS may vary
Warranty
  • Includes a standard manufacturer warranty w/ purchase

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  • This price matches this recent FrontPage deal.
  • This WD Elements offers a compact design w/ up to 18TB capacity, making it the ideal solution for easy, add-on storage for all your files, music, video and more
  • Must apply the listed promo code to receive discount in cart
  • Limit 2 per customer only
  • Offer valid only for May 4, 2022 or while promotion/supplies last
Additional Notes
  • This product ranks 5/5 eggs w/ over 900+ customer reviews at Newegg
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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18TB WD Elements USB 3.0 External Hard Drive [newegg.com] $299.99 + Free Shipping

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Model: WD Elements 18TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive

Deal History 

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03/28/24Newegg$250
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03/03/24Amazon$289.99
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11/17/23Newegg$230
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11/17/23Adorama$230
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06/23/23Newegg$259.99
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06/22/23Newegg$279.99
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05/25/23Newegg$259.99
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03/29/23Amazon$284.99
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11/21/22Amazon$299.99
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03/25/22B&H Photo Video$300 frontpage
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01/24/22Newegg$300 frontpage
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11/26/21Newegg$299.99
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11/17/21Newegg$300 frontpage
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11/07/21Amazon$339.99
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11/04/21Newegg$309.99 popular
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Tempting... If it wasn't NewEgg I would probably bite.
Apparently they like to sell defective refurbished items, then blame customers who never even opened the package for breaking the item. Amongst other things.

https://twitter.com/gamersnexus/s...29?lang=en

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05-04-2022 at 01:52 AM.
05-04-2022 at 01:52 AM.
Tempting... If it wasn't NewEgg I would probably bite.
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05-04-2022 at 02:19 AM.
05-04-2022 at 02:19 AM.
Whats wrong with newegg
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05-04-2022 at 03:40 AM.
05-04-2022 at 03:40 AM.
Quote from Ramukaka4ever :
Whats wrong with newegg
Apparently they like to sell defective refurbished items, then blame customers who never even opened the package for breaking the item. Amongst other things.

https://twitter.com/gamersnexus/s...29?lang=en
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05-04-2022 at 03:47 AM.
05-04-2022 at 03:47 AM.
Quote from Ramukaka4ever :
Whats wrong with newegg
Quote from Tigga573 :
Apparently they like to sell defective refurbished items, then blame customers who never even opened the package for breaking the item. Amongst other things.

https://twitter.com/gamersnexus/s...29?lang=en
There were a few follow ups done for this and a final 1hr+ face to face meeting with Newegg execs and Steve. While it may not have been isolated I didnt get the vibe that it was done maliciously. Newegg also setup a new mailbox to handle escalations for something like that.

Here is a link to all of Gamer Nexus's playlist for all their videos related to this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?...5v6ugM1gdZ
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05-04-2022 at 06:03 AM.
05-04-2022 at 06:03 AM.
So what was the best wd hard drive deal lately? Was it the $200 14tb a few weeks ago? Thanks for posting another hard drive deal...I'm waiting for BB or another b&m store deal.
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05-04-2022 at 07:50 AM.
05-04-2022 at 07:50 AM.
Same. Hoping BB will price match this deal. I think it was $280 the last few years, but $300 is decent.
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05-04-2022 at 08:24 AM.
05-04-2022 at 08:24 AM.
If you are shucking [ifixit.com], you can also get an 18TB Seagate [newegg.com] from NewEgg for $329 with a 5-year warranty vs the 2 years that comes with this unit.
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05-04-2022 at 08:39 AM.

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05-04-2022 at 08:39 AM.
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So what was the best wd hard drive deal lately? Was it the $200 14tb a few weeks ago? Thanks for posting another hard drive deal...I'm waiting for BB or another b&m store deal.
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05-04-2022 at 08:51 AM.
05-04-2022 at 08:51 AM.
$16.67/TB - an okay deal
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05-04-2022 at 09:06 AM.
05-04-2022 at 09:06 AM.
If your router has USB port and media server support, you can fit 650 bluray rips
dvdfab has free mkv pass-through, 3sec nag screen though.
I always select downgrade HD audio to no-HD as don't want silence just because some TV's or sticks don't license high-end Dolby or DTS in their media player.
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05-04-2022 at 09:30 AM.
05-04-2022 at 09:30 AM.
I thought the risk of hardware failure/head crash is higher with super large capacity hard drives like these
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05-04-2022 at 09:31 AM.
05-04-2022 at 09:31 AM.
Quote from fletch8527 :
There were a few follow ups done for this and a final 1hr+ face to face meeting with Newegg execs and Steve. While it may not have been isolated I didnt get the vibe that it was done maliciously. Newegg also setup a new mailbox to handle escalations for something like that.

Here is a link to all of Gamer Nexus's playlist for all their videos related to this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?...5v6ugM1gdZ [youtube.com]
I used to work at a computer component company, one that is still big today, and all it takes is for one exec trying to hit his/her bonus to compromise their values and screw the customer. One example back then was an exec wanted to reuse some parts from defective units (tested to be working) in new units because they had a part shortage. It was signed off, they did it and customers never knew their "new" units had used parts.
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05-04-2022 at 09:32 AM.
05-04-2022 at 09:32 AM.
Quote from fletch8527 :
There were a few follow ups done for this and a final 1hr+ face to face meeting with Newegg execs and Steve. While it may not have been isolated I didnt get the vibe that it was done maliciously. Newegg also setup a new mailbox to handle escalations for something like that.

Here is a link to all of Gamer Nexus's playlist for all their videos related to this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?...5v6ugM1gdZ
It's definitely not isolated. About 4 years ago, a doctor I consult for had a HDD in his 4-drive RAID server fail. We discussed it and since space had been getting tight anyway, we decided to upgrade the RAID capacity. I gave him a link to an enterprise HDD on Newegg and told him to order 4 of them.

After the drives arrived but before I could get there to install them, the entire server hosting the array died. We discussed it and decided to just get a new server with SSD RAID. He had opened up the Newegg box and unwrapped one drive, to confirm they were the model he ordered. But the other three drives were still in Newegg's taped bubble wrap protective packaging.

He returned them, and Newegg claimed we broke all of them and refused to refund his money. I find that hard to believe since they'd put about a 2-inch thick layer of bubble wrap around each of them - so much that the doctor had to remove it from the one drive just to be able to read the model number. And even then, one drive being damaged I can believe. But all four? As a customer, there's not much you can do since it's he said/she said, and they have the big money for lawyers.

A few years before this happened, Newegg had started its Premier membership program. You paid an annual subscription fee, and you were allowed to return products for any reason, no questions asked (they might have changed this in later years). e.g. Premier member breaks a pin off a CPU while installing it, and returns it under the program. I couldn't see how the economics of that would work, since the cost of a single modestly priced device (like a HDD) exceeded the Premier membership fee. But I wasn't a subscriber so whatever; or so I thought. I suspect they came up with this scam as a way to transfer their losses from that program onto other customers.

Some further research turned up that another company bought a majority stake in Newegg in 2016. And most people attribute the change in Newegg to that. Whatever happened, it's no longer the same company you grew up loving in the 2000s.
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