expired Posted by Switchblades • May 16, 2021
May 16, 2021 2:37 AM
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expired Posted by Switchblades • May 16, 2021
May 16, 2021 2:37 AM
Select Walmart Stores: 500GB SanDisk 2.5" Extreme Portable Solid State Drive
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TLDR - LV 89031 Walmart has 3 or 4 more SanDisk 500s as of this morning. Visually verified.
I went to my local Walmart in LV (89130) to try to grab this deal on Sunday morning based on the availability reported by Brickseek. The drive was not available behind the glass; however, it was available behind the electronics counter, caged. The employee was helpful to pull out the SanDisk 500, SanDisk 1TB, and several WD My Books (4, 6, 8TB), which were then all scanned. I asked for the SanDisk 1TB and WDs based on other SlickDeals posts, so I wanted to see if there was a deal. They had at least 4 or 5 SanDisk 500s that scanned at $33.82 each. The SanDisk 1TB was still $169 (or so, can't remember) which was not the deal others have seen - but this was as expected from my Brickseek review. The WD MB 4TB and 8TB were also still listed as full-price; however, the 6TB was listing at $63.07.
So I pulled the trigger on the SanDisk 500 and the WD MB 6TB. Each box was in pristine condition - no dents, unbroken tape.
I finally had a chance last night to unbox and see that the contents looked untouched. I was happy to find that the SanDisk 500 was in new condition. Using CrystalDisk, I verified that the drive had 0 hours and issues, but 4 powerons. Unfortunately, the same could NOT be said about the WD MB 6TB. For the WD, the drive would not initialize in either my Win10 or Linux boxes. Using CrystalDisk, it populated a model number of a WD 250GB drive. Haha. OK. I could also see that this drive had over 400 powerons and I think 7,000 hours on it already! A recent datahoarder reddit comments on similar experiences. So I boxed up the WD MB and held off returning it until this morning.
I've never done a return at Walmart before, but was surprised to find the process was easy. My wife advised to keep it simple because the employee won't care about the details, but my nature is to over-explain unnecessarily, which I did. The employee could not care less and refunded my money.
But, now that I had my $63 back, I decided to run back to the electronics booth to see about getting more SanDisk 500s. I saw that this location (89031) STILL had 3 or 4 SanDisk 500s available, but I had a change of heart and decided NOT to get them because I didn't want to be greedy - unlike the a-hole who likely shucked the 6TB drive out of the My Book and left some poor fool (such as myself) to get all excited only to find out he got duped with an expensive 250GB external hard drive. Hahaha.
If anyone cares, I was very tempted to do a full forensic work up of the drive to see if I could hunt down the original owner and call them out. But, that's just petty, a waste of time, and petty. Emphasis added on petty. But seriously, don't be a-holes and pass on your crap, people. Selfishness is ruining it for the rest of us.
best of lluck!
All the deals on brickseek are usually pretty accurate for that location for some reason.
Walmart tags that as a supercenter I'm not sure if that makes any difference but I've had pretty good luck in that location for everything
Happy hunting!
What results? same as online?
Thanks
Limited stock means 0. 2-4 means 0 in stock. 6+ also means 0 in stock
What results? same as online?
Thanks
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Limited stock means 0. 2-4 means 0 in stock. 6+ also means 0 in stock
Limited stock means 0. 2-4 means 0 in stock. 6+ also means 0 in stock
TLDR - LV 89031 Walmart has 3 or 4 more SanDisk 500s as of this morning. Visually verified.
I went to my local Walmart in LV (89130) to try to grab this deal on Sunday morning based on the availability reported by Brickseek. The drive was not available behind the glass; however, it was available behind the electronics counter, caged. The employee was helpful to pull out the SanDisk 500, SanDisk 1TB, and several WD My Books (4, 6, 8TB), which were then all scanned. I asked for the SanDisk 1TB and WDs based on other SlickDeals posts, so I wanted to see if there was a deal. They had at least 4 or 5 SanDisk 500s that scanned at $33.82 each. The SanDisk 1TB was still $169 (or so, can't remember) which was not the deal others have seen - but this was as expected from my Brickseek review. The WD MB 4TB and 8TB were also still listed as full-price; however, the 6TB was listing at $63.07.
So I pulled the trigger on the SanDisk 500 and the WD MB 6TB. Each box was in pristine condition - no dents, unbroken tape.
I finally had a chance last night to unbox and see that the contents looked untouched. I was happy to find that the SanDisk 500 was in new condition. Using CrystalDisk, I verified that the drive had 0 hours and issues, but 4 powerons. Unfortunately, the same could NOT be said about the WD MB 6TB. For the WD, the drive would not initialize in either my Win10 or Linux boxes. Using CrystalDisk, it populated a model number of a WD 250GB drive. Haha. OK. I could also see that this drive had over 400 powerons and I think 7,000 hours on it already! A recent datahoarder reddit comments on similar experiences. So I boxed up the WD MB and held off returning it until this morning.
I've never done a return at Walmart before, but was surprised to find the process was easy. My wife advised to keep it simple because the employee won't care about the details, but my nature is to over-explain unnecessarily, which I did. The employee could not care less and refunded my money.
But, now that I had my $63 back, I decided to run back to the electronics booth to see about getting more SanDisk 500s. I saw that this location (89031) STILL had 3 or 4 SanDisk 500s available, but I had a change of heart and decided NOT to get them because I didn't want to be greedy - unlike the a-hole who likely shucked the 6TB drive out of the My Book and left some poor fool (such as myself) to get all excited only to find out he got duped with an expensive 250GB external hard drive. Hahaha.
If anyone cares, I was very tempted to do a full forensic work up of the drive to see if I could hunt down the original owner and call them out. But, that's just petty, a waste of time, and petty. Emphasis added on petty. But seriously, don't be a-holes and pass on your crap, people. Selfishness is ruining it for the rest of us.
Limited stock means 0. 2-4 means 0 in stock. 6+ also means 0 in stock
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