expired Posted by Phantomchess • May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022 12:14 AM
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expired Posted by Phantomchess • May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022 12:14 AM
18TB WD Elements USB 3.0 Hard Drive (Black)
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Edit: I got curious so I poked the current WD warranty and it's the same: "No limited warranty is provided by WD unless your WD Product ("Product") was purchased from an authorized distributor or authorized reseller. Distributors may sell Products to resellers who then sell Products to end users. Please see below for warranty information or obtaining service. No warranty service is provided unless the Product is returned to an authorized return center in the region (warranty regions are identified as Canada, U.S.A., Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, India and Thailand) where the Product was first shipped by WD, which may have regional specific warranty implications." from https://support-en.wd.com/app/Warranty_Policy As such, I *strongly* suggest skipping imported drives unless you either don't care about drive warranties (I've not had a drive fail in the last decade) or are ok paying to ship the drive to the EU for service (and possibly return service surcharge) which will cost more than the current $61 savings vs buying from bestbuy... buyer beware and all that crap.
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Good price though. Comparable price for a bare drive with warranty is $319 (see: https://eshop.macsales.
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Toshiba also has their 18TB enterprise drives for around $300-330 that are also helium filled with 5 year warranty. So if you want a better hard drive that run faster and cooler than shucking these drives, they're out there if you look for them. The most recent deal I've seen posted was for the SAS 18TB version for $280, but the SATA 18TB was going for $300 on eBay.
I won't count the most recent price mistake on WD which had the WD Gold for 18TB at $120 since everyone's order got canceled. However, if you're looking for deals for enterprise drives they're definitely out there more than ever since Chia crypto failed
PSA. WD DO NOT HONOR WARRANTY.
On bbb.org, where companies can PAY money to buy their reputation, WD still manages to get a F
https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/fremont...116-882225
PSA. WD DO NOT HONOR WARRANTY.
On bbb.org, where companies can PAY money to buy their reputation, WD still manages to get a F
https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/fremont...116-882225
Toshiba also has their 18TB enterprise drives for around $300-330 that are also helium filled with 5 year warranty. So if you want a better hard drive that run faster and cooler than shucking these drives, they're out there if you look for them. The most recent deal I've seen posted was for the SAS 18TB version for $280, but the SATA 18TB was going for $300 on eBay.
I won't count the most recent price mistake on WD which had the WD Gold for 18TB at $120 since everyone's order got canceled. However, if you're looking for deals for enterprise drives they're definitely out there more than ever since Chia crypto failed
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I returned the 18TB Mybook deal to BB because it was making random seek noises all the time when idle. Hopefully not this one!
I've shucked over 10 WDs and plan to use this as external. So I have lots of U.S. power adaptors.
I can actually get all of my current video projects on one drive, my 14TBs won't do it.
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