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18TB WD Elements USB 3.0 Hard Drive (Black) Expired

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Amazon Global Store UK has 18TB WD Elements USB 3.0 Hard Drive (Black; WDBWLG0180HBK-EESN) on sale for $288.84. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Phantomchess for finding this deal.

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  • Sale price may fluctuate slightly
  • This is sold by and shipped from Amazon United Kingdom. This item may not be under US warranty, and may come with UK power adapters and plugs.
Product Features:
  • 18TB Storage Capacity
  • External Design
  • USB 3.0 Interface
  • Easy to use auto backup
  • Compatible w/ PC/Mac computers
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Note that you'll need a plug converter in the US as this comes with EU/UK plug ends. Also warranty coverage *might* be interesting if it's an official UK model as you'll have to go through WD-UK even if you're in the US unless they've changed their support method since I was last in the possession of a UK external drive in the US (2008). At that time it was less of a headache to just buy a new external in the US when my UK one failed.

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.
Wouldn't that be eastern digital in that case
Seagate hdds have failed me on multiple occasions. I own more WDs now than seagates, haven't had them fail as often with the exception of a raptor drive that failed 7 years after purchase. WD>Seagate IMO

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JamesENicholson
05-14-2022 at 07:28 AM.
05-14-2022 at 07:28 AM.
Quote from DarnCrazy :
There have been deals on WD HGST Ultrastar 18TB drives which are more or less the same as WD Gold and come with 5 year warranty for between $310-340. Amazon recently had them from a reputable seller (Oceanside Store) for $315 and I was able to register them on WD for the full 5 year warranty.

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
Indeed - the Chia Craze collapsed and drives are starting to come down in price again.
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dealsquirrel
05-14-2022 at 11:11 AM.
05-14-2022 at 11:11 AM.
In for one. Repped.

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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akumachill
05-15-2022 at 06:20 AM.
05-15-2022 at 06:20 AM.
Have seagates that are 5-10 years old. My latest, a WD, crapped out in less than 5.
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BluePhoton
05-22-2022 at 12:48 PM.
05-22-2022 at 12:48 PM.
Received my 18TB drive yesterday (shipped all the way from the UK - took about 10 days).

Shucked it this morning and it's now in my QNAP just fine (RAID group is rebuilding).

Thanks OP!
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