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14TB WD easystore USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

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Best Buy has 14TB WD easystore USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free or select free curbside pickup where available.
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Best Buy via eBay has 14TB WD easystore USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.

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  • USB 3.0 interface: Offers easy-to-use connection to devices. Backward-compatible with USB 2.0 for simple connection to your computer.
  • Comes with the WD Discovery backup software that lets you set hourly, daily, or monthly backup schedules and makes it easy to back up high-capacity files to your drive. Compatible with Apple Time Machine (requires reformatting)

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $95 lower (32% savings) than the list price of $294.99.
    • This price matches this previous Frontpage deal.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.7 from over 2,400 Best Buy customer reviews.
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    • Best Buy via eBay return policy: 30 days / Buyer pays for shipping
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Best Buy has 14TB WD easystore USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free or select free curbside pickup where available.
  • Note, pickup availability will vary by location.
Thanks to Community Member raysmd for finding this deal.

Best Buy via eBay has 14TB WD easystore USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.

Product Details:
  • USB 3.0 interface: Offers easy-to-use connection to devices. Backward-compatible with USB 2.0 for simple connection to your computer.
  • Comes with the WD Discovery backup software that lets you set hourly, daily, or monthly backup schedules and makes it easy to back up high-capacity files to your drive. Compatible with Apple Time Machine (requires reformatting)

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $95 lower (32% savings) than the list price of $294.99.
    • This price matches this previous Frontpage deal.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.7 from over 2,400 Best Buy customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • Information about Best Buy returns can be found here
    • Best Buy via eBay return policy: 30 days / Buyer pays for shipping
  • Additional Note:

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lastwraith
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Yeah, I'm the bad guy offering "tripe thoughts" in this thread. Maybe reread your "helpful" post where you complain about the price because you bought this YEARS AGO for less.
Completely unhelpful because times have changed. That's why this is a Frontpage deal, this is a good price.

But sure, I'm the dingus because I'm not crapping on a front page deal that's a good price in modern times - you know, the ones we actually live in and that don't require a time machine unlike the time period where you apparently live and judge prices from.

Maybe look at the recent price history on an item and judge the deal according to that instead of some random price from the past you've held onto regardless of any events that have transpired since. Especially when the deal is the same as previous good FP deals.
Or, you know, just get lost.
r34p3rex
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The last 16 of them I bought over the years are all whites... So pretty sure they'll be whites
lastwraith
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This is slickdeals, not best-historical-price-deals.
I don't know how half of what you've said is relevant honestly.
People come here to find the best current offered price on an item, learn something about the item itself, and find tips about stacking discounts. They don't want to wait 3 years, travel back in time, change the landscape of manufacturing and price fixing, or whatever other nonsense you've brought up. All your comments do is detract from the discussion and muddy the waters of useful discourse.
The purpose of posting here is to either offer useful information, kudos, or potentially correct misinformation. Nothing you've said falls under any of those categories.

Pontificate all you want, but at least try to add to the usefulness of the forum. And the passive aggressive heart is equally unnecessary.

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Jan 17, 2023 02:50 AM
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lastwraithJan 17, 2023 02:50 AM
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Quote from jhogal :
Does this require external power and what type of port is connected to pc?
Yes, it comes with an external AC adapter with a barrel connector. Then it's usually a USB Micro-B connector on the enclosure side and USB-A on the PC side.

Generally speaking, laptop hard drives (2.5") are the only ones that can power off of the USB cable in an external enclosure.
Jan 17, 2023 03:00 AM
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lastwraithJan 17, 2023 03:00 AM
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Quote from Nature1 :
No you are wrong- this is not a good price, this the "best current price by reputable merchant "... which I never disagreed with , pay attention to the economics. What is the manufacturing cost with inflation? Has that changed since the time gap?

It's okay to be a schill for big tech and not be able to understand what they are doing g and why, but don't get all nerd-ragey about it.

Look into some of those questions I asked and do some research. Never said this wasn't the best current price, it is however a historically mediocre price, given that BF too was better to be had.

You can also continue lap-dogging for price gougers and kick rocks ❤️
This is slickdeals, not best-historical-price-deals.
I don't know how half of what you've said is relevant honestly.
People come here to find the best current offered price on an item, learn something about the item itself, and find tips about stacking discounts. They don't want to wait 3 years, travel back in time, change the landscape of manufacturing and price fixing, or whatever other nonsense you've brought up. All your comments do is detract from the discussion and muddy the waters of useful discourse.
The purpose of posting here is to either offer useful information, kudos, or potentially correct misinformation. Nothing you've said falls under any of those categories.

Pontificate all you want, but at least try to add to the usefulness of the forum. And the passive aggressive heart is equally unnecessary.
Jan 17, 2023 03:07 AM
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lastwraithJan 17, 2023 03:07 AM
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Quote from SGogo :
Everybody that reads this knows your comment was fine. Don't get upset by him.

I personally try not to engage with these trolls ... generally you cannot win because he's a zealot trying to make the political statement that "there is no inflation, just price gouging from evil corporations" on a deal site.

These guys use big words they just looked up in a thesaurus to make you feel inferior and push an agenda that they probably know nothing about. Usually they're typing in their parents basement. It's hard to "win" any argument with someone who knows nothing.

Anyway, he will probably respond to you again (and now me too) with even bigger, more ridiculous wording and outrage.

It's the reason I hardly ever post on the web.
I appreciate the reply and support. I don't usually engage but sometimes I have free time and like to see what their next "argument" is going to be.
It always amazes me how many people waste the time to post the same "not a great price, was better X time ago", especially when it was multiple years back. Meanwhile I'm on slickdeals, camelcamelcamel, and wherever else trying to do my due diligence and stay current on pricing.
If you're on here in the first place, presumably you understand that pricing is fluid and you want to be an informed purchaser when you lay down your cash. How you can be smart enough to use and value this site and still pretend outside circumstances don't affect historical pricing is always a mystery to me.

Hopefully they do use some big words, maybe I'll learn a new one!
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jbloggsJan 17, 2023 03:29 AM
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Could (or would it be recommended that) this be used as a home "cloud" drive connected to Router (TP-Link Deco)?
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Aiden.PearceJan 17, 2023 04:25 AM
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Quote from xlerate :
Shuckable?
No, go away now.
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xsivJan 17, 2023 05:49 AM
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I had bought one of these to gift to a family member and she recently opened it and sent me a screenshot showing 12.7tb of 12.7tb free. Both of us not knowing too much about external hd, can you guys tell me if that's typical for a 14tb hd?
We're wondering if it's a 14tb hd, shouldn't it say something closer to 12.7tb free of "13.6tb (or greater)?" Why is it advertised as a 14TB hd if total capacity is only 12.7tb? Again, we're noobs with this so any insight would be much appreciated.
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Snakeyes77Jan 17, 2023 06:00 AM
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Quote from xlerate :
Sorry, so are these not shuckable?
See the first comment.
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Nature1Jan 17, 2023 06:01 AM
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Quote from lastwraith :
I appreciate the reply and support. I don't usually engage but sometimes I have free time and like to see what their next "argument" is going to be.
It always amazes me how many people waste the time to post the same "not a great price, was better X time ago", especially when it was multiple years back. Meanwhile I'm on slickdeals, camelcamelcamel, and wherever else trying to do my due diligence and stay current on pricing.
If you're on here in the first place, presumably you understand that pricing is fluid and you want to be an informed purchaser when you lay down your cash. How you can be smart enough to use and value this site and still pretend outside circumstances don't affect historical pricing is always a mystery to me.

Hopefully they do use some big words, maybe I'll learn a new one!
"It always amazes me how many people waste the time to post the same "not a great price, was better X time ago", especially when it was multiple years back."

You have once again claimed I said things that I didn't for positions and arguments I never took. I can find you a straw man if you need one...

Here's to you and the point, ships passing in the night..
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Snakeyes77Jan 17, 2023 06:05 AM
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Quote from xsiv :
I had bought one of these to gift to a family member and she recently opened it and sent me a screenshot showing 12.7tb of 12.7tb free. Both of us not knowing too much about external hd, can you guys tell me if that's typical for a 14tb hd?
We're wondering if it's a 14tb hd, shouldn't it say something closer to 12.7tb free of "13.6tb (or greater)?" Why is it advertised as a 14TB hd if total capacity is only 12.7tb? Again, we're noobs with this so any insight would be much appreciated.
The following was not my answer, taken from a BB page, but explains it: The apparent difference is caused by how engineers look at capacity vs. how software developers see it. Engineers are very literal so when they say a drive size is 1 Megabyte, it can hold exactly 1 million bytes. However, software folks see everything in base 2 math instead of base 10. So the closest to 1k is 2^10 = 1024. Therefore, an engineer's 1 MB is 1,000*1,000=1,000,000 physical bytes while a programmer's 1MB is 1,024*1,024=1,048,576 physical bytes. The gap between the two just gets wider as you look at larger numbers since the first always multiplies by 1,000 and the second by 1,024. All drives are sold using the engineering standard because it's a bigger decimal number representing the same physical capacity. In short, engineers say it's a 14 TB drive, programmers say it's a 12.7 TB drive. Both are correct as it's the same capacity listed differently.
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jase77Jan 17, 2023 06:43 AM
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Quote from lastwraith :
Man, you must hate going to the gas station and grocery store (among other things)...
This is dumb. Tech gets cheaper in time as it's mass produced. Have you seen tv prices now compared to years ago? How about SSDs? 2tb SSD goes for what 1tb went for a couple of years ago.
Last edited by jase77 January 16, 2023 at 10:47 PM.
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jhogalJan 17, 2023 01:21 PM
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Quote from lastwraith :
Yes, it comes with an external AC adapter with a barrel connector. Then it's usually a USB Micro-B connector on the enclosure side and USB-A on the PC side.

Generally speaking, laptop hard drives (2.5") are the only ones that can power off of the USB cable in an external enclosure.
Got it, thank you very much.
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bert90987Jan 17, 2023 02:41 PM
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Quote from yoFu :
There are a few websites that create daily $/TB lists for popular online vendors.
NewEgg: https://edwardbetts.com/price_per_tb/ $15/TB is the current low.
Amazon: https://diskprices.com/?locale=us&condition=new&disk_types=external_hdd,external_hdd25,internal_hdd,... [diskprices.com]
I've removed 'used' from that link. New only. Toshiba and Seagate Ironwolf are the low prices in the $14.xx range.

Media storage household media servers and data hoarding. And if you care about your data, buy 2, always buy 2. A primary and a backup. For my needs, USB3 isn't good for anything except backup storage. I want SATA, eSATA or SAS HDD interfaces. USB's control language lacks a few important commands.
Also, some people run lots of virtual machines, which typically need 10G-40G of storage.
If you do IT security, the largest password DB dumps are 3+TB. Get a few of those for your GPUs to crack over the next few years and having 30TB becomes easy. Pre-cracked passwords can make my consulting red-team engagements much faster. So many people are bad at passwords and think they are cleaver ... they aren't. We usually get 80% of the passwords inside a client company in less than a month. Those provide a beachhead to launch other attacks. Most people are pretty clueless about IT security even when they've been to 4 hrs of training. Somehow, they think it doesn't apply to them when safely at work.
Thanks for sharing this. I have limited needs compared to what you mentioned. But this is very helpful. I have an external 2.5 inch hdd that is markedly slow (about 50 percent full) and showing its age. I'm likely going to replace that. At this time, I can't justify the price of the (for me) very large storage of this. Eventually I probably will though.
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opus123Jan 17, 2023 07:55 PM
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Quote from jase77 :
This is dumb. Tech gets cheaper in time as it's mass produced. Have you seen tv prices now compared to years ago? How about SSDs? 2tb SSD goes for what 1tb went for a couple of years ago.
But that is only part of the equation. SSDs got cheaper because we moved to them for consumer machines, so more and more got produced lowering the per drive cost. Something had to take the hit for the increase, and that would be the normal hard drives. They no longer produce the amount of regular hard drives like they did, so they cost more to produce on per unit basis. There were 470m hard drives shipped in 2015 vs 105m ssd. In 2021 hard drives had dropped down to 330m and ssd had increased to 360m. I'm not sure if the ssd number includes Nvme drives
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