Western Digital to offer hard drive discounts.
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FarFarAway
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Nice thats a great offer 
Great until you realise that dabs or the like are still probably cheaper - as it is discounted off the retail price, not the prices of online stores. Oh, and the warrenty on the drive whos serial code you used is now null & void. Nice.....
....also, on a completely unrelated note, I don't own any western digital drives so cant take part in the offer. damn.
EDIT - sorry if the above sounds moany, it just seems that manufacturers are offering these great sounding schemes, that on the face of it are great news for us, when if you then look into them the offers crumble into something thats worth very little.
....also, on a completely unrelated note, I don't own any western digital drives so cant take part in the offer. damn.
EDIT - sorry if the above sounds moany, it just seems that manufacturers are offering these great sounding schemes, that on the face of it are great news for us, when if you then look into them the offers crumble into something thats worth very little.
Sorry for slightly off topic comment:
I wonder if there will be a follow on savings associated with the new revised Ultra 320 (SAS) technology that Maxtor and Seagate already have out in their newer drives. I haven't seen WD's version yet. Admittedly it is aimed at Enterprise, but it's hardware compatibility with SATA drives will allow for low cost. Mmmm Ultra320 = 6Gbit speed SAS :worship:
I wonder if there will be a follow on savings associated with the new revised Ultra 320 (SAS) technology that Maxtor and Seagate already have out in their newer drives. I haven't seen WD's version yet. Admittedly it is aimed at Enterprise, but it's hardware compatibility with SATA drives will allow for low cost. Mmmm Ultra320 = 6Gbit speed SAS :worship:
New info on this!
How?
Call 1-800-275-4932 option 4 for Loyalty services, then 1 for upgrade program.
Price of drive
- includes shipping
- there are no taxes
- there is no duty. Majority of drives ship from within Canada
- if charged duty WD will reimburse you
- all amounts are in USD
Shipping
- via UPS Ground
- billing and shipping addresses can be different
- the drives are shipped from within Canada, however some have reported that their's came from the US (if you get charged taxes WD will reimburse you)
How many can I order?
- you need a unique S/N for every drive you want
- you can order as many drives as you want (well within reason) on one phone call as long as you have unique S/Ns for each
What drives do they have?
- They have over 30 different models available. the popular ones in this thread are the 400GB SATA, 320GB SATA, and the 36GB Raptor.
WD3200JD SATA 150 MB/s 7200rpm 320gig 8.9 ms 8 MB cache $89
WD2500JD SATA 150 MB/s 7200 250 8.9 ms 8 MB $65
WD3200JB EIDE 100 MB/s 7200 320 8.9 ms 8 MB $97
WD2500JB EIDE 100 MB/s 7200 250 8.9 ms 8 MB $65
WD4000KD SATA 150 MB/s 7200 400 8.9 ms 16 MB $143
WD2500SB EIDE 100 MB/s 7200 250 8.9 ms 8 MB $77
WD360GD SATA 1.5 Gb/s 10,000 36 4.5 ms 8 MB $82
New drive comes with warranty (3 yrs/5 yrs for Raptor's)
How much are they?
- See above
- For other drives simply call them or email them and they will tell you if its available and how much they are.
S/N
- you need a S/N from a WD drive
- you do not need to send in the old drive
- any warrenty on the old drive will be invalidated
- drives w/o any warrenty is valid
- To get the s/n off of a drive in your machine you can use WD's Datalifeguard tools:
When will it end?
- No set date. It's not a sale but an ongoing customer loyalty program. WD can terminate it at any time, however its been in operation for quite a while now.
Yep it does work
How?
Call 1-800-275-4932 option 4 for Loyalty services, then 1 for upgrade program.
Price of drive
- includes shipping
- there are no taxes
- there is no duty. Majority of drives ship from within Canada
- if charged duty WD will reimburse you
- all amounts are in USD
Shipping
- via UPS Ground
- billing and shipping addresses can be different
- the drives are shipped from within Canada, however some have reported that their's came from the US (if you get charged taxes WD will reimburse you)
How many can I order?
- you need a unique S/N for every drive you want
- you can order as many drives as you want (well within reason) on one phone call as long as you have unique S/Ns for each
What drives do they have?
- They have over 30 different models available. the popular ones in this thread are the 400GB SATA, 320GB SATA, and the 36GB Raptor.
WD3200JD SATA 150 MB/s 7200rpm 320gig 8.9 ms 8 MB cache $89
WD2500JD SATA 150 MB/s 7200 250 8.9 ms 8 MB $65
WD3200JB EIDE 100 MB/s 7200 320 8.9 ms 8 MB $97
WD2500JB EIDE 100 MB/s 7200 250 8.9 ms 8 MB $65
WD4000KD SATA 150 MB/s 7200 400 8.9 ms 16 MB $143
WD2500SB EIDE 100 MB/s 7200 250 8.9 ms 8 MB $77
WD360GD SATA 1.5 Gb/s 10,000 36 4.5 ms 8 MB $82
New drive comes with warranty (3 yrs/5 yrs for Raptor's)
How much are they?
- See above
- For other drives simply call them or email them and they will tell you if its available and how much they are.
S/N
- you need a S/N from a WD drive
- you do not need to send in the old drive
- any warrenty on the old drive will be invalidated
- drives w/o any warrenty is valid
- To get the s/n off of a drive in your machine you can use WD's Datalifeguard tools:
When will it end?
- No set date. It's not a sale but an ongoing customer loyalty program. WD can terminate it at any time, however its been in operation for quite a while now.
Yep it does work
