WD 30.0GB Hard Drive $79.00 Shipped FREE !!

[Richard_Cranium72]

Western Digital 30.0GB Internal Hard Drive
Model
$79.00

Up to 30.0GB capacity
7200 rpm for fast read/write capabilities
Ultra ATA/100 compatible
Up to 100MB/sec. data transfer rate
8.9 ms average seek time
2MB cache buffer
40-pin EIDE interface
http://www.bestbuy.com/Detail.asp?m=1581&cat=1588&scat=&e=11026975


Product Total: $79.99
Shipping Charge $0.00
SubTotal: $79.99

HOT, HOT DEAL http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[MiKe85]

Nice deal, especially because my b-day is coming up soon http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[waferdog]

Picked one of these up at the B&M Best Buy. It is actually much cheaper to order it online. These are a great deal. Grab it while you can.

waferdog

[hawkeye177]

I cant miss this deal.

[MikeHof]

I already have one & just had to purchase another at this price. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Krishno22]

Thanks for the heads up. I was just about to buy this one from Staples with the $20 discount which would have put me at $100 for it.

[gyoung]

Great deal!

I might have to venture over there now.

[RAR]

I just bought one too. Total was $84.80 with tax. I really don't need another hard drive but couldn't pass up the deal. Thanks Doc.

[Bovon]

Hey Doc, check out the weird dimentions for this drive. I don't think I have ever seen a computer with drive bays that would fit these LOL....

PRODUCT DETAILS WD300BBRTL

Internal or External
Internal

Drive Capacity
30.0GB

IDE Controller Speed
Ultra ATA/100

Rotation Speed
7200 rpm

Data Transfer Rate to/from Interface
100MB/sec.

Average Seek Time
8.9 ms

Cache Buffer Size
2MB

Average Latency
4.17 ms

System Requirements
IBM or 100% compatible PC, Windows 95, 98 or later

Product Height <---------
8.1"

Product Width <--------
5.1"

Product Length <--------
10.6"

Product Weight
1.1 lbs.

Warranty Term — Parts
3 years

[elroy]

I ordered one 7-16-01 and used a $10 coupon they sent to me for being a previous customer. Total cost shipped to my house including tax- $73.99. WHAT A DEAL !!!

[bhess]

"Sorry, no longer taking orders for this item
Not available for store pick-up"

[Mykex]

Bovon
I would have to guess that that's the box specs and not the drive.

[Bovon]

Mykex, Yep..I kinda figured that was it.

I went on and ordered one kinda late that night, about 12 pm eastern and the drive was available and instock.

Sunday I get an email from Bestbuy that the drive is back ordered!

Today, I get another email that says they do not know when the drives will be back in stock, and if they do not have them in stock in 25 days, they will cancel the order.

I'll tell you one thing...this is a **** poor way to do busness.

At the very least they should have made arrangements to obtain and ship a drive to those that had ordered one as long as the site said they were in stock.

I doubt seriously I will be buying anything else from Best Buy.

[Richard_Cranium72]

Bovon
With a price like that, are you Honestly Surprised that they sold out.

You know not all systems are "live" with "real time inventory" as many customers do not have valid cc info, shipping addys etc

They and the airlines "overbook" , that's the practice of selling more product that you can provide.

DrVette

[Bovon]

Well, doc...I'll agree a little here, but I have also chased bargains myself, and most sites will change the page when the item gets down low, and say something like '100 left', or something. Everytime I have ever ordered an item that was actually out of stock by the time I placed my order, I recieved a note right away, and the item came within the week anyway.

They waited from Thursday the 19th to Sunday the 22 to let me know the drive was on back order. I doubt seriously they will even get anymore in now to fill those back orders that were on a sale, and hope the orders will just be cancelled...

This isn't the first time I have read about Best Buy doing something like this.

[MikeHof]

This is the email I received from best buy this morning.

Dear Michael Hoffner,

Thanks for your recent order with BestBuy.com. Below is a confirmation of the requested cancellation. You will not be billed for any of the items cancelled.

I did not request that my order be cancelled. I've sent them an email to get an explanation b/c I really want this hard drive. Anyone ever received one of these??

Mike

[Richard_Cranium72]

Unfortunately,
circumstances beyond our company's control prevent us from knowing an exact
date that this item will be available.

[Bovon]

Richard, thanks. I had no intentions of opening a 'can of worms'.

Just forget it...I will call Best Buy tomorrow morning and cancel the order, and everybody will be as happy as a dead hog in the sunshine.

I got caught up in the 'best buy' of the moment, and I really don't need it anyway..

So, thanks again..

Bovon

[Bovon]

Well, Mike...not exactly for me. Here is the 'edited' transaction. (I did not edit out anything of importance, just some urls, addresses, ect)

07/23/01
(Remember, I ordered late at night on the 18th)

Dear Robert,

Thank you for shopping at BestBuy.com!

Unfortunately, the following item(s) are still unavailable to be shipped, but we hope to be able to ship this item(s) to you soon.

If you prefer to cancel this item from your order, please contact our Customer Care
representatives at onlinestore@bestbuy.com or call our Online Store help center toll-free at 1-888-BESTBUY (1-888-237-8289).

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

ORDER NUMBER: XXXXXXXX
Order Date: Jul 19, 2001
Credit Card Used: ************XXXX

Item Description Type Qty Web Price Total Status

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Western Digital 30.0GB Interna --- 1 $79.99 $79.99 On
Backorder


07/22/01

Altho I am not in a hurry for this hard drive, the site indicated these
were in stock at the time of order.

There were several of us readers at a certain forum where this was posted,
and we ordered at about the same time.
Some have recieved shipping confirmation.

Can someone please advise me approximately when I may expect shipment?

Thank you, Robert

07/23/01

Greetings from BestBuy.com. Thank you for your question about:

*The Status of Your Order

One or more of the items you selected are on backorder. Unfortunately,
circumstances beyond our company's control prevent us from knowing an exact
date that this item will be available. We will keep your order active until
your item ships, or for up to 25 days. If the item does not become available
for shipping by the end of this time, we automatically cancel the order.
Your credit card has not been charged for this item and won't be until it
leaves our warehouse. If after 25 days, you still want the item, you'll need
to place another order at that time. We apologize for any inconvenience this
may have caused you.


We look forward to your next visit to www.BestBuy.com. (http://www.BestBuy.com.)

Sincerely,

BestBuy.com
Customer Care

Notice there was no answer to my question as to when I may expect a shipment, which leads me to believe they have no intentions of shipping more drives under that offer.

[Philip1952]

They must be in stock now. I was in BB on sat. in fort wayne In. They had the drives in stock on the shelf for the same price. I almost got one but a Bus Link 12x10x32 cd-rw got in the way. It was $79. after a mail in $20. rebate.

[Richard_Cranium72]

The Best Buy deal might be one of "available" Hard Drives @ X.XX Cost

They got a deal on a few OR marked down some for a short while to attract customers.

Either way it looks like you missed out on the deal,, MAYBE.

Try this->>


For telephone assistance, call Customer Care at
1-888-BESTBUY (1-888-237-8289).

Or

write to us at:

BestBuy.com
Customer Care
PO Box 949
Minneapolis, MN 55440

[Bovon]

Thanks doc, I have already tried the phone number, 3-4 times...no dice, they don't take phone calls..too busy with specials they say in the automated response.

I went to the site yesterday to cancel the order, when I saw that the drive was back in stock...thats when I wrote them again to ask when perhaps I might recieve it...and the response email is posted above.

Yep. do believe I missed out on this one.

Too bad, really...I spend lotsa spare change on computer stuff for myself and my kids/grand kids...maybe Bestbuy would have liked to have had some of the $3000 plus I have already spent in the last 6-8 months or so...recon?...

[This message has been edited by Bovon (edited 07-26-2001).]

[Bovon]

I have emailed Bestbuy again yesterday!! advising them that the site now says the drive is back in stock, and when may I expect shipment?...

Their response:

"Greetings from BestBuy.com. Thank you for your question about:

*The Status of Your Order

One or more of the items you selected are on backorder. Unfortunately,
circumstances beyond our company's control prevent us from knowing an exact
date that this item will be available. We will keep your order active until
your item ships, or for up to 25 days. If the item does not become available
for shipping by the end of this time, we automatically cancel the order.
Your credit card has not been charged for this item and won't be until it
leaves our warehouse. If after 25 days, you still want the item, you'll need
to place another order at that time. We apologize for any inconvenience this
may have caused you."

Dosn't look to me like they are too interested in filling the order, or even communicating with a customer.

[engracio]

Bovon,

Just got an email from best buy today. They said they have recieved my 18 July order. That as soon as it leaves the warehouse, they will charge my card. I hope this means it is on the way. We shall see.

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[Richard_Cranium72]

Brother Bovon, patience my friend, you may Not get the drive, but if you do, it IS a steal of a deal.

BTW, I did NOT get in on the deal as I have already bought several HD's at much higher rates.

I wanted it, but other things were more important, like 3 CD Burners & 35 sticks of RAM http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

DrVette

[Bovon]

Hey doc, well I had to get a new ISP last week because my old one folded up in the middle of the night. I went to Bestbuy to change my email address and could not find a way to udate it, but I just went to the site and now instead of saying back ordered, it says On Order...so, maybe there is hope yet.

Thanks...

Ok, I went back and managed to change my email address, so maybe I'll get something from them soon. Sure need to complete this machine for my daughter and get it to her soon, while her brother is visiting and can help her with any snags she may run into.

[This message has been edited by Bovon (edited 07-31-2001).]

[Richard_Cranium72]

Your dilemna with the ISP is exactly what I warn people about.

Never, never, never use your ISP for e-mail.

When something happens to the deal, you gotta go all around the world and tell everyone your NEW e-mail addy.

I use yahoo & go.com for mine, yahoo mail will finally let you "Paste" text onto the compose page..

gluck on the drive

DrVette

[Mlope]

It looks like the drives have arrived!
This just in today:
"Thank you for shopping at BestBuy.com!
We wanted to let you know we have received and are presently processing your order."

[Bovon]

Yeah doc, I usually use my hotmail account, but sometimes when ordering stuff, I use my pop account.

I just went back to Bestbuy, and danged if it isn't back to 'backordered' again.

I'll give them till friday to get it shipped, then I will have to cancel and order one from somewhere else. I can't hold up this project any longer.

[engracio]

Bovon,

Got email today from best buy, the hard drive shipped yesterday. Have a ups tracking number. Suppose to arrive Monday. Yeeey, just an fyi before you cancel your order.


e

[TOAD6147]

Mine's supposed to be here tomorrow as well! Hold on and don't cancel yet.

[Bovon]

Yep, mine too..thanks.

From UPS tracking:

Status: Manifest Pickup
Scheduled Delivery: Aug 3, 2001
Shipped to: MURRELLS INLT, SC, US
Shipped or Billed on: Aug 1, 2001

Hopefully I will be able to get the drive setup and apps loaded over the weekend, and I can ship it to her with the monitor I ordered for her at the same time.

She is trying to go back to college at night, but will have to skip this upcoming semester due to her husband being at sea (Navy) and she can keep up with the class/studies online thru the college. I wanted to get a good machine to her intime for her to get it going before the classes get started later this month.

[MTAtech]

Too bad by the time I saw this posting, it was up to $129 :-(

[Richard_Cranium72]

Patience, my friend has paid off http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

You now have a very LARGE HD, a large FAST HD for very few Pesos, enjoy.

BTW, I do NOT do FDISK, Format C: & Sys C:

I am lucky and have an original Microsoft Boot disc that gives me the option to do a total install from the CD.

I simply make ONE click and the whole thing happens while I watch,, except you don't see all the DOS windows while they happen,, setup occurs automatically.
Great if you wish to use one partition.

DrVette

[Bovon]

Yeah, I know doc, what had me kinda antsy was getting this machine out of here. Somehow, I had missed this post on the 17th...may not even have come to PC Steals and Deals on the 17th...can't remember now, but on the 18th, I went straight to NewEgg and ordered a 30 gig Maxtor for her machine...as soon as I saw this post later in the day, I was hoping I could delete the first order from NewEgg. I sent them an email, and recieved a reply several hours later that it had been removed from order...then I went to BestBuy to order this one. When it was placed on back order, I was really kicking my **** all over the place.

As they say I guess...alls well that ends well.

I have most everthing loaded on the drive now...and should finish up tomorrow, get it all boxed up and ready to ship out Monday.

One last question...I have it connected to a Promise ATA66 controller card...and the drive is ata100...recon it would bench better if I had an ata100 card?..it benches at about 28000 now, and the one in Sandra to compare with is also an ata100 30 gig drive, and that one shows almost 30000 bench. I realize these are not realistic benchmarks due to the machine they were gathered from, but just wondering anyway if this new drive was run from a UDMA 100 card instead of a UDMA 66...if it would make any difference, or do you have any clues in this area?..

[Bovon]

Ok, good. 2 PM eastern and UPS delivered the drive. Now, the 'easy' part, fdisk, partitions, format, load apps...ect adnausum.

[engracio]

Bovon,

Most post confirm what you said already. The ata100 doesn't really take or get use that much if at all. Just like the situation, alls is well that ends well. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Bet your daughter will be happy when she gets the box. "Thanks Dad!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif"


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[Richard_Cranium72]

The "reputed" difference between ata66 & 100 is not much in the real world, sure benchmarks can tell some difference but a ata/66 setup will be plenty fast.

That has to be the all time low price on such a Hot drive.

I have about 6 drives in stock and could not see the wisdom in buying yet another when some of mine are almost a year old,, and still NEW !

[Bovon]

Thanks doc and engracio, thats about what I figured. This is my first trial using a controller card. I had an Ultra DMA 66 Promise on hand, and decided to use it in her machine so the cd drives, zip drive, ect would have their own channel.

ttyl...Bov.

[elroy]

I did receive the drive from Best Buy after about 2 weeks. They sent me a notice of "back order status" a week after I placed the order but it did come eventually. I also thought this is a poor way of doing business.

[MaxVal]

I didn't jump on this deal right away as I had no need. Darned if the need didn't arise a couple of days later!
I had no real hope that they would actualy ship, but I got them Friday!
Retail version to boot!
I tip my hairpiece to Best Buy!
MAX

[TOAD6147]

MaxVal,
Best Buy didn't do you any favors. Save that hat-tipping for Doc because he's the one that gave everybody the heads-up on this outstanding buy. Thanks again Doc.

[RAR]

I just got my hard drive today. I am wondering if everybody got the retail package with a cable included. I got a plain brown box with just the drive. Please let me know. I was under the assumption it was the retail box I was ordering and should have received. I'm thinking this could be a refurbed or something...

[Bovon]

Yep, mine is the retail version with the ata100 80 wire ribbon cable included. It also came in the shrink wrapped retail WD box as shown on the page where it was ordered from.

[engracio]

RAR,

Mine too, have not loaded it yet but it is the retail version. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

e

[RAR]

Anybody else get the brown box version??? I'm thinking of taking it to a local Best Buy and see if they will swap it out with a retail version. Otherwise, I will probably ask for a full refund.

[MaxVal]

RAR,
Did the drive come in a W.D. box, sealed in an anti-static bag?
If so it's probably an OEM version.
Basically you missed out on the ribbon cable and the utility disk. Desirables, but not deal breakers!
MAX

[RAR]

MaxVal,
It was wrapped in an anti-static bag and the brown box had a sticker on it. You're right, it's probably an OEM drive. But now I have to buy the special ribbon cable (40pin/80wire) to take advantage of the ata66/100. Those cost about $7 - $10, so my deal is still good but just not as sweet.