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Extremely cheap 8TB drives in Germany (Amazon mistake ?)

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Thanks, just pre-ordered one. :-)

These ok to be used for building a nas?

These ok to be used for building a nas?

 

Absolutely.  These are excellent drives and Seagate specifically notes they are excellent for use in RAID systems with their built-in anti-vibration technology.

 

There is some chatter in germany about that offer. I would have gotten some for work, but I could not find out how fast the writes speeds are. They know what data to hide from the customer ,these are SMR drives after all.

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Please see the following link:

 

I think Amazon DE is making a mistake here... 200 euro for an 8tb drive with 3 years of support seems extremely low...

 

But they state its a price guarantee so take advantage !!

 

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01LXGAE3P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

 

 

http://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/skyhawk/files/skyhawk-ds-1902-3-1608us.pdf

... these are SMR drives after all.

 

Actually I don't think that's the case.  At least the 10TB version is not -- it's a helium-filled, 7-platter PMR drive.  I think the 8TB is also a sealed helium unit, but haven't found confirmation of that.  Not sure about the smaller units, but I don't think any of them are SMR.   

 

The 4TB and larger units all have rotational vibration sensors designed to improve performance in RAID and NAS systems (the smaller units do not).

 

Hmmm debating what to do i was all set to splash out on 10tb hdd drives. But the price point is unbeliveable

Some sort of release promotion pricing?

Doubt it, its almost always the top end that get a sort of price promo. But even then its £20-£50 if that

That IS a VERY good price ... wish they were that cheap in the US.

 

Hoping they will still be priced the same come friday

Wow, when they are going to deliver?

 

I'm thinking to buy 2(I'm from spain and amazon.de send to spain :) )

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They have changed the price... Its now EUR 372,37

 

Must have been a mistake.. I am wondering what they will do now.. They should deliver...

 

Not surprising -- it was clearly too low a price.  But I suspect that anyone who ordered at the originally listed price will indeed get their drives.

 

The US price now looks like a "bargain"  :)

 

 

Oh hums should have jumped on them, hope fully i'll get the 2 i ordered

Haha. Just received an email from Amazon.

They wrote that they indeed claimed  a wrong price for this drive on their homepage and since the drive was on pre-order and because of that the transaction has not yet occurred, they will cancel the order.

 

Fuckers :-)

Not surprised.  Pre-orders or back-orders are NOT the same as actual orders -- where you've already paid for the product.

 

I'm sure if these were actual paid orders Amazon would have simply absorbed the loss and delivered them.

 

Same for me

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Same here... i am going to dispute this though.

 

 

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It'll be interesting to see if they honor their originally advertised price for you.    My guess is that if you already paid, they will;  if it was just a pre-ordered and they hadn't actually processed a payment for it, they won't.

 

 

 

Same here... i am going to dispute this though.

 

Let us know what they say. In their mail they wrote that their terms of service state that the purchase is only valid when payment has been processed. Which I guess wasn't the case for any of us since it was a preoder.

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