Price Error] Samsung 840 250GB SSD - £39.92 ea + £11.53 Shipping (~ $70 ea + $20 AUD) Amazon UK

Ljuicebox12 on 31/08/2013 - 22:14
Last edited 03/09/2013 - 11:10 by 1 other user

Moved to Forum: Original Link as this is a price error on Amazon UK. See chat record with support staff and example of cancellation email.

Stumbled across this deal on my daily internetting:

Samsung MZ-7TD250BW 250GB 840 Series Basic 7mm Ultraslim Solid State Drive
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EPFKL0A

£39.92 [$70 AUD] for each unit. Shipping cost to Sydney was £11.53 [$20 AUD] for me, but I ordered two. Note that price on the site includes VAT and 20% VAT will be taken out at check out.

Kind of a suss product entry with such a cheap price (this Samsung SSD goes for ~$200 locally) and generic description, but it's being sold BY Amazon UK so they don't charge until they ship.

Have at it!

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Comments

  • brichman on 01/09/2013 - 00:14

    I also bought two, even though i have three other SSD's… :/ OzBargain's got me again! Fingers crossed they actually dispatch them :)

  • Flyerone on 01/09/2013 - 00:15

    Great deal dude. Drop this in the new Toshiba laptop I bought from DS on Friday………winning.

  • JayCeeJay on 01/09/2013 - 00:16

    Thanks OP - I didn't know what was happening, the votes ran up from 26 to 260 in less than an hour - ended up getting 2 …. O_O

    … talk about being a sheep :)

    • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 00:23

      … talk about being a sheep

      See the forums for my story about my prior life as a sheep. I didn't post here as it is out of context for this deal.

  • MrLeE on 01/09/2013 - 00:18
    +1

    Purchased 2! Actually was already looking for one.

    When the stars align and what your looking for also pops up as an ozbargain special = BFTL. (Buy first, think later)

  • galemazuma on 01/09/2013 - 00:22

    Thanks for the find. Bought 2. Finally getting to resu my forgotten Windows laptop.

    Go Mac! ;)

  • Ryxxi on 01/09/2013 - 00:22

    ordered 2 as well
    $180 shipped Half price hot cakes!!

  • wtfnodeal on 01/09/2013 - 00:23

    Noob question, can this be hooked up with a PS3 as in nternal hd?

  • Kapinny on 01/09/2013 - 00:24

    after watching this video it comes with the white USB spacer tool, does this item come with it? if i dont have it can i still install the SSD, sorry for the questions!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUe81ThddM

    • birnie on 01/09/2013 - 01:18

      No, you won't get the extras.
      Yes, you can still install it

  • sureyoucan on 01/09/2013 - 00:24
    +1

    Truly ozbargain. I just ordered not knowing why I need another one.

  • JayCeeJay on 01/09/2013 - 00:25

    You should watch the video that he posted to see that theres a way to clone your current HDD to the SDD

  • voteoften on 01/09/2013 - 00:25
    +1

    Can this be installed on a laptop?

    Is it easy to install?

    Do I need an installation kit.

    Thanks for any help with these. I did not see this info in the comments.

    Thanks!

    • windows7 on 01/09/2013 - 00:35
      -3

      Please read here

    • Fancy on 01/09/2013 - 01:07

      Samsung 840 SSD - Huge Performance Improvement Plus How to Install & Benchmark

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUe81ThddM

      In Product Description

      Box Contains
      Samsung 250GB Solid State Drive
      Samsung SmartMigration Software
      Samsung Software & Manual CD
      Quick User Manual

    • raziel on 01/09/2013 - 01:16

      Yes, it can be installed on laptops and even ultrabooks. It's pretty much the same as installing any other hard drive - pretty simple really. Only one cable.

  • TheStapler on 01/09/2013 - 00:27

    I've never ran a ssd drive in my machine. Had to get this!!! So cheap and im sure ill be happy with the performance.

    Thank you for finding this bargin!!!!!!

    • pull the lever on 01/09/2013 - 00:38
      +1

      You will love it - been running them since 2010.

  • Redzel on 01/09/2013 - 00:28

    I've bought 2 and will think later before it sold out.

  • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 00:28

    ..
    Ummmm

    Nice first post by the way.

  • JayCeeJay on 01/09/2013 - 00:29
    +1

    how did you guys gets $180?

    Item Subtotal: £79.84 (for 2)
    Delivery & Handling: £11.53

    Order Total: £91.37

    XE: 91.37 GBP = 159.103 AUD

    • Rakddon on 01/09/2013 - 00:31

      MSY sells for $180

    • nfr on 01/09/2013 - 01:13

      nvm

  • ZeroSix on 01/09/2013 - 00:31

    Just ordered 2, fingers crossed!

  • cashless on 01/09/2013 - 00:32

    .

  • pull the lever on 01/09/2013 - 00:38

    OMG just ordered one; fingers crossed.

  • No Child Support on 01/09/2013 - 00:42

    so i basically just invested 50GBP since i know this deal won't go ahead and when i do get a refund, hopefully the exchange rate will get me a few cents in profit

    • highdealer on 01/09/2013 - 00:53
      +5

      they dont charge you until it is confirm shipped. no investment here.

  • claymen on 01/09/2013 - 00:42

    Ordered, lets see how this goes.

  • easternculture on 01/09/2013 - 00:46
    +2

    now #1 Bestseller

  • guezz007 on 01/09/2013 - 00:47

    I guess Amazon doesn't charge you until they "confirmed" your order. Ordered 2 and no change in my Bank account. So I guess no harm trying. Fingers crossed.

  • GreatWhiteHunter on 01/09/2013 - 00:48
    +3

    Interesting to see what happens here…..

    Tears are likely, hoping they are tears of joy but suspecting they won't be.

    Anyway worth a shot.

    I reckon OzBargain will have accounted for at least 3000 orders by now.

    Love the guys who are buying 2+ and yet won't even positive vote the deal - FFS…

    • highdealer on 01/09/2013 - 00:52
      +5

      They are not leaving + vote yet cause in case this turn sour they can neg it.

  • remonc on 01/09/2013 - 00:48

    I have an i5 processor and don't do much gaming. Do I need this? Iam under peer pressure to buy it :-)

    • guezz007 on 01/09/2013 - 00:49

      You are under PRICING PRESSURE! for sure!

    • GreenGuava on 01/09/2013 - 00:49

      I have an i5 processor and I don't do much gaming. I say you need it and you should buy it :P

      • easternculture on 01/09/2013 - 00:49
        +2

        yes sir you do, your facebook experience will become faster

        • GreenGuava on 01/09/2013 - 00:51

          Candy Crush will never be the same again that's for sure :P

    • nfr on 01/09/2013 - 01:19
      +1

      I already have more SSDs than I need, but I ordered two anyway because not doing so would be unconscionable and unconstitutional.

  • cuteseal on 01/09/2013 - 00:51

    Just got 2. On the ozbargain train we gooooo!

    Thanks OP!

    • birnie on 01/09/2013 - 01:21

      Looking at your avatar, I think you meant ot say

      Thanks Op op op op op

  • PLA74 on 01/09/2013 - 00:53

    Hey guys, I have an Intel i3 CPU Acer S3-951 ultrabook (USB 2.0 model), just wondering if this will work in that and also if the ultrabook is sata II or III? Thanks

    • poporange630 on 01/09/2013 - 01:43

      It's 7mm version so will work, no matter sata 2 or 3 it will be a huge boost on performance

  • bxpressiv on 01/09/2013 - 00:54

    In for 3, shouldn't take too long for an email though.

  • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 00:56

    joining the list of people not receiving this. ordered 2 - Estimated delivery: 26 Sep 2013 - 12 Oct 2013

    • ccrap on 01/09/2013 - 00:57
      +1

      lol me too. here's to not receiving our SSDs… jk, hope we get em :)

  • BR on 01/09/2013 - 01:01
    -1

    Ordered, hopefully fits this if anyone can tell me.. too drunk and tired ,,,zzzzz
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/75867

  • itsDANNY on 01/09/2013 - 01:02
    -3

    It says £47.90 for me? Is it supposed to be £39.92?

    • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 01:06
      +15

      No. That's just a special price for those that don't read the description.

      • itsDANNY on 01/09/2013 - 01:07

        Thanks mate

  • Crusader on 01/09/2013 - 01:05
    -1

    WTH, I walk away from the computer and this comes up …

    What a great find… Thanks OP.

    Ordered 4 and +1

  • Kapinny on 01/09/2013 - 01:07

    hi all, i eventually bought the SSD
    will this adapter be suitable for transferring data?
    cheers!

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5Gbps-USB-3-0-to-SATA-22-Pin-2-5-…

    • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 01:09

      transferring from what exactly. and why not just connect the drive normally and transfer like that?

      • Kapinny on 01/09/2013 - 01:20

        i want to transfer data from my HDD in my laptop to this SDD then put the SDD into my laptop. the problem is that the ssd dosent come with the cable and was just wondering if this can get the job done!

        • twocsies on 01/09/2013 - 01:51

          The cable would work. You could also get a cheaper USB 2.0 cable. Or you can do a clean install on the SSD.

          Personally I just removed my hard drive and did a clean install on the SSD. Then I got a caddy for the hard drive and put that in the laptop instead of the CD-Rom drive that I seldom used. Now I have the new OS on SSD and the old HDD for storage space.

          A caddy costs slightly less than the USB 3.0 cable you showed and also provides a bit better bandwidth.
          http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=ca…

        • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 02:03

          if you have a desktop pc, just put both hdd's into it (sata) and transfer that way, otherwise, if that's not an option, that cable should be fine.

  • mi3rebus on 01/09/2013 - 01:08

    oh man why now?!? I just recently bought sandisk 240gb and this thing just came up?

    *If anyone buy 2 try installing it on RAID 0

    • alvian on 01/09/2013 - 01:23
      +1

      Before you set up a RAID-0 SSD array, search "raid 0 ssd trim" and research your chipset, BIOS, and SATA driver for TRIM support.

  • Forgot69 on 01/09/2013 - 01:12

    Dang! Now I need to hope OzBargain can save me the cost of my new Nexus 4 AND a SSD hard drive. ;/

  • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 01:14
    +3

    Just checking T's & C's

    Looks pretty standard. See what happens.

    Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items in our catalogue may be mispriced. We will verify pricing when processing your order and before we take payment. If we have made a mistake and a product's correct price is higher than the price on the website, we may either contact you before shipping to request whether you want to buy the product at the correct price or cancel your order. If a product's correct price is lower than our stated price, we will charge the lower amount and send you the product.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=fo…

  • morpheu on 01/09/2013 - 01:15

    hey i just reloaded page and the photo is down, has image placeholder with "no image available" does this mean site is being hammered or item is about to be pulled?

    • jimbler on 01/09/2013 - 01:18
      +3

      There was never a photo

    • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 01:22

      There wasn't an image when I visited the site within a few minutes of it being posted, so I think it was always like that. This isn't the main listing for this product on Amazon UK, but rather a (erroneous?) duplicate. camelcamelcamel only starting tracking the price history of this product page today.

      This deal might be big, but I doubt it's big enough to give Amazon's cloud servers grief. :)

  • issh on 01/09/2013 - 01:18

    Bought 2 as well!

  • edfoo on 01/09/2013 - 01:19

    Obvious pricing error and I am very doubtful this deal will be finalised. Anyway I ordered 2 and see how it goes. Won't be too disappointed if Amazon refused to honour this deal.

  • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 01:23

    BTW has anybody taken them up on the gift wrapping option. Just curious to see if I am the only one.

    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon. Gift-wrap available.

    • jv on 01/09/2013 - 07:54

      That's the only reason I bought this SSD.

  • atlas on 01/09/2013 - 01:29
    +3

    How did you 'stumble' across this item?

    I tried searching the Amazon site for this product and it doesn't come up in any listings.

  • paulaus on 01/09/2013 - 01:36

    bought 2 for 91 pound delivered about $160 I think don't need them but a bargain is a bargain lol.

  • ironplus on 01/09/2013 - 01:38
    +1

    Mines coming up as £47.90, am i missing something?

    Edit: Nevermind

  • EnALup on 01/09/2013 - 01:39

    Got one. Not sure if it will be honoured as the price is too good to be true.
    Also, Any idea if this SSD carrys international warranty?

    • hollykryten on 01/09/2013 - 10:46

      You haven't got one yet just because you placed an order. You don't have one until it's on the plane being shipped to you.

  • Username3RR0r on 01/09/2013 - 01:42

    I jumped on the train and bought one too!

  • regis169 on 01/09/2013 - 01:45

    https://slickdeals.net/f/6251664-250GB-Samsung-840-Series-2-…

    LOL someone ordered 20 :D

    • machej on 01/09/2013 - 02:19

      Now that I see this, I doubt they will honour 5000+ sales. It's a huge loss considering the margins were low before.

  • jasopan on 01/09/2013 - 01:45

    If this order goes through, we're gonna be seeing quite a few of these on eBay in a couple of weeks.

  • nailsforlunch on 01/09/2013 - 01:47
    +5

    I currently have 80 cents in my bank account knowing I'll get paid from my casual job $180 on Tuesday. Don't think they'll ship before Tuesday so should be no default fees for me…

    Wanted to order 2, even though I don't need 1, but decided I probably also need food for the week. Wish mum was awake, I'd beg her to chuck 2-4 on her card haha. Instead can only get 1 on mine :( Woes of being a poor uni student.

    • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 01:55

      Well you're awake and so am I. Wake her up. It's only fair.

      EDIT: and DJcap is also awake and potentially so are all of his friends. Get your mum up now.

      • bobjane on 01/09/2013 - 01:59
        +1

        nailsforlunch: Mum Mum wake up! We need to BUY SSDs!

        nailsforlunch's Mum: …I'll SS your Ds…

      • nailsforlunch on 01/09/2013 - 02:02

        If there wasn't such a high chance of this "deal" being cancelled…

    • Tal_Shiar on 01/09/2013 - 02:05

      You'll get a payment error message and a chance to fix it up if there is a problem with your accounts and assuming this doesn't get cancelled

  • DJcap on 01/09/2013 - 01:53
    +1

    I should probably wake up all my friends NOW!!!!!!!>

  • outlander on 01/09/2013 - 01:54

    Seems pretty obvious they left off a 1 from the price. Guaranteed to get cancelled, but they may give out a $5 off voucher as a token gesture, so I'll throwing my hat in the ring.

    • Gavman on 01/09/2013 - 08:16

      Seems pretty obvious that its not. Why would it be 140£. It's 180$ aud retail. And that's aus stock Australia over priced standard prices. If anything the mistake may be £74 instead of 47 including vat

  • Trance N Dance on 01/09/2013 - 01:56

    Thanks OP, grabbed 4 personally. One for the laptop, one for the desktop and 2 for… probably chuck it into dad's desktop and keep one as a spare or RAID on my desktop. At these prices it's buy buy buy! I just figured that even if I only need two I'd still be ahead.

  • GerrardLFC on 01/09/2013 - 01:57

    More Techy people is it possible to have my Windows install on the SSD then install my programs like steam, games and programs on another hard drive? Would it be possible to have Program Files on another drive or they need to be on same drive as Windows?

    I want to use the SSD for windows and my documents and everything else goes on normal hard drive.

    • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 01:58
      +1

      Yes. That is the way 90% of people with SSD's use them.

      • GerrardLFC on 01/09/2013 - 02:07

        Would I be able to clone my hard drive onto the SSD then transfer my program files to old normal hard drive?

  • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 01:57
    -1

    It's going to be cancelled guys. Seriously.

    • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 02:00
      +1

      I know. I'm staying up all night just waiting for the email.

    • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 02:01
      +10

      I heard Tom Waterhouse is already taking bets on how many negs this deal will have on OzBargain by the end of tomorrow.

      • [Deactivated] on 01/09/2013 - 02:07
        +1

        I heard Gai chatting to the boss of amazon so be careful with the odds.

      • Tal_Shiar on 01/09/2013 - 02:09

        Can't be that many with so many upvotes though (though revokes could make it happen)

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