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AusPCMarket: 128/256GB mSATA SSD USB3 Flash Drive - $77 off When Bought w/ Win 7/8- Min $221.10

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AusPCMarket: 128/256GB mSATA SSD USB3 Flash Drive - $77 off When Bought w/ Win 7/8- Min $221.10
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timb on 23/07/2014 - 09:34 auspcmarket.com.au (277 clicks)
Last edited 23/07/2014 - 10:38
THUNDER

Buy a 128 or 256GB ThunderDisk (an mSATA SSD in external USB 3.0 enclosure) and Windows 7 or 8 in the one transaction, use the coupon code THUNDER and save $77.

Free nationwide shipping (I tried half a dozen postcodes around the country, all came up with $0)\

These guys aren't the cheapest for many things, but this deal is pretty good.

128 GB ThunderDisk + W7 HP 64-bit = $221.10. The best I could find elsewhere is ARC - $250 (143 for a TD and 107 for W7).

edit: I've put this price in the title to appease some people, but the cost will vary depending on which capacity Thunderdisk and which version of Windows you buy

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  • uncyspam on 23/07/2014 - 09:46

    please put the price in the title

    • timb on 23/07/2014 - 10:31

      edit: I've put the min price in the title (128GB + W7 HP)

  • 32768 on 23/07/2014 - 09:50
    -7

    warranty through this company is not good, I had an intermittent fault on a product that they carried the warranty for and the fellow threatened me that if I sent it back and they couldn't find anything wrong I'd be charged.

    • eug on 23/07/2014 - 09:51
      +8

      That's normal, and doesn't sound threatening.

      • 32768 on 23/07/2014 - 10:10
        -5

        okay!

      • vid_ghost on 23/07/2014 - 12:09
        +3

        never had any issues with them

    • tomclancy on 23/07/2014 - 10:04
      +1

      Seems reasonable to me. Why should they wear the costs of people making false warranty claims?

      • 32768 on 23/07/2014 - 10:24
        -3

        the charge was almost the value of the product and the fault I had was intermittent and took hours to demonstrate.

        They were reluctant to even answer my email about the issue so I didn't feel confident they'd put hours into checking whether I was telling the truth so they could spend more money on a replacement.

        and as for your stupid strawman question, idk, run a business where the customers don't make false warranty claims and find out for yourself.

        • lplau on 23/07/2014 - 11:04

          If you wanted to get it fixed and made sure they fixed it, maybe you could have video recorded the issue and then sent it to them. e.g. provide solid proof instead of saying "it happens sometimes".

        • 32768 on 23/07/2014 - 12:08
          -3

          they weren't interested in anything I had to say, they said if it runs then you'll have to pay to get it back.

        • lplau on 23/07/2014 - 13:04
          +1

          @32768: take a video of the issue. Send it to them then threaten them with consumer laws. Lol.

        • 32768 on 23/07/2014 - 14:55

          I read it the first time and ignored it, saying it twice doesn't make it a good idea, besides, 2 years ago. lol

    • douglasb on 23/07/2014 - 11:13
      +7

      Standard practice for AusPC, even back when the original founders were still running the company.

      I examined AusPC Market quite closely in a series of (academic) studies some years ago. I can't speak for how they are now, since the new owners have stepped in, but back then (circa 2009) they were an astonishingly well-run company. They were so well run that we used to use them as case studies in our undergraduate and postgraduate operations management classes to demonstrate to students how a really good online sales operation could be run.

      The web site was integral to the operation. It wasn't just an online store, but a complete stock management system. If their web site said they had stock of an item, they genuinely did have stock. Every single item in their stock was assigned a unique serial number when it arrived, and they could identify specifically which item had been sent to a specific customer.

      Part of the reason for having such tight controls was that returns fraud was a pretty big problem in that industry. A customer would buy something from a computer shop on the street, take it home, blow it up somehow, buy a second one from AusPC, then try to return the first item to AusPC claiming that it was the second one DOA.

      Returns fraud is why a lot of computer component sellers put their own labels on products, and won't talk to you if you try to bring something back with the label missing.

      Another reason for the strict rules on returns was that a vast proportion of customers are amateurs who don't really know what they're doing. It was very common to see perfectly serviceable goods returned as 'faulty' simply because the customer couldn't get it to work, or had a change of mind.

      There's nothing threatening about the way this particular company deals with returns. Their conditions are openly stated up-front (you read them when you purchased, right?) and they are, in my view, very open and honest in a market where a great many of their customers are not.

      • 32768 on 23/07/2014 - 14:48
        -5

        cool story bro

  • jv on 23/07/2014 - 10:09
    -1

    when bought with Win 7/8

    Price ????

    • timb on 23/07/2014 - 10:33
      +1

      edit: I've put the min price in the title (128GB + W7 HP)

  • bentan77 on 23/07/2014 - 10:17
    -6

    Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit - Eng Intl - 1pk OEI DVD WN7-00614 $147.40
    128GB mSATA SSD USB3.0 Flash Drive ThunderDisk $158.40
    56GB mSATA SSD USB 3.0 Flash Drive ThunderDisk $239.80
    -$77

    My first neg!

    • ryang on 23/07/2014 - 10:37
      +5

      I don't .. quite understand what you're doing here. Maybe you should say that those are AusPC's prices? Then compare to someone else?

      Looks to me like you're still saving a couple dollars vs. buying separately from someone else;
      MSY - Win8.1 $107
      SB Tech (staticice) - 128GB ThunderDisk $140
      Total $247

      Vs. $228.80 from AusPC..

      ALSO for some reason they aren't charging extra for Windows 8 Pro ($143);
      http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/microsoft-windows-8-profession…

      Might be worth it alone!! :P

      • timb on 23/07/2014 - 10:49
        +3

        I'm glad I wasn't the only one scratching my head.

      • bentan77 on 23/07/2014 - 14:20

        Yeah I was going to edit it in but forgot to. Those prices were from AusPC and it didn't look that good. I looked up the drive and couldn't find anything, it looks like some generic SSD. For the same price I figured an Evo + enclosure would be much better (though after looking I can't find the enclosure anymore on staticice).

        If for some reason you want Windows 8 Pro with that SSD, I guess it's a good deal.

    • pumpkinspice on 23/07/2014 - 11:19
      +4

      What are you saying?

      • timb on 23/07/2014 - 11:43
        +4

        Nobody knows.

  • hollykryten on 23/07/2014 - 10:33

    Doesn't look like a USB flash drive to me. It appears like a mini portable external USB hard drive sort of thing.

    • timb on 23/07/2014 - 10:53

      As per my description, it's an mSATA SSD in an external USB 3 enclosure.

      Technically, it is a USB Flash Drive. SSD & Flash memory are one and the same, plus it doesn't require external power.

      • douglasb on 23/07/2014 - 11:23
        +1

        Technically, it's not a USB flash drive. The fact that it's an mSATA drive on a USB controller means that Windows will install to, and boot from, it whereas Windows won't do that on a drive comprised of flash memory on a usb controller alone. The extra mSATA step makes it unique.

        (edit: spelling)

        • xyron on 23/07/2014 - 12:14

          Does this mean you can crack the drive open and slot it into an mSATA port? or would it have the mSATA interface ripped off and soldered to a microUSB port instead (like a lot of modern 2.5" external HDDs are doing)?

      • hollykryten on 23/07/2014 - 12:14

        Portable hard drives don't require external power either.

  • AssociatedA3Australia @ AusPCMarket on 23/07/2014 - 17:47
    +2

    Hi!

    Most of the comments here are about the AusPCmarket business, and not the item/deal itself.

    Is there someone here who feels they are qualified to actually test one of these ThunderDisk Drives and write a review for fellow OzBargainers?

    I have been informed that the owner of AusPCMarket will supply one of these ThunderDisks to a qualified tester who will agree to write a review to be posted on OzBargain and the AusPCmarket website.

    • lplau on 23/07/2014 - 20:45

      I am a Qualified IT Technician, build PC's all the time for friends and family, and work in the IT Industry. Happy to test one out and post a comprehensive review on ozbargain and AusPCMarket.

      Currently own a Sandisk 64GB Extreme USB Drive, interested to see how it pits up against one of the markets fastest USB drives.

      Testing will be done on pc which has Primary Samsung MSATA drive and USB3. Currently I can max out my Sandisk 64GB Extreme USB drive by transferring from my primary disk to my usb disk.

      • AssociatedA3Australia @ AusPCMarket on 24/07/2014 - 11:54

        I am a Qualified IT Technician, build PC's all the time for friends and family, and work in the IT Industry. Happy to test one out and post a comprehensive review on ozbargain and AusPCMarket.

        OK, Thanks.

        I have sent you offer details to the business owner.

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