The 500GB drive have gone up to US$217.99 on Amazon, but I saw the 250GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM) for US$99.99.
It's US$105.43 including shipping, which works out to be around AU$135.33 at the moment (source: xe.com).
Staticice comparison.
For warranty issues, needs to be sent back to Amazon?