6TB WD Red NAS Hard Drive $344 w/ Free Shipping from Newegg

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gringo on 06/01/2016 - 17:42 newegg.com (252 clicks)
Last edited 06/01/2016 - 22:37 by 2 other users

Good price for a quality 6TB drive including shipping.

Cheapest on staticice is $367 - and then you have to pay shipping from QLD.

Combine this with 2% cashback from newegg @ Topcashback and a $10 USD referral credit (multiple accounts per household allowed) for further savings.

EDIT: Aaand it's gone (price changed back).. well done to people who took advantage of it. Don't think I'll bother posting any more hard drive deals though.

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  asa79 on 06/01/2016 - 18:00

  $23 between us and Aus supply. Depends on warranty return of you can take ba k to store or have to send away

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    easternculture on 06/01/2016 - 18:28

    +1

    If you buy locally, then its the retailers responsibility to send it for warranty via the distributor.

    If you buy it from Overseas, then its your responsibility to send it for warranty to china or Singapore which would set you back ~ $50 + according to Australia post rates.

    So probably better to buy it locally for a $23 difference.

    Its currently $347 Delivered @ Amazon. Better to buy from amazon as they will refund return postage if drive goes faulty

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      gringo on 06/01/2016 - 18:36

      Is that true? Last time I had a drive WD wanted me to ship it overseas.. I bought it locally, but it failed after a year or so.

      DOA I would agree.. but unlikely it will be DOA. Amazon does look competitive though.. perhaps you should post a deal?

      And it's only $23 if you live in Brisbane.

      Anyway.. use it or don't.. I used it and am happy.

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        keyman on 06/01/2016 - 18:44

        It's part of the ACL, you can elect to return faulty products back to the manufacturer but the best practice is to return the product back to the original place of purchase where they have to either refund, repair or exchange the product for you.

        Sounds like you may have run into a dodgy retailer that dodged having to send the drive overseas to get repaired/replaced.

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        easternculture on 06/01/2016 - 18:46

        Last time I had a drive WD wanted me to ship it overseas.. I bought it locally, but it failed after a year or so

        Under consumer law, the retailer has to send it in for warranty on your behalf. They always try and pass this on to you.

        Ive had gigabyte Motherboards, GFX cards, HDDs and PSUs fail. Sent them back to the computer shop, and ~ 2- 4 weeks they call me back to pickup the repaired or replaced parts

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        gringo on 06/01/2016 - 18:49

        @easternculture:

        Well consumer law only covers a certain period. I bought it in Tasmania on holiday, so that did change things a bit (couldn't return it to store).

        If you buy from Brisbane, this would be an issue also if you are interstate. Local NSW stock more like $377 - and you still have to go get it.

        I think there was no local office for WD back then (not sure now). Seagate had one.. but wouldn't touch seagate anyway.

        I'd still go newegg.. ~$320 shipped after cashback is worth it.

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        easternculture on 06/01/2016 - 18:49

        @gringo:

        They cover 2 years for most electronics and Full warranty for Parts that have 2+ years warranty.

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      nerd1 on 06/01/2016 - 18:43

      I would've expected that warranty would be handled by WD and they will ask you to send it to a local office and they will send it OS. This is my experience with Seagate… haven't had any trouble with WDs yet. Best to check with WD or Amazon.

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        easternculture on 06/01/2016 - 18:47

        Seagate's warranty is contracted to FEDEX office in Sydney. SO you send it locally if you cant be bothered sending it back to the PC shop and have $13 postage cost to spare

        WD has to be sent to China or Singapore depending on Model

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        nerd1 on 06/01/2016 - 18:48

        @easternculture:
        not very competative eh… lucky I haven't had any trouble with them thus far.

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        asa79 on 06/01/2016 - 23:18

        @easternculture: My last Seagate HDD returns have been to singapore there was no australia location to send to.

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      daerka on 06/01/2016 - 22:30

      Where do you guys get the $23 difference to buy it locally? With shipping it's quite a bit more, and it's not that Megabuy lets you pick it up for free.

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        asa79 on 06/01/2016 - 23:21

        Megabuy has a storefront for pick ups and purchases

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        daerka on 07/01/2016 - 08:22

        +1

        @asa79: I know, but did anyone bother to check the pick-up pricing?

        It's $395.92!!!

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  gringo on 06/01/2016 - 18:04

  megabuy has $16 postage to where I am at - so that is $39 dif..

  WD warranty you have to send away anyway AFAIK

  To whoever did the report, you know you don't have to use topcashback if you don't want to (which would save ~$21 AUD) - it's still a deal.

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  ronnknee on 06/01/2016 - 18:13

  Previously bought these babies for about ~$310 each during the Amazon/Amex promotion back in October. I wish that I had purchased 2 more :(

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  scuderiarmani on 06/01/2016 - 18:59

  I really wanna get a couple of these as a RAID NAS setup, keep my media safe, as an upgrade from a My Cloud, but between that and a NAS, it's atleast $850…. makes me cringe, wish these drives came down a bit. Have read that HD prices won't change much at all, and if anything with the dollar they'll go up.

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  FabMan on 06/01/2016 - 21:22

  These 6TB HDD are fast, around 214MB/s transfer rate (max) and reliable too. Still can't afford that though!

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  daerka on 06/01/2016 - 22:33

  I can't believe how expensive these have gotten, I'm glad all six of mine still run fine. Doubt I'd ever need the warranty on those.

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  Peteroz on 07/01/2016 - 00:07

  +2

  I did buy WD drive on Amazon a few years back and was able to claim warranty here in Australia, usually to goes to Malaysia free of charge, WD pays for Fedex or UPS postage….