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Seagate Expansion Portable 4TB USB3.0 HDD - US$127.07 Shipped (~AU$170) @ Amazon US

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Seagate Expansion Portable 4TB USB3.0 HDD - US$127.07 Shipped (~AU$170) @ Amazon USAffiliate
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niagraBzO on 04/03/2016 - 12:26 amazon.com (287 clicks)
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Ok guys… seeing so many highly priced HDD deals I was quite confused what is so good in them. I bought one of these from Amazon last year at same price and they are awesome..

I know some people gonna compare local warranty vs Amazon… I do care but I haven't had a single issue with any of my HDD buys so far from AMAZON so I personally feel waste money in overly priced local buy HDDs..

Another good one - http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-ST…

These HDDs were published earlier but gone out of stock … now they are back in stock.

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  • Nousernamehere on 04/03/2016 - 12:31
    +2

    Not sure how you're getting $162.. Are you going over to the US to pick it up for yourself? :-P

    Best case scenario going on the exchange rate right now is $172.86 delivered, which from doing no research of my own at what they're going for here, it does seems like a good price for a portable external.

    • Pricebeat on 04/03/2016 - 12:34

      I guess op didn't count the shipping charges.

  • [Deactivated] on 04/03/2016 - 12:36
    -1

    As Porthos said: ~$173 including shipping.

    I'm not too keen on mechanical HDDs from overseas. Too much chance of damage in transit. Not a problem with SSDs but a mild gamble with HDDs. But it does save you $60ish over local alternatives. So a worthwhile gamble for some.

    • RedRocket21 on 04/03/2016 - 12:40

      True but don't Amazon just refund u

    • LoungeLizard on 04/03/2016 - 13:20
      +3

      No more chance of damage than being shipped from China/Korea/etc -> Aus -> Shop -> Home. Besides, Amazon warranty is better & quicker than most Aus shops

    • Maverick-au on 04/03/2016 - 13:21
      +4

      I'm not too keen on mechanical HDDs from overseas. Too much chance of damage in transit.

      What chance of damage? It's a notebook hard drive designed to be moved around all the time and you're worried about it being shipped to Australia with a little handling. Where do you think the stock you buy in Australia comes from?

      Amazon buy direct from Seagate and they shop direct to the customer whereas when you buy from a store it's shipped from Seagate to the distributor and sometimes to another distributor to the retailer or their own distribution before it gets shipped to you.

      I've never had a problem buying mechanical hard drives from overseas, never heard of anyone having problems and to suggest there is a risk of damage is being utterly absurd. I've taken portable hard drives all over the world and being moved everyday and never had a failure.

      • Smigit on 04/03/2016 - 13:48

        Yeah I agree. As long as the store or manufacturer packages them well, which should be the case for any external drive, then it should be pretty sound. If the drive can't travel well it's probably not a drive worth buying.

        Internal 3.5" drives have had issues from some suppliers because they aren't necessarily designed to be mobile and would ship without much packaging or padding. Amazon and other decent retailers should be shipping them in pretty sound packaging now days though.

      • [Deactivated] on 04/03/2016 - 14:30
        -1

        You appear to be, in essence, arguing that mechanical hard drives can't be damaged due to poor handling including hard drops.

        Where do you think the stock you buy in Australia comes from?

        The same place stock for the USA comes from - in massive quantities packed tightly into shipping containers by boat. It's then trucked around, put on shelves, taken off shelves and goes on it's way.

        So both drives have been through that part.

        When you buy it from a store here it hasn't then be sent from the USA to Australia in individual packaging. Honestly the packaging is pretty good and under normal person who doesn't throw their stuff around situations - like the comparison you make to yourself travelling with it - I wouldn't expect an elevated risk. But we can't be sure of that in shipping. We've all seen or at least heard about bags of mail and individual packages being tossed around. I doubt you'd argue that that doesn't ever happen and couldn't happen to this HDD when you order it from Amazon.

        One of the ways hard drives fail is mechanically. It's the reason they are the most common component to fail (it used to be PSUs and HDDs but PSU quality and power grid quality has improved a fair bit in the last 10 years so HDDs are the winners).

        Portable drives aren't special. They're a normal 2.5" internal drive in a casing, that's it. Sometimes they have a controller board with an integrated USB port, sometimes they just have an adapter plugged into the normal SATA connectors.

        They can be damaged in transit.

        And the warranty process for Amazon takes more hassle and takes a lot longer than the one from Officeworks.

        The combination of increased chance of damage and longer warranty process makes it a no go for me personally.

        As I said:

        a mild gamble with HDDs

        As I also said:

        But it does save you $60ish over local alternatives. So a worthwhile gamble for some.

        You'll notice I positive voted the deal because it's a small gamble I can completely understand people taking considering the benefit, just not one I would.

        You haven't given the deal a positive vote though, so I assume you think this is a bad or neutral deal. Why?

        • atlas on 04/03/2016 - 15:13
          +1

          FWIW I bought 4 Hitachi 7200rpm 4tb desktop drives from B&H a few years ago. They've been running 24/7 in my Microserver and no problems thus far touchwood.

          As far as I'm concerned, shipping from the US is really no different to shipping from interstate. Both have to be handled by multiple people, both have to board planes, and both have to ride in your local postie's truck/bike.

        • [Deactivated] on 04/03/2016 - 15:19

          @atlas: Agreed. I don't order drives from interstate either. Or delivered locally.

          That you have had one experience that went well with drive shipping is incredibly unsurprising. As I think I've been clear about - the risk is small.

    • cakesy on 04/03/2016 - 15:08
      +1

      Yeah, you are much smartes getting those locally made drives, that don't have to travel far!

  • tightarse on 04/03/2016 - 12:42

    Current rate of 1.388696 x US 127.07 = AUD $176.46

    Source: https://www.mastercard.com/global/currencyconversion/index.h…

  • Popo on 04/03/2016 - 14:02

    You get + from me. The other deals were not portable.

  • outlander on 04/03/2016 - 15:02

    Just wish seagate published the data sheets for this drive. If its anything like other laptop drives, the MTBF is a tenth that of the equivalent desktop model.

  • tan369 on 15/03/2016 - 17:39

    Is this Mac compatible?

  • hetzjagd on 18/03/2016 - 06:06

    Anyone know which is better between the STEA4000400 (this deal) or the STDR4000100 (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/238931) ? Is there any difference other than the case and the model number?

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