WD Elements 3TB Portable Hard Drive $119 @ JB Hi-Fi
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WD Elements 3TB Portable Hard Drive $119 @ JB Hi-Fi
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deal junkie on 01/01/2018 - 13:18 jbhifi.com.au (3555 clicks)
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Do you mind passing some links? I got the impression that the speed difference was negligible at these new capacities. Thanks.
The only relevant link I found was a youtube video of someone who has no idea how to test a drive.
This was the result: https://i.imgur.com/0hJNjb2.jpg
But as you can see one drive is completely full and the other drive is empty. With mechanical drives this makes a massive difference to speed testing. The start of the drive is usually 15-30% faster than the end of the drive and CrystalDisk only tests free space…
@swapsey: I have no idea what "banked them" means but could you link these things that prove your point?
@swapsey: Found this year+ old review of one of the drive that tells us nothing useful: http://www.storagereview.com/wd_my_passport_review
So the answer to my question is no, you can't link anything that makes your case for you?
@swapsey: Even your bad proof of the Passport being faster shows the Elements having that speed. What's your point?
@swapsey: I'll be honest, I'm considering it. But what's incredibly clear right now is "FYI in my research recently I discovered that WD Elements is 30% slower at read/write than WD MyPassport." roughly translates to "in a single poorly run unfair test by an unknown blogger it was 15% slower".
In addition to one drive being full and the other empty, one is double the capacity of the other…
If an external 3TB SSD existed it'd be at least $1,000. Probably more like $1,500.
True still SSD is very expensive
Where i can buy a portable SSD 3TB for $119?
Let us all know cause i'd love to buy a few hundred of them for that price.
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Do you work at Westpac by any chance?
Isn't this better? About $130 after delivery using no fee credit card.
WD 4TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBU6Y0040BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0713WPGLL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_o5Bs…
Would WD recognise their warranty on a grey import? It's a fair walk to take it back. I've only ever once had to claim warranty on a drive [ one of a batch of coal-powered Indian ones that came in cheap ~ 1997] but they do fail.
yeah i got that before Xmas, paid about $136 from memory
I'm told local stores have stock, but it isn't available for click & collect :-/ Edit - also not available for deliver. it may have something to do with the fact S.A. stores are closed today, so no local verification or stock control available.:-(.
Dammit. I wanted to grab one before the prices drop again…I tried click & collect in SA and the website shows stock
So did mine - until I tried checking out, when I was first told it was not available for C&C, then also told it was not available for deliver. That's why I stated "I'm told local stores have stock", but could have made it a bit clearer I guess..
Well - it just got Silly. I was able to buy one by using "Use my Location" rather than putting in a postcode. I then found I had an account on my toss-away email, so changed the password for that, and had that sulk because it has my old land-line number - in the "mobile" number box they demand, which it didn't like. I paid Paypal, got confirmation, went to go to log out.
"You don't have permission to access "http://www.jbhifi.com.au/" on this server"
Trying to go in through the link on this page gives me:
"Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/all-computers--tablets/wd/wd-elements-3tb-portable-hard-drive/560530/" on this server.".I do have a receipt for my 3 TB drive with 4tb [apparently]. I'll also be looking for spam behaviour on the mobile number the insisted on in preference to a land-line one, and am not happy that they demand a street address for a pay-pal payment that is to be collected…
Further edit. I noticed the name I had on the account was "Please Close". I remember why now - hustling in-store is one thing, i think this mob had then decided they could also barrage me on my system and it took quite a few hoops to stop it :-/
Folks the ad makes great reading ( pity they did not proof read it first) so its a 3TB
now the description says
High-capacity in a sleek design
4TB capacity in a lightweight design,and further down it says
High-capacity in a Sleek DesignWith up to 2TB capacity in a lightweight design,
this is one super confused portable drive am I 2 3 or 4 Tb :)
I wonder if we can buy online, then since it its advertised as 4tb, get them to supply a 4tb drive, because they have advertised it as 4tb .
ie. Fair trading, and false advertising rules, might make them obligated to provide 4tb drive, because thats what its advertised as. Im not up to date with all the rules/laws regarding fair trading and false advertising though.G'day OzzPete,
What you're describing isn't really Ozbargainish and morally would be the equivalent of fraud or blackmail (i'm not sure which is more accurate).
I'm not having a go at your personally but trying to point out that
1) JB Hifi aren't trying to rip you off (unless someone posts evidence indicating otherwise?) on this deal
2) Most T&Cs have an 'errors and omissions' clause to deal with the lack of clarity indicated by drwau (is it a 2, 3 or 4T drive?)
You could try to force the issue (good luck!) but it seems that it's a waste of everyone's time if it's clearly not an attempt to deceive consumers but you're trying to leverage a consumer law meant to protect consumers to essentially negotiate a lower price or a better deal.
Please don't get me wrong - I'd be as happy as the average punter to 'win' on a pricing error but this isn't one of those..
It is not unethical or immoral. It would certainly not be fraud on my part or blackmail, to expect something to be as advertised .
I expect things to be as advertised. It would seem, if what you are saying is correct that people who buy something which is a pricing error by a large company, then expect the item they purchased and paid for to be provided to them, your saying that they are immoral and committing blackmail and/or fraud (whichever your morally superior self decided upon).
Jason, you sound like you work for JB HiFi and clearly are not on the side of consumers.
@ozzpete: It's pretty obvious that the title is 3TB and whilst there is an inconsistency in the description (2TB, 4TB, and 3TB are mentioned), I doubt this would be considered as false and misleading or deceptive conduct.
The problem here is that because enough companies act out of good faith and honour their own errors, it has resulted in society having an expectation of always getting their way even though the companies are not legally obligated to do so when it's an advertising error.
If there were huge advertisements and active promotion saying 4TB or some other detail, then that may be misleading or deceptive since it is reasonable to expect people to act on it… but I think the average person would not rely on one mention of 4TB in a page which has 3TB mentioned multiple times (and in the key areas). The consumer law is there to protect you from companies which deliberately go out of their way to mislead and deceive, and as jason mentioned, this does not seem like one of those situations.
@jace88:
"enough companies act out of good faith" I do not believe that 'enough' companies act in good faith. I think it is very rare for large companies to do anything other than to look after their own financial interests. Which is their right, as it is a consumers right to look after their interests.
Also, false and misleading advertising is false and misleading advertising ….
Obviously it is worse if it is 'deliberate' but none of us can definitively know whether certain actions are 'deliberate' or not.I don't know what line of work you're in, but are you saying you are held to every single word you make even if you have no intention of being legally bound to it? I don't think it's unreasonable for anyone whether it be a person or an organisation to have the opportunity to correct an error, especially one which was not deliberately written to mislead.
In this example, it's pretty obviously a careless error as it's one mention of a higher capacity drive than all the other references. At best they should refund you if you did purchase it in reliance on that one error, but I don't think it would be grounds for anything further unless they were feeling particularly generous.
Coming back to my point though, the law does not require them to honour it - it's an advertisement at the end of the day, not a contract. Plenty of the larger companies will try and rectify or remedy the situation within reason, but they aren't legally obligated to. And even if it was a contract, this would still be ambiguous due to the inconsistency and one would question how much reliance was made on this guarantee or term.
ps. You downvoted me for disagreeing with you…?
@jace88:
"are you saying you are held to every single word you make even if you have no intention of being legally bound to it?" Most certainly, I am. I do what I promise or advertise to do, regardless of whether I am legally required to. As an honourable man, I shall always endeavor to do this.
Im not saying that you have to, but this is my moral and ethical code I live by (and NO not because im legally required to, because I do what is right).
I certainly have lost plenty of money, at times due to this. However I did what was right and went above and beyond to always be a man of my word (yes even if I mistakenly misled a customer completely unintentionally).
It is just the right thing to do both ethically and morally.
I got one from JB and the paackaging doesn't even mention USB3 I ended up opening it up outside the store just to make sure.
Agreed. I also did a look for this. The only place where it seems to mention the USB3 is on the tiny instruction manual inside.
The four main places says 3TB:
Web address: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/all-computers--t…
Title: WD Elements 3TB Portable Hard Drive
Model: WDBU6Y0030BBK-WESN
Details tab: HDD Storage - 3TB
Is this actually good value? It’s been a while since the last hard drive I bought but it sounds cheap based on google. Wonder if OW can beat it!
Officeworks would have beat it if you'd got in before the prices were changed, they keep an eye on their competitors to reduce the amount of 5% beats they have to do. They also have to carry the exact model to match and they don't seem to carry the Essentials 3TB so there's nothing to price match.
This is reasonably good value. It's not an amazing once in a lifetime discount but it's lower than the normal prices and the cheapest you can get a 3TB portable drive in Australia right now, as best I can tell.
Thanks for that. I also did check OW in the end but couldn't find the 3TB model in stock. Interesting to see the other deal posted here (targeted via OW eBay) is for the Seagate portable drives are in the 1, 2 and 4 TB capacities!
Can this be used for internal drive on ps4 pro ?
If not, anyone know of a good deal 2gb or more for a HDD to upgrade my ps4 pro.
ThanksDon't quote me on this but I think all WD 2.5" portables now have a weird soldered interface so you can't just pull it out and use it in that way.
Thanks for the info. I knew some drive were soldiered weirdly which stops transplanting into ps4
can they be easily de-soldered?
@nuttapillar: It's actually a completely different connector. There used to be a plate that just slid in but not they use an interface that isn't compatible with using this drive for PS4 etc.
https://imgur.com/a/WY1Fv
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ELj1rZVZCFU/TZfz7kqo5qI/AAAAAAAABK…
That's what it looks like. :/
Correct, a lot of these WD drives now use the integrated USB 3 connector.
I got stung by this recently buying a 4TB drive I wanted to transplant into a compact desktop. Since it was only going to be used as a storage drive (boot drive is an SSD), I just removed the plastic shell, mount the drive inside the case and ran the USB cord out the back. Somewhat inelegant, but it works 😀
I says they are compatible with usb 2.0 and 3.0, so will it actually transfer at usb 3.0 speed when in the correct port?
Yep, that's typically how it works.
ON USB3.0 they'll transfer at approximately the speed limits of the mechanical drive, which is generally 100-120MB/s. If you plugged them into a USB2.x port they'll go at 20-35MB/s.
I'm +1ing this deal simply because
1) 3 years warranty (through JB and/or WD itself)
2) Think about it as actually paying $40 a year (over 3 years) or $13 per terabyte, per year..
3) It's a good idea to get a backup at the start of the year (or the end..)
4) even though I really dislike how WD use a proprietary drive connector.. with a 3 year warranty your care factor is probably low..
There is only 2 years manufacturer warranty.
Yep, sorry, my bad. I assume I must have typoed. Still ok with 2 years warranty though!
I don't think this has expired yet (despite the Expired flag) as it's still showing $119 for me (2/1/18 12:45am)
Not sure why someone is downvoting me throughout when I’ve merely stated the post has incorrectly being flagged as expired?
Not sure either why its flagged as expired. Shows stock in most JBs near me and Ive just ordered on as a C&C
Is it possible this is now the new price for this drive? It's not showing what it was marked down from like it was a couple of days ago?
https://imgur.com/a/D7zTaHard to say. I went to JB Hifi at Broadway today and they had plenty of stock on a stand near the entrance with $129 price tags, but the hard drive area was barren except for a yellow circle sign which said 3TB $119. Either way, without me saying anything, it was scanned at the register as $119.
Just picked mine up…
Thx OP…
The JB Hifi I work near took the signs down and (also reverted the 1tb and 2tb hdd's back to their pre end of year madness prices). Would be interesting to see their reaction when/if it still scans at the sale price.
The 3TB price from end of year madness (aka this deal) carries over until the 10th. Read the current catalog which started yesterday.
Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question but is this hard drive compatible with Macs built circa 2011?
It may work straight out of the box, but most likely you will probably have to reformat.
It will be formatted as NTFS, but you will want HFS I think? I'm not a Mac user, but there should be plenty of links on Google.
Yes, but you'll need to erase it to 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' in Disk Utility for Time Machine etc or exFAT if you want to use it across different operating systems like Windows.
Thanks guys, I have purchased one and will youtube how to reformat the drive.
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JB @ Tuggeranong have these hidden behind the counter, and still marked at $129! The only ones on display are the 1TB for $79 and 2TB for $109.
FYI in my research recently I discovered that WD Elements is 30% slower at read/write than WD MyPassport.