I have one, its 5400rpm and shuckable with the tape mod.
Good use for the $30 voucher per order that was given out after cancelling the $150 ones. I made 2 orders, so this drive is $278, $248 for people with 3, and $310 for those who made one order.
CamelCamelCamel.
yeah it was on special for $228 or so last time (excluding the pricing error)
The $130 ones were cancelled? I didn’t get any news or contact from amazon?
Edit: yep. It’s been removed from my pending orders. Did people get contacted?
Mine still says Arriving 3 Jun - 5 Jun
Well good luck. Mine was meant to be around end of May but it’s been completely removed
make sure you speak to CS to find out "why" so they give you a voucher for your troubles
@jimbobaus: Mines were removed too. But since I ordered 2 with 2 different orders I received $60 ($30 credit for each of the orders) so I can’t complain!!
Same, shipping soon (but did originally have a shipping date that's been passed)
Mine says "shipped 20/05.its on the way.arriving 04/06". Got the tracking # as well with i-parcel.
Yeah mine was cancelled, they sent an email and credited $30 to my account. Would've rather the drives, but thirty whole dollars for free is fine
If $30 was the consolation price then I wonder what they were gonna lose
billions :p
I reckon at least 100k, probably a lot more though
they would also be losing a bit of money with these $30 vouchers, wonder how much?
of course it would be still be better/less than losing the amount of money if they had sold the hdd at $130
@pinkybrain: Like any sort of gift card/coupon they will have factored in that probably 1/2 the people will not even use it or forget about it.. so I guess money saved there
I also wondered this!
yes and also many people already guess that it was price error…
would've prefer drives as well..
but many ppl deep down knew it was too good to be true
and already said it was price error..
Thanks for the post. I had $120 each account for 3 WD orders :)) pretty happy
Mine was shipped out and is currently with the couriers according to the tracking info.. Delivery 4 June. I only ordered one though, maybe that helps (I'm not greedy :) )
Yeah I called up and they sent me a $30 Amazon voucher. Better than the $5 I was expecting!
Yes got a $30AUD voucher added to my AU account.
I only bought 1, should have gone for 3 :P.
I bought 3 but also only got $30 credit.
Yup mine was also cancelled and given $30 vouchers.
It simply does not feel right to buy this same HDD for $200 more. :(
I would definitely have preferred the drives
Got an email from Amazon CS yesterday telling me the $138 WD10TB order was incorrectly priced, and that I'd have a $30 voucher applied to my next purchase.
Not bad for 5 minutes work.
Which at that rate:
$30 x 12 = $360 per hour
$360 x 7.6 hours a day = $2,736 a day
$2,736 x 5 days a week = $13,680 a week
$13,680 x 52 weeks a year = $711,360 a year
So I basically now earn $711,360 (plus super) a year. Thanks OzB.
Do you actually see $30 in your account or do you have to take it on faith that they will apply it? I got the same email but can't see anything in my account that says there is $30 credit.
Look in orders then gift cards, you will see your gift card balance.
If you’re using the app, open the left side menu then Your Account -> Manage Payment Options.
At the bottom your gift card balance will be there.
do these have an expiry date and where is it?
I looked but just see the new date it was created on
@wlqrichard: thanks…
didn't know that their gift card had a 10 year expiry date..
is this due to the law change in Australia or just on amazon?
are all gift cards from other companies now 10 years expiry date?
I don't have a gift card tab in "my orders"…found it, you have to go to 'your account' then 'gift cards' not from 'your orders'
Thanks for the post, as I just found out my last order was cancelled. At least I'm up $30.
Yeah I didn’t know either
Damn.. Thankfully I haven't sent the drives back after starting the returns process on the $250 ones from last month. I also got the email {only mentioning the 4tb drives} but all 3 orders for the 10tb, 4tb and 1tb drives have been canceled.
why would the 4tb and 1TB?
They were for the networked portable drive and the $99 4tb. Not sure but also a 'pricing error' I suspect.
did you order the 4tb + 1tb in the same order with 10TB?
Maybe when they cancel they can't separate it out
and need to cancel the entire lot since they are under same order number.
@pinkybrain: Nope separate orders and as per my post below they gave me 3x$30 gift cards (yet Ive only received one email with one order number stating the cancellation). Cant complain about that! Like everyone else think I would have preferred the drives.
@pw2002au: yes, we would have all preferred the drives
but we knew deep down it was too good to be true..
so another of looking at it is
we just got some free $30 or more vouchers to buy something we want on amazon at a discount
or even get it for free if items equal the total gift card value we got.
Also got the same email for the cancellation of the orders last night at 10.48pm for the 10tb drives too. $30 Credit has been applied.
Same guys 2 X $30 Vouchers .
Other A$$hole retailers like Woolies , Harvey Norman , Target give you Zero in same circumstances so very happy :)
Something better than nothing .
My $130 10TB WD My Book been shipped, tax invoice provided, arriving 4/6/19.
Good for you! I would rather get the drive than $30 voucher.
Mine still haven't been cancelled, so I am hoping that I can get it like you
Me the same, shipping info received by auspost, not too lucky for my other order, was 90ish wifi drive, got a 30 bucks voucher for it. so taking another 30 from the order, worked out 100 bucks for a 10Tb.
is the WD Elements contain the same hdd model as the one in the WD My Book Desktop External Hard Drive 10TB
https://www.amazon.com.au/10TB-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB…
I didn't get the same model exactly, but my smaller capacity elements uses the same wd green hd as my my book hdd.
Though attempting to use the higher capacity drive through the logic board of the elements didn't allow it to be loaded on my PC. Was recognised, but wouldn't initialize
Dam - should of listened to Ben when he said 'Luke - buy the 8 tb for 170 - at least you'll get that'
I need to trust the voices
when was this?
what makes you think that was not a pricing error as well?
I need to trust the voices
And how long have you been hearing voices for? 📞🚑…
Sounds like an apex legends reference
I think it was a pricing error too.
bought 8tb version for $195 with $30 voucher.
Not cheapest, but acceptable.
( RIP, my $130 10tb HDD
and I'm wondering,
I saw someone said yesterday, cashback or similar thing doesn't work with voucher? It that true?
Possible. I asked Shopback same thing and was told “only Shopback valid deals can receive cashback”
I received the Cashback from ShopBack, it counted the order with voucher.
save $9, pretty good
Do you have a link for that by chance?
Just rechecked gift card account (under "your account" menu). I would have much preferred the drives .. well done to those that got them!!
BUT
It looks as though for those that placed orders for the different devices you should receive a refund for each order … I ordered one of the 2TB networked along with 2 of the 4TB portable.
Upcoming Gift Card Expiry Dates
$90.00 on 22 May 2029
Gift Card Activity Page 1 of 1 (7 total transactions)
Date Description Amount
22 May 2019 Gift certificate claim (claim code xxxx-xxxxxx-CMXX) $30.00
22 May 2019 Gift certificate claim (claim code xxxx-xxxxxx-W4XX) $30.00
22 May 2019 Gift certificate claim (claim code xxxx-xxxxxx-2YXX) $30.00
when do the gift card expire?
Doesn't say from what I can see. Hoping they'll cover my Mario Maker 2 preorder from a while back on Amazon in late June…
it is 10 years from created date..
from what I checked and being told by others..
@pinkybrain: I think you'd need to re run through checkout if it's anything like when they apply credit to your account. Maybe this is different.
read through this thread… go back about 5 or 6cms… a long discussion (because of plenty of answers)
:)
Bought them separately as I recommended that day, was negged by some wise dude (LOL), got $30 * 5, silly me bought 2 drives in one order first.
Weird, I couldn't order more than 3, it said there was a limit of 3 per account.
Looks like my order of 4tb is on the way . Got invoice and it says it's shipped . Estimated delivery by June 5 . Looking good so far .
My 4TB portable is also arriving 5th June. Also got 2x$30 from 2 order cancellation for the 10TB.
mine too.
My 4tb portable order got cancelled. :(
Cancelled order. That is why they won’t get any money from me for prime.
it was $130 last week!
I ordered 3 at once but "only" got 1 $30 gift card. Still not bad.
Per order = $30 eg I ordered 2 X 3 lots = $60 .
Not my expertise Tech hence didn't order till it fell unfortunately .
I got 2x $30 vouchers for last orders cancelled. Just bought it with ozbargain spirit (buy first think later) but it paid off lol
Same here, just used my $30 voucher to get my wife Zelda BOTW for $43
The price drop to $320.56 at the moment. 😉
Wait,how many $30 vouchers do you guys got???
I only got one for my order of 3 drives.
$30 per cancellation
oopz wrong thread.
Not really the best price for this item with the 8tb being 217 and 10tb being 240ish on sale last month