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SEAGATE 2TB External HDD DickSmith Online $99 Delivered or $94 O/W Pricematch!

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SEAGATE 2TB External HDD DickSmith Online $99 Delivered or $94 O/W Pricematch!
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PPandabargain on 21/03/2012 - 08:45 dicksmith.com.au (4366 clicks)
Last edited 27/03/2012 - 21:57 by 1 other user

2TB external HDDs back to their normal price 12 months ago! ~$100!

Get in quick at officeworks before they lower their price!
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dat…

Detailed specs here:
http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/ds_ext_deskto…

Short version:

  • USB 2.0 interface.
  • Spindle speed 7200 RPM.
  • Plug n' play- no need to install software.
  • Simply drag-and-drop to save files.
  • Built-in power management ensures energy efficient operation.
  • PC and Mac compatible.
  • 2 Year limited warranty.
  • Dimensions: 208 (L) x 126 (W) x 40 (H) mm.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
* Works with Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Mac OSX 10.4.8 or higher.

PACKAGE CONTENTS

  • External hard drive
  • USB cable
  • Quick start guide
  • Power adapter
  • Manufacturer's Warranty: 2 Years

EDIT:
I will upload my receipt from Officeworks phone price match tomorrow when mine arrives.

EDIT2: thanks thelastnoob
Internal drive from O/W is http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&c…

Firmware update link: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1879260#

HOW TO OPEN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2vUMO2mGLE

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  • yoursukh on 21/03/2012 - 08:49
    +7

    WELL DONE ….. PANDA

  • lukelegend on 21/03/2012 - 09:06
    +4

    You can rip out the harddrive and use it as a normal sata harddrive, will void warranty though. 7200rpm @ a Great price!!

  • wog_ta on 21/03/2012 - 09:09
    +1

    great for ripping out and using internally, assuming they are using sata connectors. Anyone opened one of these up yet?

    • Gaz1 on 21/03/2012 - 09:36

      Yep, mongrel to open (and you will break some of the tabs, so no warranty), but they are a standard SATA HDD.

      • engineeringprof on 21/03/2012 - 10:22

        why are they cheaper in the case then by themselves????
        Anyone know the model inside?

  • chyawala on 21/03/2012 - 09:09
    +2

    Using wish card save 5%, woolies staff discount 5%, starthere.com 2.63 %.

    • macfanboy on 21/03/2012 - 10:11

      2.63% - how ?
      DSE only offers 1.75%

  • lplau on 21/03/2012 - 09:16

    Heard there are issues with the enclosure which causes overheats and failures in the drive. Only good if you are thinking of removing it from the enclosure.

  • videoman on 21/03/2012 - 09:17

    Don't worry I got it wrong.

  • Anonymous4444 on 21/03/2012 - 09:23

    Anyone use this drive on a Mac? Hmmm…

    • t25 on 21/03/2012 - 10:51
      +1

      just format the drive to the file system of your liking and all will be good. i got the 3TB version ($159 at DSE few weeks ago!)

  • FalseProfit on 21/03/2012 - 09:24
    +1

    And yet, in those 12 months, they haven't managed to add either eSata or USB3.0. Guess the manufacturer had a warehouse full of these enclosures waiting to get drives…

    • muzzamo on 21/03/2012 - 09:56
      -6

      USB 3 is pointless for mechanical drives.

      • tonyjzx on 21/03/2012 - 09:59

        they have usb3 and esata and even firewire… you just double for it!

        there's no doubt that these guys order 100,000 cases (for example) and realise they have too much and to get rid of them they put any drive in them… even their good ST2000/3000 7,200rpm premium drives… their loss, your win

      • noz on 21/03/2012 - 10:56
        +4

        What??
        Using a USB 2.0 controller I get around 30 MB/sec transfer rate.
        With a USB 3.0 controller, using the same hard disk, I get around 85 MB/sec transfer rate.
        That speed difference doesn't sound pointless to me. Especially with a 2TB drive where you're likely to be transferring large amounts the time savings are significant.

      • microsnot on 21/03/2012 - 11:17

        Really? You get ~30MB/s on USB 2.0 and probably ~60MB/s on USB 3.0 so you can probably fill it in half the time. That's about 9 hours saved. I prefer eSATA interface too since my NAS doesn't support USB 3.0 :D

  • ipfreely on 21/03/2012 - 09:27
    +11

    Price matched over the phone and ordered - with free delivery for today!!

    All for $94.05

    Must use OfficeWorks national call centre tho… 1300-633-423

    Nice one guys!

    • rhys100 on 21/03/2012 - 09:39
      +3

      did everyone just ring as soon as they saw this? Been on hold for over 5mins now haha

      • rhys100 on 21/03/2012 - 09:48

        12 mins and im in.

  • montorola on 21/03/2012 - 09:38

    Awesome deal

    • Anonymous4444 on 21/03/2012 - 09:39
      +4

      I assume that if Officeworks drop their price to $99, they don't have to undercut to $94.

  • greenie4242 on 21/03/2012 - 09:39
    +1

    Direct DSE website link is here so you can print it out to take to OW:

    http://m.dicksmith.com.au/Product/XH9888WEB/SEAGATE-Expansio…

    Great stuff! Just picked one up for $94.05 at Officeworks! Thanks heaps Pandabargain.

  • tarken on 21/03/2012 - 10:00

    Also got one from OW thanks. Planning to use as internal drive.
    Keep in mind though that the DSE website has two of these drives listed.. one for $99 and another for $139.

  • darwin123 on 21/03/2012 - 10:18
    +3

    aren't these the drives which have the clicky sound of death?

    i looked up reviews on amazon and whirlpool and that's the impression I am getting…

    • iratepirate on 21/03/2012 - 11:57

      Yep if you get the click of death - which both of the ones i got had, you will have to rip the drive out and put it in your computer as the USB controller appears to be faulty…

  • h0mbre on 21/03/2012 - 10:18

    Anyone know what drive is in these?

    • tonyjzx on 21/03/2012 - 10:23

      supposed to be the new seagate st2000dl003 series

    • Gaz1 on 21/03/2012 - 10:27

      Mine had a Seagate ST2000DM001.

  • age_ae86 on 21/03/2012 - 10:27

    Just called up Officeworks and price matched, awesome! Was on hold for 20mins though…

    Delivery is today as well.

  • DiGiT02 on 21/03/2012 - 10:31
    +1

    Got one from Officeworks -$94.05 should be delivered today

  • knackers on 21/03/2012 - 10:32

    so excited

  • Forgot69 on 21/03/2012 - 10:33
    +2

    Get in quick at officeworks before they lower their price!

    +1 LOL!

  • wisie on 21/03/2012 - 10:56
    +2

    You guys were lucky as the woman I spoke to wouldn't budge and jokingly offered me the normal $139 price of DSE. Yeah no.

  • Pandabargain on 21/03/2012 - 11:00
    +6

    File complaint here
    http://www.accc.gov.au/content/maintain/create/index.phtml?c…

    Officeworks policy clearly states they will match online prices:
    http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/content/Lowest-price-gu…

    • wisie on 21/03/2012 - 11:13
      +1

      Grr! Thanks for that. On the phone for another 20 minute wait again. Fingers crossed I actually get someone who knows what they're on about.

      • Pandabargain on 21/03/2012 - 11:21

        I was waiting for 27 minutes.
        Took 18 minutes for the lady to decide she would honour the price match

        Asked if I could be transfered to somewhere where I could make a formal complaint against a store, was told to call the store and speak to the manager!

        • wisie on 21/03/2012 - 11:24

          Ordered via DSE in the end.

    • andy19363 on 21/03/2012 - 11:24
      +1

      File complaint here

      Just out of interest…. which part of the act do you think they are breaching?

      or…. why do you think the ACCC would have any interest in this?

      • Pandabargain on 21/03/2012 - 11:43

        The part that says,

        Phone complaints and inquiries
        The ACCC information centre is available to explain your rights and obligations under the legislation, and how we are likely to react to particular business practices. This service is available to both business and consumers and is free of charge.

      • Cheness on 21/03/2012 - 11:49
        +2

        False advertising of "guarantee".

        Though ACCC will no act on just one complaint.

        • andy19363 on 21/03/2012 - 12:18

          I don't think that would be breaching the act, it's simply a store policy…. you would likely get more mileage from contacting their head office, or indeed posting about it on here. Poor publicity would be more effective than contacting the ACCC…. (whom I suspect emit a groan, every time they hear the word ozbargain)

  • tonyjzx on 21/03/2012 - 11:00

    hmmm

    i didn't expect them to have so much stock

    they're still going!

  • grog on 21/03/2012 - 11:01
    +2

    ""darwin123 20 min ago new

    aren't these the drives which have the clicky sound of death?""

    Interesting you should say that, i got 2 a few months ago before the floods at around $84 OW price match.

    One clicks and one does not

    No probs with the "clicking" so far.

    There is a bloke on youtube showing how to open it up.

    There was mention of problem with heat if left in the case, not confirmed i think.

    The exact drive model of mine that "clicks" is a Model ST2000DM001 SATA 6Gb/s 2TB 7200

    see here

    http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?name=st2000DM001-barra…

    The exact model written on the box is Seagate ST320005EXM101-RK

    • fleabag on 21/03/2012 - 14:29
      -1

      if you only have one copy of files you don't want to keep them, back-up back-up back-up

  • [Deactivated] on 21/03/2012 - 11:29
    +2

    I had one of these fail on me full of family photos. Luckily it was 70% backed up. Just google it and see how many of these are failing on youtube.

    • UFO on 21/03/2012 - 23:06

      they overheat because of poor enclosure design mate. rip and sucker out and put it in a proper pc case and itll be fine.

  • apu on 21/03/2012 - 11:33
    +1

    After a bit of toing and froing, I got it priced matched in Melbourne City store (King St). They wanted to call a DSE store for availability but I explained it was an online only offer.

  • T1OOO on 21/03/2012 - 11:37

    dam, would have loved the 3tb!

    • Pandabargain on 21/03/2012 - 11:39

      this is $50 per gig, works out better than 3tb from amazon

      • citybargainhunter on 21/03/2012 - 11:42
        +3

        u mean $50 per tera

      • T1OOO on 21/03/2012 - 11:57

        the 3tb was $159 last time i bought it from dicksmith in store…. the advantage is that dont need 3 drives to achive 6TB bt just 2…

  • wiltonson on 21/03/2012 - 11:42
    +4

    took the plunge and ordered one from DSE. Also get 3% on buckscoop cashback so effectively only about $96.03 delivered. Can't be bothered with calling up OW

    Just hope it's a reliable drive as 2TB is a lot of data to loose if it goes wrong

    • Pandabargain on 21/03/2012 - 11:46

      I will be made if it is the v3 drive from dse, and v1 from O/W…

      • timhn on 21/03/2012 - 11:58

        what's the diff between the two?

        • tonyjzx on 21/03/2012 - 12:00

          i'm guessing V1 = awesome green technology 5,400rpm

  • play on 21/03/2012 - 12:00

    walked into OW in adelaide.
    they looked up the web only offer.. but said due to it being free delivery..
    they gave me the 5% off ..
    i was able to get 3 at the one time …

    • Pandabargain on 21/03/2012 - 12:23
      +7

      your post makes no sense

      • play on 21/03/2012 - 22:09
        +1

        lol sorry…
        i walked in to Officeworks in Adelaide…
        They looked up the deal, though they said it was a web only offer…
        they will accept and do the price match due to it being free delivery…
        they gave me the 5% off the price match price…
        and they let me buy 3 for the lower price..

  • WinterySkys on 21/03/2012 - 12:02

    thanks. price matched at Mt Gravatt (brisbane)

    • vnkttm on 21/03/2012 - 12:10

      Is it DSE or OW price matched? I am looking some thing in Bris.

      • WinterySkys on 21/03/2012 - 12:14
        +1

        I price matched it at OW and got the 5% discount.

        • vnkttm on 21/03/2012 - 12:25

          Thanks.

  • vinkit on 21/03/2012 - 12:05

    Just bought one, price match at OW store (Victoria Ave, Castle Hill) $94.05, thx 4 posting!!

  • age_ae86 on 21/03/2012 - 12:12

    If you're calling Officeworks to order this, ask to speak to a girl called Amita. She did my order and approved the price match. I told her she should be expecting more calls about this.

    • age_ae86 on 21/03/2012 - 17:16

      Mine just arrived… YAY!

  • maogua on 21/03/2012 - 12:23

    Got one from local OW price matched, great deal!!!

    One question tho, since there are so many bad reviews out there about this disk (Seagate ST320005EXM101-RK for me)failing, are you guys really gonna open it up and use it as a internal drive for your computer? It instantly void your 3 years warranty and if it did fail, you get nothing back including the data inside as well as the hard disk. Any comment guys? cheers…

    • Pandabargain on 21/03/2012 - 12:31

      2 year warranty!

      • maogua on 21/03/2012 - 12:35

        It says three years limited warranty on the box, no? So how would you use it, as is or open it up no matter what?

        • Pandabargain on 21/03/2012 - 12:39

          Officeworks advertises it as 2 years warranty

        • ronnknee on 21/03/2012 - 12:59

          Yes it says three years limited warranty on the box. It won't cover data loss.

    • greenie4242 on 21/03/2012 - 14:11

      I have heard of some people having luck from entering the serial number from the internal hard disk. The hard disks are manufactured separately from the USB enclosures. SOME people bought Seagate USB externals which had 1 year warranty written on the box, but when they opened the case and entered the serial number from the hard disk mechanism itself, found it had a THREE year warranty.

      I haven't opened mine, but I wonder if anybody who has already opened theirs would mind going to the Seagate Warranty site and entering their internal HDD serial:
      http://support.seagate.com/customer/en-US/warranty_validatio…

      It should tell you immediately what warranty exists on the internal mechanism.

  • windrc on 21/03/2012 - 12:33
    +1

    Thanks OP! just got one from OW @ Sydney Wynyard, price beat to $94.05 no question asked.
    Probably the guy who's in front of me with the same drive did all the talking already.
    Only 1 left on shelf though, but heaps of WD…

  • hm on 21/03/2012 - 12:49

    Yep, got it from OW with price beat so $94.05

    Thanks OP

  • mvjs on 21/03/2012 - 13:07

    Bear in mind that this drive was offered for $79 at DSE last year:

    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/51119

    • ronnknee on 21/03/2012 - 13:09

      Bear in mind that the supply and demand today are different from the previous year.

      • stevarja on 21/03/2012 - 13:14
        +3

        Bear in mind (no matter unfair or illogical), prices maybe affected by big-scale natural disaster such as, flood.

        • tonyjzx on 21/03/2012 - 13:37

          that's also a ONE HOUR sale and this seems to be an ongoing special until stocks are gone

          a tad different

  • stevarja on 21/03/2012 - 13:11

    Via MoneyBackCo - extra 3.5% discount

  • thelastnoob on 21/03/2012 - 13:12

    i got one and left one in oxley brisbane 1 hour ago

  • colspooners on 21/03/2012 - 13:27

    just got one using my discounted Wish Card, very happy

    • videoman on 21/03/2012 - 13:38

      You got your cards already?

  • techy on 21/03/2012 - 13:27
    +1

    Dicky sends out emails for the crap deals. But not for good ones like these :(

  • hm on 21/03/2012 - 13:29
    +1

    seems like OW is selling more of these than what dick is

    got "dicked"??? ;)

  • videoman on 21/03/2012 - 13:40

    So how much do you guys think these will be selling for in a few months? They seem to be coming down in price a lot lately. I don't need any more right now but I will in a few months.

  • imolared on 21/03/2012 - 13:45
    +1

    Thanks!! Got one from Castle Hill OW, price matched came out to $94.05.
    This is the last 2tb I need to fill up the 4 Bay Netgear ReadyNas NV+ V2 deal a few weeks ago.

    • maogua on 21/03/2012 - 13:57

      looks like you will be taking the drive out from the enclosure, may i ask what will happen if the drive failed? Will you be able to get it fixed or replaced by Seagate since the warranty is voided?

      • engineeringprof on 21/03/2012 - 14:04

        obviously they won't?

        • maogua on 21/03/2012 - 14:10

          I understand that they won't for the whole package, but how about the hard-disk itself? Does it have its own warranty like the RAMs?

        • UFO on 21/03/2012 - 23:04

          nup, no warranty on the drive if you take it out of enclosure.

      • stevarja on 21/03/2012 - 14:16

        no you won't.

        warranty is void if you open the case.

    • imolared on 21/03/2012 - 14:42
      +1

      No warranty once it's taken out of the external case. It's a risk I'm willing to take. I just took it out of the case, ST2000DL003, used a plastic badge cards to pop the case open, few clips broken, oh well.

      I just checked the serial number on Seagate's website and came up with below.

      Seagate Warranty Validation:
      Component
      The product you identified was sold as a system component. Please contact your place of purchase for service. Seagate sells many drives to direct OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) customers. These products are usually configured for the OEMs only, as components for their systems. You must contact your place of purchase for any warranty support on these drives.
      If you purchased this unit directly from Seagate, please return to the previous page and verify your Seagate customer number, because the customer number you entered ( ) does not match our records.

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