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Seagate EXOS ST18000NM000J 18TB X18 3.5" Hard Drive $350.40 Delivered @ au_2023 eBay

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PWECBT20

last few deals for these third party OEM drives was around $460 each
neology's site still has them for $400 each
prev deal for reference https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/775190

$19.44 per TB using 20% off code PWECBT20

Group buy price was $338 for the 18tb. So this is only a marginal premium with free shipping and no wait

Eastdigital appears to have multiple stores? the "hk store" below has other drive sizes but are US listings with no discount codes. at a glance appear to be around $21/tb. So unsure if they are worthy of posting as a deal

https://www.ebay.com.au/str/eastdigital

WARRANTY questions: Group buy was from same supplier
Link for details https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/736571

Original Coupon Deal

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  • id buy 4 of these if it werent for the fact i only need 12tbs lol

    • I need another six sadly. Just don't have the money for them right now.

  • +1

    Need those Western digital Drives …..

    • are they much better?

  • +1

    these do not come with Seagate warranty,
    you just get a 'we promise to give you 3 year warranty - contact us on Ebay'

    date of manufucture on mine was 2021

    • +1

      True but EastDigital have been very good with warranty for all the drives from the group buys, going so far as paying for expedited return shipping both ways.

  • Be warned: these drives are loud. The loudest ive ever owned. They sound like a floppy disk getting mangled by a garbage disposal. So loud that im finally going to pull tbe trigger on a NAS so i can get the mayhem out of my office and into the garage.

    • +1

      your disks might not support it but use hdparm or similar to modify the automatic acoustic management (aam) properties. some disks support this and let you trade performance for noise.

      # hdparm -M 128 /dev/sda

      /dev/sda:
      setting acoustic management to 128
      acoustic = 128 (128=quiet … 254=fast)

      something like that

    • How did you get them formatted? I've tried Mac, Win 7 and 10, and Linux. Talked to Seagate, no luck.
      Packaged ready to send back ATM.

  • +5

    I can't tell if the exos symbol is a T-Rex ready to get busy or a fighter jet

    • Couldn't see it. Then I did…

    • Lol. T-rex facing left and slightly downward, tail on the right?

    • Thanks for that 🤣

  • +1

    Seller is au_2023, are they eastdigital ?

    • +2

      Hell no they're not. OP you've linked to the wrong store. Proper username is "eastdigitalhk".

      • oh damn i saw the description and thought it was eastdigital

        • Just to let everyone know, they are eastdigitalhk. I sent eastdigitalhk a message asking for a cheaper price because their hk listing was cheaper than their au listing a while ago and they sent me a reply linking this account.
          https://imgur.com/a/YYn6GPF

    • +2

      They seem to have "stolen" listing from ED

      • I sent eastdigitalhk a message asking for a cheaper price because their hk listing was cheaper than their au listing a while ago and they sent me a reply linking this account.
        https://imgur.com/a/YYn6GPF

        • It's their AU account?

          • @Tollery: unless the worker who replied to my message decided to create their own ebay listing for AU. It's their AU account

  • Too bad they don't send to PO Boxes :(

  • looks like paypal are going to be busy processing refunds

    • why?

      • Because this seller copied and pasted the listing from a reputable seller and is impersonating them. Feedback score of 62 means they're basically brand new.

    • I sent eastdigitalhk a message asking for a cheaper price because their hk listing was cheaper than their au listing a while ago and they sent me a reply linking this account.
      https://imgur.com/a/YYn6GPF

  • I just got a tracking number from Fedex for a package coming from Hong Kong.

    • Good luck with warranty in the future.

      • Not too worried about warranty, this is my third drive from eastdigitalhk. It arrived today.

        • How was tbe packaging?

          • @congo: Packaging was good. Small cardboard box with at least 2 inches of foam packaging on all sides of the drive. There was a small form insert in the middle with a cutout for the drive.

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