Seagate Desktop 8TB External Hard Drive $228.75 Delivered @ Amazon Germany via AU

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Was looking to expand my plex library and looking for storage options. Lowest price in the last 30 days according to Amazon. I did an extensive comparison including looking at a NAS / DAS with internals for price comparison (my plex runs from a mini-pc), so purely looking at storage per TB cost benefit.

This still came out cheaper per TB than any of those options and I believe is the cheapest price (per TB) for hard drives currently available.

Be warned however, I did by an 18TB earlier this month which was shipped and clicking/dead on arrival unfortunately, however Amazon returns process was easy. Hopefully that was a one off and this order will be fine. Ended up going for two of these, as they have a cheaper per TB cost compared to the 18TB even though it's come down in price since I placed my order.

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  CyberMurning on 23/11/2024 - 22:26

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  I did by an 18TB earlier this month which wI did by an 18TB earlier this month which was shipped and clicking/dead on arrival unfortunately, however Amazon returns process was easy.as shipped and clicking/dead on arrival unfortunately, however Amazon returns process was easy.

  did you also bought from amazon non au ? and what was the returns process looks like ? same as returning domestic purchases?

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    waving on 23/11/2024 - 22:38

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    Yes, it was also an import, but I shipped it back free of charge (to a NSW address for Amazon).
    It was purchased through Amazon UK, but via the Amazon Australia.
    I did have to get onto Amazon Chat to ask about when it would be processed, as about 15 days had passed since shipping and they had not acknowledged receipt of it, despite Australia Post tracking confirming it had been received.

    When i mentioned this to the person on chat however, they confirmed it had been received and would process the refund while I was on chat. Within 24 hours, I had credit back on my Amazon account (as it was a gift card purchase originally).
    So all-in-all, a very painless experience for what could have been a painful experience given it was an overseas import.
    Have to give credit to Amazon, as I doubt I would've had the same experience with other grey importers like Kogan or Catch.

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      CyberMurning on 23/11/2024 - 22:53

      thanks. oh now i remember i had similar experience but with a headphone (amazon uk) yeah exact same.

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  ivanavich on 23/11/2024 - 22:51

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  Amazon Refurb - 16TB - $299.00 - https://www.amazon.com.au/Western-Digital-Ultrastar-7200RPM-…

  I've been running a few of these without issue. Drives have been operational for at least two years in the stats with power cycle count in the 20's.

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    CyberMurning on 23/11/2024 - 22:55

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    wow.. let me check if the east digital HK shop is cheaper or not than your amazon

    https://east-digital.myshopify.com/products/wd-wuh721816ale6…
    $244 but not sure about shipping

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    corgi-runner on 23/11/2024 - 22:58

    Have read about people shucking Amazon drives, putting a old broken drive in the shell, and returning them, so I steer clear of these now.

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      CyberMurning on 23/11/2024 - 23:02

      bro, thats internal HDD taht ivana shared.. we cant shuck them….

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        CabSav on 23/11/2024 - 23:10

        What ???

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          MasterScythe on 24/11/2024 - 00:17

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          @CabSav: Ivanavich was talking about internal drives, and someone replied saying people return broken drives to Amazon after shucking.

          You can't shuck an internal drive, was what CyberMurning was clarifying, as that was the discussion of this particular thread.

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  Archie321 on 23/11/2024 - 23:31

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  https://pongobyte.com.au/product/seagate-exos-x22-x18-x16-14…

  Seagate Exos X22/X18 14TB Factory Recertified for $249 was posted a little while ago