HGST Touro Desk 4TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive US $194 Shipped

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Ljohnt107 on 02/03/2013 - 22:33 amazon.com (217 clicks)

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Was shopping for a drive and found this 4TB external USB 3 for a good price. I think the drive is 5400 rpm, but for storage this should be fine. From Amazon US, shipped to Aus.

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  JimmyBargain on 02/03/2013 - 22:55

  whoever buys such items from OS to save 20% (at Best!!)

  Think about it??!!! when it breaks whatcya gunna do?

  Stress and pay postage to send it back???? Stress more??!!

  is it really worth it??

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    easternculture on 02/03/2013 - 23:02

    true

    Hitachi Australia warranty doesn't apply for purchases outside Australia

    http://whrl.pl/RcLjLZ

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    johnt107 on 02/03/2013 - 23:07

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    …when it breaks whatcya gunna do?…

    Strip it and RMA the disk only. Happy to use that.

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      A3Australia on 02/03/2013 - 23:30

      Strip it

      As soon as you do that - no more warranty.

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        MATTDAMON on 02/03/2013 - 23:41

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        With Hitachi the drives inside the serial no isnt linked to the external case, so you can RMA the bare drive only without the external part.

        And its international warranty, so simple enough to do (same as WD/Seagate

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        A3Australia on 03/03/2013 - 01:39

        its international warranty

        easternculture said that "Hitachi Australia warranty doesn't apply for purchases outside Australia".

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        MATTDAMON on 03/03/2013 - 04:08

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        You dont deal with Hitachi Australia, you deal with Hitachi Global, just means sending the drive back to taiwan for RMA, not to Sydney where Hitachi Australia is situated.

        Its not a deal breaker, and as someone who has dealt with both its very little difference other then a week or so turnaround time.

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    cheepwun on 03/03/2013 - 19:23

    9 times out of 10 (or higher) you're not sending stuff back. So you're winning overall.

    The stress part comes from losing your data (if not doubled-up) along with the associated downtime; not spending some of the savings you made to send it back.

    Or, as a friendly ozbargainer wrote, strip it and send the bare drive back to the manufacturer to take care of warranty. Should make for cheaper postage too.

    Win.

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  Red Hippo on 02/03/2013 - 23:06

  I guess it's like paying more for the extended warranty. Amazon do have pretty good customer service.

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  bottomcoughs on 02/03/2013 - 23:18

  Amazon's service is great for the first 30 days from date of purchase. After that, you're on your own.

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  giu on 02/03/2013 - 23:27

  Second cheapest price ever - http://tinyurl.com/byt89o9

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  [Deactivated] on 03/03/2013 - 10:43

  Are these reliable now? I went to buy one after launch and there were rumours they pulled them due to high failure rate. I read a large US seller like new egg or amazon had 10% return after arrival.
  Would things have improved?

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  Naed on 03/03/2013 - 11:03

  How do these compare with the WD My Book 4TB for $2 less? http://www.amazon.com/Book-External-Drive-Storage-Backup/dp/…

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    CH on 03/03/2013 - 13:09

    They both have the same internal HGST 5K4000 drive so they should perform similarly.

    For those wanting to open and use as an internal, the MyBook is MUCH easier to open without destroying the case.

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  Click_It on 03/03/2013 - 11:53

  Lovely to see 4TB regularly dropping below $200 now. Seems like only yesterday we were getting excited about them going under $400.

  I'll probably stock up when they reach the $150 mark. I have an array of 2TB's waiting to be retired.

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  mshanann on 19/03/2013 - 23:34

  Was going to post this as a new deal, but this drive is now $187 USD shipped.