When will the Goflex Desk become available? I have been looking it up through seagate's website for a long time, and the official price for 2TB Goflex Desk HD is $199. But somehow Amazon is pricing this 2TB on $229 for pre-order, which is ridiculous. And both seagate and Amazon haven't revealed the date this HD will be on stock. So i was hopping someone who can tell me when this HD will be on stock. If the price drops to $199 i will definitely buy it from Amazon. When will the Goflex Desk become available? I have been looking it up through seagate's website for a long time, and the official price for 2TB Goflex Desk HD is $199. But somehow Amazon is... » Read More When will the Goflex Desk become available? I have been looking it up through seagate's website for a long time, and the official price for 2TB Goflex Desk HD is $199. But somehow Amazon is pricing this 2TB on $229 for pre-order, which is ridiculous. And both seagate and Amazon haven't revealed the date this HD will be on stock. So i was hopping someone who can tell me when this HD will be on stock. If the price drops to $199 i will definitely buy it from Amazon. « Show Less
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I know this is an old thread but if you're still looking...I bought a 3 TB for $169 at a big box store with a yellow logo.Probably not much help if you're not in the US but Amazon has it for $149 - USB 3 too! Very fast transfers.Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 3 TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive STAC3000102
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This drive seems to come into stock and sell out quickly. I waited months to order mine last week. TigerDirect dot com is where I purchased mine. They apprear to still be in stock, and there's a $15 rebate. I received mine in just a few days. Good luck!
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Good question. The drive arrived with zero printed materials so I have no idea. Thanks for raising the question -- maybe someone from Amazon can answer! When you buy bare drives from Amazon, you get good packing material and a good box. Nothing else. There might be info on the Seagate site...
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I'm also looking for some deals, and price fluctuate like Stock market.. and no 30 days price match from amazon. I found that http://www.frys.com/product/5915244 is selling it for 2029 and no shipping cost. I would love to buy from amazon but .....not ready to pay 300 dollars more for the same.
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There may not be any charges now, but to use this drive (and the other WD drives like this) you HAVE to create an account on a WD server before you can set this device up. This server was down for most of the week (3/24-29). Sending back to Amazon.
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I'd like to add a little additional information to the excellent explanation from Jaygyver. I have both drives, an older WD1002FAEX and a newer WD1003FZEX. When I purchased the WD1002 model it was priced about the same as the newer model is today. I believe the current price disparity is due to two factors: the differences in suppliers as described by Jaygver, and also a design change. I noticed that my WD1002 was slightly heavier than the WD1003, and after some research discovered that was due to the WD1002 having two magnetic platters while the WD1003 was a newer single platter design. Evidently the WD engineers were able to simplify and hopefully improve the design. For me, both drives perform excellently and I'm equally pleased with both. However, I have seen discussions on certain tech forums in which intense gaming purists believe the older two platter design is better, and that WD changed the design simply to cut manufacturing costs. Thus the high prices for the WD1002 is due to it's scarcity (since it's now discontinued) and their belief that it's slightly better in both performance and ruggedness. As I said above, however, both perform equally well for me, and they're both Western Digital Black Series with 5 year warranties, so it's a no brainer to go with the best deal price wise.
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Probably because they purchased it for under $100. If you notice amazon prices fluctuate daily. For example today (01/06/2014) the price is 97.82+ shipping.
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I chatted with Amazon, and they said there was no definite date on when they'd actually receive this product. ExcaliberPC hasn't really been monkeying with the prices per say. At one point, they were informed by ASUS that the price was going to be $549.99, but the price was then announced back at $499.99. So they made that adjustment accordingly, only they still kept the list price at $549.99 and took the $50 off as a "discount". Yeah, shameful marketing move but the bottom line is that it's going at the MSRP and they do indeed have it in stock. I bit on ordering it from there rather than waiting on Amazon. The product has already shipped, so if you don't feel like waiting on Amazon or another more known vendor, I'd say that ExcaliberPC.com is the best source for this product.
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The HP Home and Home Office Store has it in stock! I cancelled my pre-order at Amazon and went to the HP store. It was about $30 more, but they had a $20 off coupon.
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Amazon does not always have the best price... I have watched the price on this item for a while. FYI, if you live near a microcenter, they have this laptop for $1199 - $200 (instant savings) = $999.... Its an in-store only special, but you can find more info on their website http://microcenter.com ... I have e-mailed Amazon to see if they would lower their price, but I am still waiting for a response... I also would prefer to buy from Amazon to use "prime".
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I was able to get one on amazon.com for 499.00 two weeks ago from 17th Street Photo. Crazy how it's sold by Portable Guy for hundreds of dollars more whenever it's the only merchant left selling it here. Yeah, better wait for other merchants on amazon.com to make it available then Portable Guy reduces its price too (but still the more expensive one).
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In case you filed the D drive (if you are putting all files on the C, move them to the D) Asus also offers free storage on the cloud. Look into this. else, buy one additional hard drive. You can get Seagate 4 Tb HD for $190 buckaroos = cheap!
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AP- I hope you are wrong but that is a good explaination. I notice that both Frys and Amazon are "sold out" while other stores such as CompUSA show they have them on the shelf. I'd rather wait for Amazon to buy this through. I'm a long time Amazon customer and they have yet to let me down on any item. That kind of customer service will keep me waiting for Samsung to work it all out. It's nothing I'm going to lose sleep over. But..interesting post nonetheless!
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I suggest the Seagate Desktop 1 TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6 GB with NCQ 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch (ST1000DX001) for about $85 from Amazon, if you have Amazon Prime shipping is included. But one thing needs to be clear, no matter which hard drive you choose check the type of power & data cable connections before buying ( today most use SATA). Also if you are transferring your data or operating system from your old hard drive to the new one. I suggest one of the data transfer cables systems like SABRENT USB 3.0 TO SATA/IDE 2.5/3.5/5.25-INCH Hard Drive Converter With Power Supply & LED Activity Lights (USB-DSC9... by Sabrent available from Amazon for $25.00 I suggest the Seagate Desktop 1 TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6 GB with NCQ 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch (ST1000DX001) for about $85 from Amazon, if you have Amazon Prime shipping is included. But one thing needs to be clear, no matter which hard drive you choose check the type of power & data cable connections before buying ( today most use SATA). Also if you are transferring your data or operating system from your old hard drive to the new one. I suggest one of the data transfer cables systems like SABRENT USB 3.0 TO SATA/IDE 2.5/3.5/5.25-INCH Hard Drive Converter With Power Supply & LED... » Read More I suggest the Seagate Desktop 1 TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6 GB with NCQ 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch (ST1000DX001) for about $85 from Amazon, if you have Amazon Prime shipping is included. But one thing needs to be clear, no matter which hard drive you choose check the type of power & data cable connections before buying ( today most use SATA). Also if you are transferring your data or operating system from your old hard drive to the new one. I suggest one of the data transfer cables systems like SABRENT USB 3.0 TO SATA/IDE 2.5/3.5/5.25-INCH Hard Drive Converter With Power Supply & LED Activity Lights (USB-DSC9... by Sabrent available from Amazon for $25.00 « Show Less
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Agreed; you are seeing a "sale" price on drives a retailer needs to "move" to make space for incoming inventory that may be the product's replacement series. Inside, take the drive apart and you have the "internal" drive. Go ahead and buy the external and dismantle them, it's a 5 minute task.
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Agree- price gouging and Amazon should take the high road and disallow it. Gouging is taking advantage of supply restraints by raising the price artificially. Doesn't have anything to do with if you actually buy or not to be gouging. It is gouging by definiton. Look it up. But don't give em the satisfaction. Wait, be patient and shortly they will be everywhere. You have survived all this time w/out one-you can wait another month or two. Trust me, by then they will be easy to get. Why? Cuz a whole bunch more are coming down the pike and the wow factor of this one will diminish. Wait til Amazon announces their own quad-core one here shortly or when Samsung's sweet tablet hits the street, etc etc. I too would like to try one of these, but after seeing more than one review mention the case quality being poor and the unit actually separating where the front and back meet, I am skeptical. Thus, why I want to buy from someone like Amazon who has a liberal return policy. Could have bought one today at newegg no problem, but with a nonrefundable return policy-no way. They are out there, but buyer beware is what I say. I'm babbling...out.
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Price only! I mean for 1TB you will pay $80 or $90 US dollars, for 2T $150 or $160. For this model external HDD.