Helmonder Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Please see the following link: I think Amazon DE is making a mistake here... 200 euro for an 8tb drive with 3 years of support seems extremely low... But they state its a price guarantee so take advantage !! https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01LXGAE3P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Quote Link to comment
cirkator Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Thanks, just pre-ordered one. :-) Quote Link to comment
Yaka Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 These ok to be used for building a nas? Quote Link to comment
Morpheus Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 They have them here in the U.S. as well. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=seagate+skyhawk+drives&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aseagate+skyhawk+drives Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 They have them here in the U.S. as well. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=seagate+skyhawk+drives&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aseagate+skyhawk+drives Yes, but not at the same price point. 197.38 Euro is the equivalent of $216.84 ... well below the $334.99 price on the US site. It does indeed seem the Amazon DE site may have these price lower than they intended. Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 These ok to be used for building a nas? Absolutely. These are excellent drives and Seagate specifically notes they are excellent for use in RAID systems with their built-in anti-vibration technology. Quote Link to comment
morti Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 There is some chatter in germany about that offer. I would have gotten some for work, but I could not find out how fast the writes speeds are. They know what data to hide from the customer ,these are SMR drives after all. Quote Link to comment
Helmonder Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Please see the following link: I think Amazon DE is making a mistake here... 200 euro for an 8tb drive with 3 years of support seems extremely low... But they state its a price guarantee so take advantage !! https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01LXGAE3P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/skyhawk/files/skyhawk-ds-1902-3-1608us.pdf Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 ... these are SMR drives after all. Actually I don't think that's the case. At least the 10TB version is not -- it's a helium-filled, 7-platter PMR drive. I think the 8TB is also a sealed helium unit, but haven't found confirmation of that. Not sure about the smaller units, but I don't think any of them are SMR. The 4TB and larger units all have rotational vibration sensors designed to improve performance in RAID and NAS systems (the smaller units do not). Quote Link to comment
Shadowrunner Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Also in the UK at a similar price to Germany... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-ST8000VX0022-Skyhawk-Internal-2000-GB-88-9-mm/dp/B01LXGAE3P SR Quote Link to comment
Yaka Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Hmmm debating what to do i was all set to splash out on 10tb hdd drives. But the price point is unbeliveable Quote Link to comment
Shamalamadindong Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Some sort of release promotion pricing? Quote Link to comment
Yaka Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Doubt it, its almost always the top end that get a sort of price promo. But even then its £20-£50 if that Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 That IS a VERY good price ... wish they were that cheap in the US. Quote Link to comment
Yaka Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Hoping they will still be priced the same come friday Quote Link to comment
segator Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Wow, when they are going to deliver? I'm thinking to buy 2(I'm from spain and amazon.de send to spain ) Quote Link to comment
Helmonder Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 They have changed the price... Its now EUR 372,37 Must have been a mistake.. I am wondering what they will do now.. They should deliver... Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Not surprising -- it was clearly too low a price. But I suspect that anyone who ordered at the originally listed price will indeed get their drives. The US price now looks like a "bargain" Quote Link to comment
Yaka Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Oh hums should have jumped on them, hope fully i'll get the 2 i ordered Quote Link to comment
cirkator Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Haha. Just received an email from Amazon. They wrote that they indeed claimed a wrong price for this drive on their homepage and since the drive was on pre-order and because of that the transaction has not yet occurred, they will cancel the order. Fuckers :-) Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Not surprised. Pre-orders or back-orders are NOT the same as actual orders -- where you've already paid for the product. I'm sure if these were actual paid orders Amazon would have simply absorbed the loss and delivered them. Quote Link to comment
Helmonder Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Same here... i am going to dispute this though. Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 It'll be interesting to see if they honor their originally advertised price for you. My guess is that if you already paid, they will; if it was just a pre-ordered and they hadn't actually processed a payment for it, they won't. Quote Link to comment
cirkator Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Same here... i am going to dispute this though. Let us know what they say. In their mail they wrote that their terms of service state that the purchase is only valid when payment has been processed. Which I guess wasn't the case for any of us since it was a preoder. Quote Link to comment
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