#275707 - 07/02/2006 04:20
80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
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I was just able to place an order for 5 of the Hitachi's. $13.00 shipping for all 5. With $15.35 California sales tax, total came to $201.35 http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores...;catalogId=-840Fujitsu part number 13N6793 Hitachi part number 13N6805
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#275708 - 07/02/2006 04:46
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: g_man]
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Registered: 12/02/2002
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Good luck on getting them. I've put my order in for three on saturday, but I'm not expecting them to show up.
Matthew
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#275709 - 07/02/2006 12:03
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: g_man]
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Cool.. even includes the mounting tray for whatever ThinkPad they were intended for! Hitachi still in stock as of right now, but the price quoted was $42. Fujitsu now out of stock.
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#275710 - 07/02/2006 12:07
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: mlord]
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Registered: 14/01/2002
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Could someone order me one or two? I'll paypal costs???
Edited by Phil. (07/02/2006 13:02)
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#275711 - 07/02/2006 12:55
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: mlord]
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What the heck. I ordered 2. I remember this one time I found an expensive car audio player for sale and bought it for really cheap. Turned out to be legit. This may be too.
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#275712 - 07/02/2006 13:30
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: g_man]
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that is a great price..i paid 2x that at newegg only last month!
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#275713 - 07/02/2006 13:34
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[Re: g_man]
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this link takes me to an IBM website..is this correct as i cannot find these items offered for sale!
Ed
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#275714 - 07/02/2006 13:44
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: edsmiata]
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Enter the part number in the "Know your part number?" section and click the submit button.
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#275715 - 07/02/2006 13:48
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: g_man]
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Registered: 14/01/2002
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Someone grab me a couple!
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#275716 - 07/02/2006 14:39
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: g_man]
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got one...as you noted they were out of stock but will definately re-stock....
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#275717 - 07/02/2006 14:56
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[Re: JBjorgen]
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I remember this one time I found an expensive car audio player for sale and bought it for really cheap. Turned out to be legit. This may be too.
And I just bought a 120GB empeg with a bag for $80 last night. So I guess I'll try my luck and order another two.
Matthew
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#275718 - 07/02/2006 15:39
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: matthew_k]
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If anybody can get me a couple that would be much appreciated! 
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#275721 - 07/02/2006 21:10
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[Re: ClemsonJeep]
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The tray-only would not include the "80GB" notation.
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#275723 - 08/02/2006 12:44
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: g_man]
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Am I the only one who's getting prices ten times what is quoted in the thread title? When I add the Fujitsu to the cart, it shows up as costing $342.
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#275724 - 08/02/2006 13:48
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[Re: Dignan]
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No, I'm seeing that too.
Yesterday, when I checked, the hitachi was 42$ and it's now 522$. Fujitsu is 342$ now...
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#275725 - 08/02/2006 15:53
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[Re: Dignan]
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u have to copy over the model number into the website then do the search...had the same issue yesterday
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#275726 - 08/02/2006 15:56
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[Re: elperepat]
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#275727 - 08/02/2006 16:15
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[Re: edsmiata]
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I would guess that it is an error, and that they will cancel the orders. But it could be nice.
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#275728 - 08/02/2006 18:56
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: pgrzelak]
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well..like i said..cpoke to them on the phone and they confirmed that the price was in fact for the hard drive...
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#275729 - 08/02/2006 23:17
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: pgrzelak]
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I would guess that it is an error, and that they will cancel the ordersWell, that would make me feel a little bit better...  But for the rest of you, I hope it's the real deal. (Last week I ordered and paid $119 for an 80 GB drive.) tanstaafl.
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#275731 - 09/02/2006 17:25
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[Re: edsmiata]
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FYI
I just called IBM and asked them about both part numbers, as I did not get the 37 dollar price but like 4 or 5 hundred dollars. They said that was an internet mistake, and that IBM will have to honor the orders that were placed (I guess they fixed it on Monday) but the price was no longer available. So if you got your order in by Monday, you stand a good chance of getting it. He also said that IBM has to order a bunch to cover the orders so you may have a bit of a wait time. They said that IBM will take about a 2 MILLION dollar hit....something like 8 thousand orders???
Well congrats to all who got in on that deal...for the rest of us, well maybe we can buy your old drives?
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#275732 - 09/02/2006 17:32
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[Re: Ladmo]
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It is strange to me that they (IBM) will honor the price. Most companies will specifically state that they are not responsible for typographical errors on their sites. Cool if they do, though!
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#275733 - 09/02/2006 18:12
Re: 80GB HDD's - $34.50 for Hitachi, $37.00 for Fujitsu
[Re: pgrzelak]
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Oddly enough their site had a disclaimer about how pricing/inventory might not be correct on a certain subset of the products. (I can't remeber what products exactly and can't find it on their site at the moment.)
What really struck me as odd was that they raised the prices on monday from $37 to $42 dollars. These are the people that sell huge POS and back end solutions for major companies?
I'd love to get my orders, and I'd think highly of IBM for sticking to their word. I've always been impressed when Dell coupons don't stack quite as intended, but they (usualy, less so these days) play the game fair and fullfill the orders.
Matthew
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#275734 - 10/02/2006 00:21
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[Re: Ladmo]
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I'd be impressed if they honored them. I loved when that airline honored those $2 airfares that some people got for a few minutes one day*.
*price and time window are not necessarily accurate
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#275735 - 10/02/2006 11:18
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[Re: Ladmo]
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i called cust svc yesterday to tell them that i did not revieve an e-mail confo for my order...i gave them my order no, which they acknowledged, and told me that i will receive something by the end of this week (today)...
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#275736 - 10/02/2006 13:02
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[Re: edsmiata]
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Cool!!! Time to build / install more hard drives in your player(s)???
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#275737 - 10/02/2006 13:03
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[Re: pgrzelak]
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I'm ready to buy 2 80gb drives
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#275739 - 14/02/2006 17:06
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[Re: edsmiata]
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just called IBM...they have been instructed to CANCEL ALL ORDERS as the price quoted on the website was wrong....it should have been $342...oh well...if it looks too good to be true...it usually is!!!
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#275740 - 17/02/2006 16:57
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[Re: edsmiata]
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they have been instructed to CANCEL ALL ORDERS
They could at least notify people. I haven't heard anything since my original order confirmation and its been almost two weeks. Oh well, didn't really expect to get it anyway.
-Mike
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#275741 - 17/02/2006 18:46
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[Re: edsmiata]
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it should have been $342...
About 300% over the going rate for such a drive... If that was a mistake, I doubt they'd cancel all the orders!
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#275742 - 17/02/2006 21:24
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[Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
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it should have been $342...
About 300% over the going rate for such a drive... If that was a mistake, I doubt they'd cancel all the orders!
That's what confused me when the prices shot up the next day. I thought I wasn't following directions and had gone to the wrong page, because while I thought $34 for a laptop hard drive was a big bargain, $342 was even more shocking!
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#275743 - 19/02/2006 18:43
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[Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
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it should have been $342...
About 300% over the going rate for such a drive... If that was a mistake, I doubt they'd cancel all the orders!
As typo's go, that seems a little less plausable that some other prices would be.
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#275744 - 20/02/2006 17:44
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[Re: gbeer]
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As typo's go, that seems a little less plausable that some other prices would be.
Not necessarily... what if the "$342" price quoted were really "$342.50" and the person quoting the price just rounded it for the sale of simplicity/brevity?
Then just dropping the "2" would give you $34.50, an easy enough typo to make.
And if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a tea cart, I know. Pure speculation without a shred of evidence to support it...
tanstaafl.
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#275745 - 21/02/2006 23:04
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[Re: g_man]
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I got an email today saying the correct price was $522 for the disk drive, and to place my order gain if I'd like one. Really makes them look good to send an email two weeks later, signed by someone other than the email address it's coming from, saying the price is actually five times what's reasonable.
Matthew
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#275746 - 22/02/2006 00:24
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522 for a 80G that sounds more like a typo than the 34.50.
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