Hard Drive Deal At Circuit City

[dingoBaby]

Check out this posting on Passwird.com (http://www.passwird.com)

[Cygnuz-Y]

NO WAY!

[Virtualbody1234]

Now this is something that could have been posted in "Great Deals On Hardware" pinned thread.

[atiVidia]

holy FUCK!!!

im gettin one!

[DWk]

looks fake to me....

[DWk]

oh nm perhaps its not fake...

but read


Deal valid only at brick & mortar stores

[abu_has_the_power]

the rebate form looks fake

EDIT: never mind. but do u get hte rebate from circuit city or the company? and if u have to fill 3 forms, how do u get 3 addresses?

[mooseman2070]

whot the hell cares if you have to drive there? 20 bucks for a 120gb hd w/ 8mb cache is a fucking awesome deal

[bigdawgfoxx]

It comes with 3 diff forms but there all to different addresses. It says only one rebate per item or something but i guess thats why u send it to 3 diff addys

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@12 December 2003 - 19:37
It comes with 3 diff forms but there all to different addresses. It says only one rebate per item or something but i guess thats why u send it to 3 diff addys
i just bought it!! amazing deal man!! and yea, it is a western digital. i can't believe it. got the last one too. they only print u 2 rebates, but the one u get from passwirds.com is the 3rd one u need. its awesome! i'm so happy. now, i have 270 gigs. lol. wat can i put on it?

[abu_has_the_power]

btw, i called the 1-888 # for the circuit city rebate center, and they said that the 3rd rebate is supposed to print out, but they're having server probs, so only 2 r being printed out. they said the prob will be fixed by tomorow

[DWk]

omg u serious? a friend of mine is going to the states tomorrow.... and if its true.... he is going to buy 10...and im gonna pay him for 2 of them w00h00

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by DWk@12 December 2003 - 22:13
omg u serious? a friend of mine is going to the states tomorrow.... and if its true.... he is going to buy 10...and im gonna pay him for 2 of them w00h00
yea, i'm filling out the forms now! great deal. passwirds.com doesn't lie. thanks a lot to the guy up there who posted this. it's a western digital too. god bless u all

[DWk]

how much warranty?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by DWk@12 December 2003 - 22:13
omg u serious? a friend of mine is going to the states tomorrow.... and if its true.... he is going to buy 10...and im gonna pay him for 2 of them w00h00
but does ur friend have a us address to receive the rebate checks?



how much warranty?

its 1 year

[DWk]

oh yea he got an address....i think he lives half year here and half there.... he in ny

[SodiumChloride]

Good god i hope its not sold out by tomorrow morning. lock the thread! :D

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by SodiumChloride@13 December 2003 - 04:02
Good god i hope its not sold out by tomorrow morning. lock the thread! :D
where do u live? where i live, (chicago suburbs) theres not much left. not becuz ppl bought them, but becuz there weren't many shipped to the stores. no one knows bout this offer

[DWk]

SOLD OUT!!!!

OUT OF STOCK!!!!

omg :( now i dont have hdd :(

[bigdawgfoxx]

You mean everywhere??

[DWk]

yea as it says in the site.... EVERY ZIP CODE.... :( :angry:

[mooseman2070]

damn...

[DWk]

sniff there goes my chance to get another hdd :(

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by DWk@13 December 2003 - 14:17
sniff there goes my chance to get another hdd :(
guess u guys should've went last night. except for dwk. cuz he couldn't have

[DWk]

hehe :rolleyes:

"some day" is all i can say :)

[zapjb]

Don't know if this works. But I called cir. city & they're out of them here where I live. But the salesman said I could walk in & pay for it (brick & mortar). And they send it to me. That way should work if the coupons exp dates jive with a delivery date for the HDD.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Ok wont they get another truckload of these things in or are they discontinued?? Im still going to check my circuit city today..lol just to make sure :D i want that...

Edit: also they dont advertise this offer..on the website it still cost 140...so why would they be soldout?

[zapjb]

I think I'm going to pass on this. I'm not sure if all 3 rebates together will be honored.

[bigdawgfoxx]

The guy says it will...Also how does he know its a Western Digital?? I havnt seen anything about Western Digital and thats not the WD box.

[DWk]

does it even matter if there are rebates or not? dude a 120gb drive for 20 bucks!!!!

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by DWk@13 December 2003 - 14:25
does it even matter if there are rebates or not? dude a 120gb drive for 20 bucks!!!!
uh...yeah it does kinda matter that there are rebates..thats what makes it cost 20 bux... :unsure:

[SodiumChloride]

THERE ARE COPIES IN STOCK... st least in San Diego County. There are probably 3 left in the county.

I went to circuit city and there was a nice person who let me order a copy from another store (because the store i went to was sold out). I told him about the 3 rebates so he printed 3 reciepts for me, even though only 2 rebate forms came out. I'm gonna print out the last one from the passwird website and hope for hte best :D

You MIGHT get lucky if you go to circuit city and ask the sales person to check the other stores in your area. :ph34r:

[DWk]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx+13 December 2003 - 13:41--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bigdawgfoxx @ 13 December 2003 - 13:41)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-DWk@13 December 2003 - 14:25
does it even matter if there are rebates or not? dude a 120gb drive for 20 bucks&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
uh...yeah it does kinda matter that there are rebates..thats what makes it cost 20 bux... :unsure: [/b][/quote]
k then im still lost about rebates....abu where u at? :P

[SodiumChloride]

Originally posted by DWk@13 December 2003 - 14:43
k then im still lost about rebates....abu where u at? :P
Lets say you buy a hard drive for &#036;130

If the store is having a sale, usually they have "rebates"
You take your reciept and a copy of the proof of purchase from the item you bought and mail it to an address.
A few weeks later you get back a check for the amount the rebate was worth.
In this case, you get 3 rebates so you mail 3 seperate letters to 3 seperate addresses with all the information, and you should get 3 &#036;40 checks in the mail.

[DWk]

so you "win" 100 bucks for purchasing a drive that was so low in price?

[SciManAl]

lol, no some people mess up the rebate, and so they don&#39;t gett the money, by this idea stores casn make things look very cheap, when indeed many will simply not manage to get the rebate to work...

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by SciManAl@13 December 2003 - 18:32
lol, no some people mess up the rebate, and so they don&#39;t gett the money, by this idea stores casn make things look very cheap, when indeed many will simply not manage to get the rebate to work...
usually new time buyers. black friday has been perfectly fine for me so far

[SciManAl]

yeah only the fucktrads are the ones that don&#39;t fill it in or leave out the upc... but if you do it withy even a scrap of brains left... then it will be fine... the margin of error is still just high enough for it to be profitabale...

[DWk]

so not a lot of ppl fill out the rebate forms?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by DWk@13 December 2003 - 18:42
so not a lot of ppl fill out the rebate forms?
no. a lot of people forget, or leave out their receipt or upc code when they mail, leading ot incomplete forms, and no rebate. i never had that prob

[DWk]

oh i get it now..... but if people started filling the forms correctly, the stores would lose BIG bucks, right?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by DWk@13 December 2003 - 18:45
oh i get it now..... but if people started filling the forms correctly, the stores would lose BIG bucks, right?
lol. no :lol:

usually the stores don&#39;t do rebates. the manufacturers mail the &#036; back to u. the store still makes the profit, only the company mails u the &#036;. sometimes the stores do rebates, so they lose money

[DWk]

aight abu...u lost me again :(

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by DWk@13 December 2003 - 18:49
aight abu...u lost me again :(
the stores don&#39;t loose money. they still get the profit they make of selling it to u. but the manufacturer of the product sends u the &#036; when u fill the rebate. so the manufacturer looses the money, not the store

[bigdawgfoxx]

Ok ...maybe Best Buy has some harddrives that they want to get out of stock to have more shelf space for something else...or if a company is discontinuing an item and bringing a new one it. The company can make a harddrive for probably 20 bucks or something like that. They just put out rebates and people pay FULL PRICE...then send in the rebates for their money back. So with that harddrive I would still pay &#036;140 and the company is hoping I dont fill it out right, or dont even send it in and then they make a lot of money..or if I do then they might loose a dollar or 2 but still...they just do it...ok they want to do it so they do it damnit&#33; lol I kinda lost myself halfway through that but ohwell...maybe he can kinda understand..

DAMN MIDTERMS&#33;&#33;&#33;

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@13 December 2003 - 18:58
Ok ...maybe Best Buy has some harddrives that they want to get out of stock to have more shelf space for something else...or if a company is discontinuing an item and bringing a new one it. The company can make a harddrive for probably 20 bucks or something like that. They just put out rebates and people pay FULL PRICE...then send in the rebates for their money back. So with that harddrive I would still pay &#036;140 and the company is hoping I dont fill it out right, or dont even send it in and then they make a lot of money..or if I do then they might loose a dollar or 2 but still...they just do it...ok they want to do it so they do it damnit&#33; lol I kinda lost myself halfway through that but ohwell...maybe he can kinda understand..

DAMN MIDTERMS&#33;&#33;&#33;
when r ur midterms big dawg? mine&#39;s not till after break. which is bad. cuz now i have to study during break. arg

[SciManAl]

midterms?? don&#39;t you poeple have thew midterm trainer?? by razor during his visit to jail?? ??? didn&#39;t you download it?? :D :lol:

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by SciManAl@13 December 2003 - 19:06
midterms?? don&#39;t you poeple have thew midterm trainer?? by razor during his visit to jail?? ??? didn&#39;t you download it?? :D :lol:
wtf? :huh: :huh:

[DWk]

http://www.cannabis.net/assassin-of-youth.jpg

tsk tsk :rolleyes:

[mooseman2070]

:( :( :( guess what :( .......MY STORE HAS LIKE 20 OF EM&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by mooseman2070@13 December 2003 - 19:13
:( :( :( guess what :( .......MY STORE HAS LIKE 20 OF EM&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
lucky bastard. i&#39;m having a minor prob. does wd&#39;s have temp sensors? cuz this one doesn&#39;t seem to have one. speedfan picks up a sensor, but doesn&#39;t display a temp

[bigdawgfoxx]

why the sad face..???? Buy em all lol send me one of course tho...and yeah what about that midterm trainer?? lol

My midterms are this week...ugh <_<

[DWk]

keke not sure about the sensor, abu..... i dont check my temps on my hdds :rolleyes:

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by DWk@13 December 2003 - 19:18
keke not sure about the sensor, abu..... i dont check my temps on my hdds :rolleyes:
does anyone know if wds have sensors? any software to read them? cuz speedfan and hd temp thing that clocker uses doesn&#39;t work

[DWk]

try checking if bios tells you something....if a temp is there...it may have a sensor? oh well ima go watch some tv right now.... cya lata

[mooseman2070]

yeah they have em but they arent like the ones on passwird, the case is blue and yellow, not red and white, is it still the same thing? also, are the rebates still avalible on passwird? my internet my be too slow


p.s. since everyone is on this thread go over to my router problems thread, its on page 2

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by DWk@13 December 2003 - 19:18
keke not sure about the sensor, abu..... i dont check my temps on my hdds :rolleyes:
Yeah, glad im not the only one who doesnt check his HD temps.

Look, Abu, just keep an eye on your mobo temp, dont worry about your HD temp, overheating is the last thing to worry about on a HD.

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by _John_Lennon_+13 December 2003 - 23:14--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (_John_Lennon_ @ 13 December 2003 - 23:14)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-DWk@13 December 2003 - 19:18
keke not sure about the sensor, abu..... i dont check my temps on my hdds&nbsp; :rolleyes:
Yeah, glad im not the only one who doesnt check his HD temps.

Look, Abu, just keep an eye on your mobo temp, dont worry about your HD temp, overheating is the last thing to worry about on a HD. [/b][/quote]
yea. hows 36C for a mobo temp?

[zapjb]

I&#39;ve had so many HDD&#39;s go bad. I darn well monitor the HDD temp. I use DTemp it&#39;s freeware.

[abu_has_the_power]

is there any prog that will show both hd temps? cuz all the 1s i&#39;ve tried only show my maxtor, but they pic up a sensor on the wd, bu thtey don&#39;t show it

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@14 December 2003 - 10:55
is there any prog that will show both hd temps? cuz all the 1s i&#39;ve tried only show my maxtor, but they pic up a sensor on the wd, bu thtey don&#39;t show it
can anyone help me out on this?