There are 20 TB EXOS drives for $270 on Newegg.
post
The real sales happened 3-5 weeks ago. Prices are actually up since then.
black friday deals havent been that great in 20 years. it used to be a major deal.
replies:
Black friday in general is pretty lackluster lately, but keep in mind that you're looking for deals on items that don't really experience the seasonal variability that other consumer products do. People (generally, this sub aside lol) aren't putting HDDs under the christmas tree.
Internals and SSDs aren't as sexy as externals. "I have to open my computer and install it? I've never done that!" And unlike externals, which are a way for the manufacturers to make money off their 2nd tier stock, internals are a commodity.
Keep an eye on Cyber Monday as retailers have been saving some of their best deals for that day.
replies:
Did you not want the 22TB WD Red Pro for $335?
replies:
HD Sentinel is 55% off
As a deal addict I can confirm that, generally, if you haven't found a deal on something by Thanksgiving, it's unlikely anything good will surface on BF or CM. Many vendors try to get the jump on BF buy starting their discounts in early November. BF is so called because it's a big profit day for sellers, while it's really Red Friday for buyers.
Seagate 14TB external hard drive at Costco $149.99
https://www.costco.com/seagate-14tb-expansion-desktop-hard-drive.product.4000203297.html
replies:
serverpartdeals has a few refurb deals-
https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/black-friday-cyber-monday-deals
I might have to grab one of the 18tb refurbs for $165
replies:
Nope.
Most prices have been going up on SSDs & spinning rust since mid Sept.
OTOH, I scored a Muskin 2tb NVMe for $60USD shipped from Newegg.
Limited number of them (all gone now), but that was literally the only thing I saw.
Hi guys:
I missed the bus - Bestbuy had an 18 TB WD for $200...
However -
Amazon has the external Elements WDBWLG0180HBK (18 TB) on sale for $229 right now. (USA)
I still bought the two pack of 18tbs red pros from wdc. Worked out for my needs
I think part of it is how product pricing has changed and economy of scale. Back around 1990-2010 tech companies didn't sell in as much volume so their margins on each unit had to be large. For example company X was making a TV for $500 and selling it for $700 but they were only selling 5,000 a year. Thus black Friday deals meant they could lower the price to $550 while still earning a profit.
As volume increased, competition forced them to low prices and focus on economy of scale. Now company X is making a TV for $500, selling it for $550, but they're selling 20,000 of them. They're making the same profit as they did before, but there's less room for sales. Now the same sale for total profit would look like $512.
To the company it's all the same. In both instances they were making 1,000,000 before the sale, and 250,000 during the sale; but to the consumer it went from around 28% off to a %6 off.
To the consumer sensibility it's bad since it seams like nothing goes on sale, but in actuality it's good because it's like everything is on sale all the time; we just don't notice. It's also why devices with low volume are so expensive.
I don't know if it is a "Black Friday" deal but there are two 18TiB manufacturer refurbished options from goharddrive:
- $159.99 with 5 year reseller warranty ST18000NM003D
- $179.99 with 5 year reseller warranty ST18000NM000J
I bought the ST18000NM003D last weekend, it arrived Wednesday and it has been great so far. Let's see how many months or years it will last~
I'm not seeing this in here yet but bhphoto 20tb elements $280
I didn't see many deals, I did grab a couple 16tb's off serverpartsdeals.com in order to fill up the remaining 2 3.5" bays I have one server. That and a friend of who's giving up data hoarding sold me 7 slightly used 20tb wd essentials for a bargain, which I'm not going to even shuck those I'll keep them as offline backups.
20tb hd $205... Refurbished. No good deals. Lol.
WD website had crazy deals, you had to look. got Atomos Master Caddy 4K 2TB Black for $80 msrp $800 bought two. :-)
all 36 comments