CHEAP External Hard drives at Office Depot!

Call your local office depot and tell them to reserve one of the item numbers for you. They will!

ITEM #
111325 simpletech 500GB external $37.93
605975 WD My Book 500GB $32.93
420340 Simpletech 320GB external $24.93
420205 Simpletech 250GB mini $32.93
435725 Simpletech 160GB mini $24.93
613890 WD My Book World Edition 500GB $44.93
399305 Toshiba external 160GB $24.93
435010 Simpletech mini 320GB $39.93
396855 Toshiba external 250GB $34.93
138615 WD passport 320GB $42.93
466215 WD passport 250GB $32.93
469100 WD Passport 160GB $24.93
426055 - Simpletech 1TB External $64

 

Dam, doesn't that make the WD passport something like 50% off?

 

Those are great deals, for External HD's.

Where did you find this?

Cin.

 

I found this at another forum that I go to (maximumPC.com)

Just FYI, you have to CALL them to get these prices. The website shows normal prices, and they don't have them on display in the store.

 

Ok, that's cool! So how long does the sale last on the External HD's??


Cin

 

How long will this last?

 

Can you please provide the link where it show's these deals...I went to the site, and couldn't find it!

Thanks!

Cin

 

Cin, I have called my local Office Depot and they confirm the deals. There are also a couple others depending upon what you want. It seems many of the WD items are on sale. I am looking for a WD 1Tb and it seems to be on super sale as well.

Edit: For anyone in SoCal, there is a WD 1TB drive in Woodland Hills.

 

dang, I just bought a 1TB Western Digital My Book at the Circuit City liquidation for $126

 

That's awesome...I read something about these on slickdeals.net..but was like WOW..those are great prices...almost to good to be true.

I will call my local OD first thing in the AM

Oish...and you can't return it, either....

You could always try and sell it on Ebay, or something!


Cin

 

I was hoping that they had a Studio version with eSata, but I guess the drive itself is cheaper than buying it oem, so I can always snag a new case. It is apparently a 7.2k drive, so I would assume its a WD GreenP.

@ Arcy: Circuit City had reduced prices? Wow, I was reading that there was high speculation they would not slash them for a bit. Despite OD's sale, you still got a great deal. The internal drive is about $100 + $30 for a good case...and that has only a hd warranty.

 

I don't have the link to it, as my friend at another forum posted this sale.

If you need eSATA, Take the drives out of the enclosure and buy a new enclosure that has eSATA in it. You'll void your warranty, so do it at your own risk.

 

Yep, that is what I am considering. The issue is that the larger WD drives have issues with the Rosewill 80mm fan enclosure, which is the one I have been checkin out. There is a decent vantec as well, but I have seen posts of 12-20mb/s on average, so it should be doable. Next thing to consider is NTFS or Fat32+NTFS...hmm, maybe even try out that new ext system.

 

#1 rule of sales:

If you call the store, the employee (Who likely had no idea the price) now knows there's a killer deal, reserves 6 for himself in the back, then tells you they're out of stock when you arrive.

It happens, you never call a store, just show up and buy.

 

Those are some insane prices, good find.

 

Yes, but I think they wanted a link to the forum post on the other board.

http://www.maximumpc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=88152&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

 

No, NEVER call for clearance items, there are some dishonest people that will just "reserve" the products for themselves.

 

I picked up the Simpletech 320 gb mini. It's $99.99 at NewEgg, so I'm happy with this deal. Also picked up the Toshiba 160 GB and I may return that one.

 

I just got a HDD dock so I can use internal HDDs as external ones but with these prices I may as well get the whole kit.

Id grab 2 of the 500gb WD but I am turning in for the day, maybe I will see what I can do tomorrow. How long is this sale?

 

Called my store and they were out of all the 500gb/1tb ones

i called a few other stores a little further away and again blanks
my server is yelling at me that it needs more space haha all the drives are in red!

 

I was right next to a store today. Though I just called them and spoke to a good guy. They had none of the good ones in stock.

He told me about part of there in system code. The ones I asked him about all of them have a "3" at the end of there code meaning this is the 3rd markdown for that product. So he said its going to be very hard to find any of these items in a store as they have already been reduced 2 times in price.

 

There is computer in most Office Depot either in the ink or in the PC section that you can use to check inventory. I went in and checked inventory for the list of drives in the first post. If the store has no stock, then you can check nearby stores.
Items in stock in some stores in Chicagoland area are 111325, 420340, 420205, 399305, 435010, 396855, 426055. Most stores list only 1 of each, and no more than 3 of any of the drives. They are all in the back of the store and I had to ask two employees before I convinced the third to search for the drives.

 

Even if it says it has one doesnt mean they actually had one. One store i called said it showd they had 1 of 2 of the items but when they looked there were actually none. Sometimes the inventory is off.

 

Yep, that is true. When the inventory lists one or two, it is common that the item does not exist or can not be found.
However, had I called, I expect I would have ended up with no drives, now I have two

The employee I talked into searching for the drives was buying the two remaining drives left after I purchased mine. No one in the store knew about the prices until I started asking about the drives.

Notebookreview is the only reason I found out about the clearance, and I was skeptical on my way to the store of being able to find one of these bargains.

 

Lucky! Which ones did you grab?

 

Just got back from Office Depot and no drive. I guess they didn't hold to the reserve. Very disappointed in them....life is a pile of lemons, just depends what we make of them. Congrats to those who did in fact get a drive.

 

You mean they were holding one and then sold it under you? that sounds like someone that works there might have bought it then!

 

Hey nizzy, yes...that is what I believe happened. I was told by the manager that they would not hold sale items. This was very odd, because I was going to reserve a smaller drive at another OD and the manager said holding would be no issue. Well, good news, sort of. I just took an hour drive to a 'local' OD and picked up the WD 1TB. This manager as well held it for me. I am pleased to have saved anywhere from 100-200 bucks, but saddened at the experience with my neighborhood shop. Now onto a quick hard drive format failure, RMA, return, and then happiness. Haha, little joke.

Edit: I am fairly bored this weekend, besides the usual law homework so I will probably get a review of it up. At least it will be another review for the internal Caviar GP, which is great just alone.

 

Thats too bad. I bet the guy at the store was happy you let him know about the deal haha

 

BUYER beware! This is discontinued items at OD.

 

Oh no! And, thanks for the heads up!

My local OD's were sold out anyways...



Cin

 

Buyer beware of what? Quality of the drives is not affected by Office Depot's decision to discontinue these. Clearance items typically are discontinued.

These drives are new, in box. You can't even buy OEM bare drives for the OD clearance prices.

 

No luck in the OD @ Avon, CO.

 

No luck at most of them, except the Simpletech 1TB, which is like a 2 hour drive to get to the store.

 

wo0t wo0t!!!

I got the last one in Tucson, AZ 1TB version

 

You went and got a 1gb hard drive?

Anyways none of mine had them so i ended up buying this today for my server.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148356



Firmware update it and i should be fine! Plus its got a 5 yr warranty so i like that a lot even if i had to spend more on it. Now i have 7 drives on my server haha!

 

Tried this today but no luck - all sold out.

 

I got a 320gb WD in Tucson, AZ Northside

 

I ment TB,

but my brother went and bought a 500GB at the one on speedway, then he went to one on Ina to check their stock and phoned me

I've been looking at the ones @ walmart, 500GBs for $75-90$ But for 1TB for $70.19, I couldn't pass that up :O

 

Gratz! enjoy

 

Nice snag! I wish i could have gotten some. I was planning on buying up all of the 3.5" drives each store had, but they all had none

 

Yah, I think my brother noticed the same guy at both locations doing the same exact thing. Going from store to store buying up all the same exact drives.

I don't really care for USB 2.0 that much, I prefer the usb/firewire combo drives. But for the price - besides that, after the warranty is up and I still feel the need for a combo port drive, I could always open it up and change the case

 

If the drive fails, you cant exchange for another one, because they are running out of stock.

 

Am I able to get the deal if I order online, for store pickup? I really doubt it, but the 1TB drive is so tempting, and no stores around me have any in stock.

 

The drives have between one and three year warranty from the manufacturer.

 

You wouldn't return the drive to the store anyways. You have to go through the manufacturer.

Maybe you should be informed about purchasing products yourself before you start scaring members here

 

Stopped at one of the Office Depot stores that is closing and having a clearance sale. They had almost ALL of the drives on the list, and they were all marked up to full retail. "Clearance" sale price was 25% off marked price.
Grrrr....
Example is the Simpletech mini 320 gb was $159.95.

I purchased a couple of cables to go 6 ft usb Y cables for the drives I purchased last week and it solves the only problem with these drives, too short of cable.

Interesting to note that none of the inventory at the clearance store was listed on the inventory computer at a store that was staying open, and the clearance store computer would not show nearby store inventory.

 

the cable is usually because if it is longer it will not receive enough power.

 

Good to know.

Right now I have a Simpletech mini 320 gb hooked up using the 6 ft. cable into Acer One. Only using one usb port to power it and it has worked well. No problems with file transfer and have not had to plug in the second usb plug of the Y. Drive does get a bit warm in one spot though.