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Where to source good reliable Hard Drives? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by urbanracer34@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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To add, I am in Canada so Shipping, Cost and Warranty are factors.

I've heard on other forums that https://serverpartdeals.com/ is highly recommended, but I am skeptical on using refurbished or recertified drives.

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[–] rukawaxz@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Damn, these prices are so overpriced. I can find same HD in amazon for less and those in amazon still expensive.

[–] Sopel97@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can find same HD in amazon for less and those in amazon still expensive.

you sure?

[–] rukawaxz@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I did search and didn't find anything better in amazon, I guess they sold out. Amazon pricing is crap as well. Newegg has similar price to wd.com but you can add coupons there. I try to add coupon in wd.com but it made the price more expensive than without coupon.. ebay has better pricing but they is a lot of scams selling used drives as new since they delete the usage data.

I am on edge of buying a seagate on ebay but not sure. Since they selling it as new but I did some research on them in reddit and some old posts said that ebay seller use software to delete the usage data.. What I learned is that buying hard drives on blackfriday and cyber Monday is a terrible idea. I even saw prices in cyber Monday go up in price.