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Standard User MHC
(sensei) Sun 18-Nov-12 11:00:04
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Re: Replacing external drive(s)


[re: billford] [link to this post]
 
Got a call on Friday afternoon from Dell Customer Service - he had been after me several times during the week but I was always on another call!

As a long term customer who had a problem with a PC repair they wanted to "apologise" and are sending me a 500GB USB3 compatible external drive! A small outline one, but still useful.


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Moderator billford
(moderator) Wed 21-Nov-12 11:02:48
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Re: Replacing external drive(s)


[re: cheshire_man] [link to this post]
 
For anyone still interested, this Seagate 2TB external drive is coming up as one of Amazon's Black Friday deals at 8:45pm tonight.


edit- 2TB, not 3TB blush

Bill
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Edited by billford (Wed 21-Nov-12 11:06:55)

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Moderator billford
(moderator) Wed 21-Nov-12 11:10:03
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Re: Replacing external drive(s)


[re: billford] [link to this post]
 
Also this Kingston 240GB SSD, same time.

Bill
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Standard User camieabz
(sensei) Wed 21-Nov-12 11:26:16
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Re: Replacing external drive(s)


[re: billford] [link to this post]
 
In reply to a post by billford:
Amazon's Black Friday deals at 8:45pm tonight.


I take it 'Black Friday' refers to the time we all got conned?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Windows-Comfort-Cu...

Can get that for about £25 elsewhere.

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Moderator billford
(moderator) Wed 21-Nov-12 11:31:20
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Re: Replacing external drive(s)


[re: camieabz] [link to this post]
 
They seemed relevant to the thread so i posted the links... caveat emptor tongue

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Standard User MHC
(sensei) Wed 21-Nov-12 12:03:41
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Re: Replacing external drive(s)


[re: billford] [link to this post]
 
I may well be going for one...

My FREE 500GB USB3 drive arrived this morning - Seagate not an unbranded one.


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Moderator billford
(moderator) Wed 21-Nov-12 12:09:06
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Re: Replacing external drive(s)


[re: MHC] [link to this post]
 
I may do, depends on the price.

In the reviews, someone is asking whether it's Mac-compatible, a (comment) reply says "no"- re-formatting it would invalidate the warranty. Seems a bit odd... crazy


eta- a check on the Seagate site indicated that, as expected, someone didn't know what "re-formatting" meant... crazy

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Edited by billford (Wed 21-Nov-12 13:36:51)

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Moderator billford
(moderator) Wed 21-Nov-12 20:51:57
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[re: MHC] [link to this post]
 
Got it grin

Only 19% off, hoped for more but I'm not complaining.

You have to be fast on some of those deals, several were 100% claimed within 20 seconds of the clock starting.... my long practice at snipe bidding on eBay came in handy wink

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Standard User MHC
(sensei) Wed 21-Nov-12 20:58:42
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Here it went to 00 seconds and the <Add to Basket> did not appear for about 10 seconds! Clicked immediately but it came back with <Join Waitlist> and every time I do that it says <Checking Deal> before returning <Waitlist Full>


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Standard User MHC
(sensei) Wed 21-Nov-12 21:03:50
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[re: billford] [link to this post]
 
An interesting thread: http://www.amazon.co.uk/forum/deals/ref=cm_cd_ecf_tf...


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