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Reason: Not honoured by retailer.
Max 3 per account.
Model: WDBPKJ0040BBK-WESN
Black colour only.
About this item
Not shuckable.
Ordered 1 thanks mate. Can't go wrong at that price.
Damn, would have been a killer deal if they were shuckable.
Will have to wait for one of these sales: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/712348
In saying that, this looks killer too: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/737958
This just got posted but the product disappeared pretty quick
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/737967
Daaaaaamn. I cry. :'(
What are these prices, they are not mentally sane.
I believe its either Amazon UK bots are doing some price matching errors or WD UK uploading the wrong pricing file which is where the good deals are coming from. There have been a fair few errors so far on various products
@Tmurder91: Do they ever get fulfilled? With the amount of people ordering on ozbargain, it seems unlikely.
@Bill: Not normally. Amazon have pretty good processes to catch these and as far as I can tell, the only times they fulfil them is when they choose to wear the error. I’ve seen errors get filled, but not big ones like this
@Tmurder91: Yeah I seem to recall Amazon US will even cancel an item already shipping i.e. get it returned to them
Looks like it was a price mistake: price is now $154AU. Edit: Maybe not, that's shipped from AU. But it's definitely not available at the original deal price anymore.
I don't need it, but…
Hah, I was umming about it and then a refresh made the decision for me. Must've been limited quantity or a pricing error?
I’m leaning towards pricing error.
100%, theres no way a 20TB external drive is meant to be sold for <$100AUD etc lol
Yeah. This drive and the SSD were unusually low prices, but still plausible AFAICT. That price for the 20TB drive was insane.
Are things like this normally honoured by Amazon?
The one time I had a similar thing with Amazon US they mostly did not although did give credit. The deal went very viral though and wouldn't be surprised if they sold 10k or more.
See
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/broemq/looks_l…
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/bsxol8/amazon_… (This says 2512 customers so guess it wasn't 10k, still easily 5k though as noted the buy limit was 3 so could easily be an average of 2 per "customer". Also the comment is a bit confusing since it mentions 15 minutes but the error definitely lasted longer than that. It possibly went out of stock, but I think it came back in stock before the error was fixed possibly coming in and out of stock as Amazon stuff often does.)
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/bs05gf/amazonc…
Note as sort of alluded to in those threads, it was actually more than one error, they had several items incorrectly priced and most of them were cancelled. The 10TB was the best price so the most popular by far though I think. I think there was one item where they shipped one and only one (if you had multiple) at the incorrect price. IIRC for customers in China, they did fulfil orders, commentators said Chinese law required it.
(Edit just noticed same thing seems to be happening here.)
Not to derail the post but can I mention that somehow I managed to get the 55 inch TCL C835 tv from the market for $800 delivered. It was that price for like a few mins near midnight a couple of days ago and I was like no way this is going to show up. Low and behold it was delivered this morning. Cracker tv at that price!
Just looked up the price. Crikey. Nice find. Was that through Noel?
Yeah, I saw the price on their early black Friday specials and was like wtf? Clicked their link and they had already pulled the page. I thought to check the market to see if the 'special' was still live there and it was along with the then, 11 percent discount. Figured I would give it a go and then wait for the inevitable cancellation but much to my surprise they honoured it! Fair play to them. It was quickly removed from the market after I purchased it and while I was debating making a post here about it lol.
Congratulations! That's a $1,000 gift on superb TV with RRP at $3,499.
TCL 55″ C835 Mini Led 4K Google TV
https://tclelectronics.co.nz/products/55-c835-mini-led-4k-go…
TCL 55C835 4K Mini LED TV
https://www.techradar.com/reviews/tcl-55c835-4k-mini-led-tv
TCL C835 Review - Cheaper Mini LED TV That Beats Samsung & Sony in This Important Area!
https://youtu.be/ORg5dkb_ggs
Thanks mate! Yeah pretty stoked. Replaces my curved Samsung 4k tv I bought 7 years ago - what a difference! Only thing is I'm pretty sure im not getting 4:4:4 chroma using it as PC screen @4k 60. More tinkering today to see what we can do!
Oh and yeah, my order got canceled for this hard drive. Sad times.
I wouldn't have picked up the error because I don't know my TVs. Must have mixed up the models for a TCL 58" which is selling for $735. I mean if they were selling a 3 grand laptop for only 1 grand I wouldn't have noticed that either lol. You do have to wonder if NL decided to honour your order, or simply unaware they have just sent out a more expensive model by mistake.
Order cancelled
Reason given? Pricing error?
Seller cancelled
We're writing to inform you that your order has been cancelled by Amazon UK. We' re sorry for the inconvenience this has caused. You will be refunded within 3-5 business days.
Didn't even give credit this time?
@Nil Einne: Not looking likely.
Was quite chuffed too. Didn't realise I had Amazon Credit. Paid $7 with my card.
I've been checking for external HDD deals multiple times a day and I still missed this, crazy deal.
They cancelled my order, so not a missed bargain here. Continue hunting lol
Wakrak - NZD237.44 for Seagate Desktop 8TB External Hard Drive HDD via Amazon AU (from Amazon UK) delivered by 3 December - does that sounds good? I just bought one myself.
Not sure eh. I’m not much of an expert when it comes to storage devices. @Huntakillaz might know if it’s a good deal or not.
Generally you want to be in the under $26 for the Price per TB, preferably close $22/TB
$237.44/8 = $29.68/TB which isnt very good of a deal
These sites may help:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/
https://diskprices.com/?locale=au&condition=new&capacity=14-…
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/search/node/HDD%20type%3Aozbdea…
Also you want to avoid SMR drives which the 1-8TB usually are stick to 12 and above as they're more likely to be CMR
Be as always be wary with WD drives: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/05/western-digital-anno…
In reality will I find a 8tb drive for NZD $208 delivered during BF sales though (being your $26x8tb)?
Im not really keen on spending more for 10tb+ bigger drives (though it may mean cheaper $ per tb)
You can find drives in the 6-10tb range on special as well with the same $22-$26/TB, I'd say wait till Black Friday next week or cyber Monday the following Monday
@Huntakillaz: Thanks I will cancel my order now and be patient ;) perhaps PM me know if you see any 8tb to 10tb on sale haha
Thanks OP, bought 2, hopefully it's not price error!