<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Yan Seiner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yan@seiner.com">yan@seiner.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Fri, October 10, 2008 10:41 am, John Drescher wrote:<br>
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>> I dunno. I would scrutinize those VERY carefully. I've seen what<br>
>> looked<br>
>> like good deals on drives online and once you get all the details it<br>
>> doesn't<br>
>> look so good anymore. I've seen that on pricewatch. Don't recall the<br>
>> details,<br>
>> just the dissapointment. '-)<br>
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> Those are Factory Recertified units<br>
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> <a href="http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ST3750330AS-R&cat=HDD" target="_blank">http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ST3750330AS-R&cat=HDD</a><br>
<br>
</div>I got burned real badly long ago on cheap drives. No more - they're so<br>
cheap that saving a few bucks more isn't worth it.<br>
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I want real drives, with real 5 year warranties, not 'recertified' drives<br>
with expired or 30 day warranties.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br></div></blockquote><div><br>Check out this handy-dandy price per gb calculator I just found. Looks like it only scrapes Newegg: <a href="http://forre.st/storage">http://forre.st/storage</a> <br></div>
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