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Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit

From mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit
Date 2015-09-19 23:23 -0500
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For those interested the usa site has the pi at the price below at 
discount for 51.95 from the orig price of 79.99 and the code below quoted
does NOT work in that they already have the 35% off in that price
without the code

however

got an email from buying 1 a week or so ago and they Western Digital (WD 
on email) include a code for 20% off the price of a WD item from their store

so I tried it at the 51.95 price and it DID WORK and dropped the price
down from 51.95 to 41.59 usd (shipping ground is free) and you prob pay
tax in the states on your sales tax for your state

did it via paypal and credit card option the other way hung the last 
time i tried it so paypal and credit card is the same thing so if you
have issues

anyway got a 2nd one for 41.59 just because i have a 2nd pi and it at
that price seemed a good deal

anyway for those who may or may not get this email from them on the 
first order got this as email spam and it worked ..if you got zip
from your previous WD order contact them as well in email should also
work

anyway for those into impulse buying of probably a 2nd 1 TB Pi WD Drive
Kit ..this is the way to go imho :)

Brad



On 9/10/2015 11:36 PM, mrbrad wrote:
> On 9/10/2015 5:24 PM, ray carter wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:56:09 +0100, James Harris wrote:
>>
>>> FYI, there is a Western Digital 1Tbyte hard drive kit for the Raspberry
>>> Pi
>>>
>>> http://liliputing.com/2015/09/wd-pidrive-is-a-1tb-hard-drive-kit-for-
>> the-raspberry-pi.html
>>>
>>> Interestingly, as well as the 2.5-inch hard drive the kit includes a
>>> special cable to split the power, and a 4Gbyte SD card - which seems an
>>> odd addition to a hard drive. (The SD card is for the OS if you don't
>>> already have one.)
>>>
>>> Price is $80 or, and here the story gets a little stranger, apparently
>>> about $60 with a BitTorrent coupon code.
>>>
>>> http://blog.getsync.com/2015/09/04/sync-wd-raspberry-pi/
>>>
>>> I just tried the (time limited) coupon code on the wdc.com web site and
>>> the UK kit price dropped from £70 to £45.50, a saving of £24.50 or 35% -
>>> so the code certainly works!
>>>
>>> The resulting price, £45.50 includes a 10W power adapter. I guess that
>>> means 10W output power of 5V @ 2A. Sounds like it would save on the cost
>>> of a Pi power adapter too.
>>>
>>> This is not something I have looked for before. I have ordered a kit for
>>> myself but in case it's of help to others do you guys have any thoughts
>>> on how the above compares with other Raspberry Pi hard drive solutions?
>>>
>>> James
>>
>> I don't see how that's much differrent from any USB external drive
>> (except that it comes without a case). 2TB and 3TB drives are available
>> in US under $100.
>>
>> I can see how you'd set it up as a network drive, but that's not a
>> requirement for me.W
>>
>
>
>
> Well imho the site is kinda screwy...you can't make a customer account
> (usa version) till you make an order....so my first order was blind
> because it looked like it took..but got no confirm nor email nor would
> it take my info after the fact to log on as it said. Used (amex)
> verified with amex that it did NOT go thru after 1/2 hr.
>
> So anyway went on did it all again ..this time used PAYPAL with AMEX
> as my card under paypal ..worked just fine etc
>
> So just in case I'd use the credit card option with paypal to order
> simply because if it does NOT go thru or whatever you have no way of
> knowing ...because you can't get a customer account till after your
> first order
>
> so anyway here is the other thing....seems the USA site is already
> at 35% special from $79.99 to $51.99 ...tax for your state is added
> and the difference between GROUND shipping and 2 Day Shipping was
> 1.00 or 6.99 for 2 day shipping ..so get that imho for the extra buck.
>
> So anyway at least for now (the above special) the code does not work
> (yeah I'm cheap I tried it)
>
> Lastly, they only allow you an order of ONE ..not that I needed 2
> or anything but testing the order box ...would not let me add to
> box...so you need more at this price....sucker a friend to do so.
>
> Anyway..what happened to me...so again I'd avoid the cc option for
> now and use the cc option under paypal ...I had no luck at all the
> first time thru with this screwy site. Just saying :)
>
> http://store.wdc.com/store/wdus/en_US/DisplayAccesoryProductDetailsPage/ThemeID.21986300/Accessories/WD_PiDrive_Kit/productID.323686500/categoryId.13096100
>
>
> (Gonna use the drive overkill thou it may be on my Litecoin Node
> just to contribute to the Litecoin blockchain network...yeah I need a
> life) :)
>
>
>
>
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Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 22:56 +0100
  Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-09-10 22:24 +0000
    Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 23:36 -0500
      Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 23:23 -0500
        Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-20 00:42 -0400
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-09-20 01:56 -0500
    Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-11 18:13 +0100
      Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 18:19 +0100
        Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-11 20:05 +0100
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 17:55 -0400
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 00:05 +0100
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-12 05:21 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 11:41 +0100
                Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-12 13:17 +0100
                Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-12 15:28 +0100
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-12 08:22 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 03:30 -0400
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Mike Fleming <{mike}@tauzero.co.uk> - 2015-09-12 09:02 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-12 09:11 +0100
                Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 04:19 -0400
  Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-11 07:21 +0100
    Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 18:59 +0100
      Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-09-16 19:23 +0000
  Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 13:30 -0400
    Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 19:02 +0100
      Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 14:23 -0400
        Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 19:42 +0100
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 15:37 -0400
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 20:54 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 16:41 -0400
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-16 19:42 +0000
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 21:06 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-16 21:19 +0000

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