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zengarSo I woke up today, turned on my computer and got a primary HDD S.M.A.R.T. error. Okay, no big deal, I've got everything important backed up and from past experience I can usually clone the drive so I don't even need to do a reload. Of course, first I need to get a drive to clone it to...
So I ended up having to go out and buying one. Which ment going into an electronics store. This close to christmas. In a big city. Well, it could have been worse, at least I was shopping at an odd time of day so the crowds were somewhat less. But the real reason for this post was the prices. I ended up $10 more than I wanted to because I didn't want to wait for an internet order to be delivered, and that was for a Maxtor on clearance so it can't be returned. Please note, that wasn't $10 dollars more than my prefered price, that was $10 more than I feel the drive is worth. They did have some Seagate and Western Digital drives there, but they were all far past the size/price range I have any need for at this time. And some of those were marked up to $50 above suggested retail. I think I'm going to order a spare now that I'm back up and running, and keep it on hand so that I don't have to do this again. Especially considering that even retail is higher than I'm used to paying.
At least Maxtor was bought by Seagate, so I don't have the same quality concerns I would have had a few years ago...
So I ended up having to go out and buying one. Which ment going into an electronics store. This close to christmas. In a big city. Well, it could have been worse, at least I was shopping at an odd time of day so the crowds were somewhat less. But the real reason for this post was the prices. I ended up $10 more than I wanted to because I didn't want to wait for an internet order to be delivered, and that was for a Maxtor on clearance so it can't be returned. Please note, that wasn't $10 dollars more than my prefered price, that was $10 more than I feel the drive is worth. They did have some Seagate and Western Digital drives there, but they were all far past the size/price range I have any need for at this time. And some of those were marked up to $50 above suggested retail. I think I'm going to order a spare now that I'm back up and running, and keep it on hand so that I don't have to do this again. Especially considering that even retail is higher than I'm used to paying.
At least Maxtor was bought by Seagate, so I don't have the same quality concerns I would have had a few years ago...
