Cheap Hard Drives!

ToshiroOC · Dec 26, 2002, 07:08 PM

Over at Fry's Electronics today (12/26), they are having a massive sale - highlights include $180 15" LCD and $50 (after rebate) Seagate Barracuda V 80gb hard drives, $60 17" CRT's, free MP3 Players (32mb, $38 with $38 mail in rebate)... I'm going in about ten minutes! Don't want any of my friends here in the forums to miss out on these deals! (I mean, who couldn't use a $50 80gb hard drive?)

ToshiroOC

digitalwanderer · Dec 26, 2002, 07:31 PM

There are NO Fry's around me, lord how I've often wished there were! I've heard they're just as bad as BestBuy with their customer hateful attitude, but I'd love to have the opportunity to bump heads with them myself just to get some of their deals!

ToshiroOC · Dec 26, 2002, 07:47 PM

They are worse than Bestbuy and better - think of them as Costco's with electronics, with about the same amount of customer support (0 unless you need something forklifted). I'm being frustrated right now - the battery in the car died, and AAA isn't here yet...

Vampyromaniac · Dec 26, 2002, 08:04 PM

dude where did you hear about this?!

ToshiroOC · Dec 27, 2002, 12:42 AM

It was in an ad in the back of a bay area newspaper - I'm up in San Leandro visiting relatives, and I heard about their crazy after-christmas special, so I went - after shopping for plates (I said who needs them, but apparently my mother really needs new plates). I get over to Fry's Electronics, and they are out of $50 hard drives, free 32mb mp3 players, free 64mb usb flash drives, and their Logitech Z-560's were $200 ($50 too much). So I left with only a CD case that can hold 264 cd's and some compressed air (its 1,1,1,2,Tetrafluorethane, not difluoroethane, meaning that it will not only NOT catch fire, but its other name is HFC134a... so if there are any airsoft players out there, guess what - I have 4 large cans of HFC134a for a total of $14

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Zarathustra · Dec 27, 2002, 01:43 AM

Man I too wish there were Fry's in my area. But I bet my wallet is happy without em

DriveEuro · Dec 27, 2002, 05:24 AM

Never even heard of Fry's

ToshiroOC · Dec 27, 2002, 06:35 AM

Well then, I think you need to!

If you have ever been to a Costco, think of it as a Costco, but no forklifting required, and its nothing but electronics, from car audio stuffs to software to computers and back. Website is www.frys.com, but the website is mainly for pimping their ISP... they expect you to go to the stores to buy the stuff. As far as I can tell, its an exclusively California sort of thing, though I might be wrong.

Vampyromaniac · Dec 27, 2002, 09:19 AM

Sometimes they have real good prices, but generally I try to avoid going there

mbeeston · Dec 27, 2002, 09:25 AM

CANADA NEEDS FRYE's!

Dec 26, 2002, 07:08 PM	#1
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Cheap Hard Drives! Over at Fry's Electronics today (12/26), they are having a massive sale - highlights include $180 15" LCD and $50 (after rebate) Seagate Barracuda V 80gb hard drives, $60 17" CRT's, free MP3 Players (32mb, $38 with $38 mail in rebate)... I'm going in about ten minutes! Don't want any of my friends here in the forums to miss out on these deals! (I mean, who couldn't use a $50 80gb hard drive?) ToshiroOC __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Dec 26, 2002, 07:31 PM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	<sigh> There are NO Fry's around me, lord how I've often wished there were! I've heard they're just as bad as BestBuy with their customer hateful attitude, but I'd love to have the opportunity to bump heads with them myself just to get some of their deals! __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Dec 26, 2002, 07:47 PM	Thread Starter #3
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	They are worse than Bestbuy and better - think of them as Costco's with electronics, with about the same amount of customer support (0 unless you need something forklifted). I'm being frustrated right now - the battery in the car died, and AAA isn't here yet... __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Dec 26, 2002, 08:04 PM	#4
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	dude where did you hear about this?! __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Dec 27, 2002, 12:42 AM	Thread Starter #5
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	It was in an ad in the back of a bay area newspaper - I'm up in San Leandro visiting relatives, and I heard about their crazy after-christmas special, so I went - after shopping for plates (I said who needs them, but apparently my mother really needs new plates). I get over to Fry's Electronics, and they are out of $50 hard drives, free 32mb mp3 players, free 64mb usb flash drives, and their Logitech Z-560's were $200 ($50 too much). So I left with only a CD case that can hold 264 cd's and some compressed air (its 1,1,1,2,Tetrafluorethane, not difluoroethane, meaning that it will not only NOT catch fire, but its other name is HFC134a... so if there are any airsoft players out there, guess what - I have 4 large cans of HFC134a for a total of $14 ) __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Dec 27, 2002, 01:43 AM	#6
Zarathustra Elite Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Confederacy Posts: 841 Rep Power: 0	Man I too wish there were Fry's in my area. But I bet my wallet is happy without em

Dec 27, 2002, 05:24 AM	#7
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Never even heard of Fry's __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Dec 27, 2002, 06:35 AM	Thread Starter #8
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Well then, I think you need to! If you have ever been to a Costco, think of it as a Costco, but no forklifting required, and its nothing but electronics, from car audio stuffs to software to computers and back. Website is www.frys.com, but the website is mainly for pimping their ISP... they expect you to go to the stores to buy the stuff. As far as I can tell, its an exclusively California sort of thing, though I might be wrong. __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Dec 27, 2002, 09:19 AM	#9
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Sometimes they have real good prices, but generally I try to avoid going there __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Dec 27, 2002, 09:25 AM	#10
mbeeston HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: alberta, canada (thats north of the usa people) Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 68 System Specs	CANADA NEEDS FRYE's! __________________ R.I.P Roadee - you will be missed T_T peace,love, and war... 3 things people look for... "if your going off the deep end, show off, do a cannon ball!" - me