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Not many good deals today? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by joetaxpayer@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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Is it me, or does it not seem like there are many decent black Friday deals on any kind of internal storage whether it be a spinning hard drive or a solid-state device? My last drive purchase was a 16 TB Toshiba enterprise and they paid $225. Black Friday deals. Don’t even come close to this. Except, perhaps, if people are willing to shuck.

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[–] ranhalt@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did you not want the 22TB WD Red Pro for $335?

[–] Uzzziel@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's $100 more than what I paid for it not that long ago. Get a price tracking app. I prefer Keepa, but CamelCamelCamel (aka the camelizer) should work well also.

[–] joetaxpayer@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. I use the Camel guy. Good app.

[–] joetaxpayer@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

$15/TB isn’t quite the price point I was hoping for by now.

[–] slaiyfer@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thought that was a great deal. What's a good price per tb?

[–] Uzzziel@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I bought two of those on 8/30/23 for $230.63 each, or $10.48/TB. As I mentioned above, get Keepa or TheCamelizer & you'll see the price history there. You can also setup price tracking, notifications, etc.