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An Example: HDD Price Development Before Black Friday (Single Sample/ Product Only)
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Just picked up a WD Easystore 18TB external from Best Buy yesterday for $199. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-18tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/6427995.p?skuId=6427995
The Amazon.de "Black Friday Week" price of the tracked disk is 306.99 EUR. So basically back to the price of 2 month ago before the extreme price hike. No "deal", just people who had to buy during the last 2 months go to pay a lot extra on top of it.
Dunno how the "Easystores" match of with the "Elements" or what the exact difference is, but 199 USD at least sounds like a deal. :)