*HOT - 160GB Hard Drive for $81.99 @ TD

[basketball]

k..this is my first post in hot deals section..so go easy..

TigerDirect has a 160GB Maxtor Hard Drive for just 81.99(after the rebate)!!

The specs are as follows
Maxtor / DiamondMax 10 / 160GB / 7200 / 8MB / ATA-133 / EIDE / OEM / Hard Drive

Seems like a good deal..go check it out

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicati...8&CMP=ILC-FPM07



http://images.tigerdirect.com/SKUimages/medium/Seagate72007-main-2.jpg

[riskit]

Welcome

[basketball]

ohh..oops (beginners..lol)

[wanted]

^
Yeah, you have to visit this site: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/indexca.asp?SRCCODE=TIGERUS&CMP=IL22454


Anyone going to try ordering from US? guess you have to pay USD as well.

[basketball]

still looks like a good deal doesn't it?
$81.99* for a 160GB Hard Drive??
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1422521&sku=THD-160MM8&CMP=ILC-FPM07

[duckdown]

tiger direct MIR's rarely come through

ick! and its a maxtor.. i wouldn't buy a maxtor EVER

[T-Maniac]

i got a wd 200gb for my xbox from td a while ago... it was $85 after rebate or something. i had to phone onrebate.com once to light a fire under their ass to get me the rebate, but i did get it. took them 'bout 6 months tho.

[hagbard]

Its always "with rebate" with TD. Forget it, just read all the hassles people have getting rebates from these guys.

[fitbrit]

Tiger Direct's MIRs always come through. For me.

[Iron Chef Ajax]

Tiger Direct's MIRs always come through. For me.
Had no problems with TD rebates - as long as you fill the forms correct. It comes.

[cheap_guy]

for the maxtor 120GB 5400RPM drive (39.97 after rebates). Didn't take long at all!

[T-Maniac]

i don't think they had sent mine until i phoned... the woman was like "oh we sent it, but i'll have them send another rush delivery" ya friggin' right. there is no way they would be so gung ho to send another if they had sent one before. oh well, 1 short phone call is no biggie. just be ready to wait a long time.

[kylewong]

For some rebates, even if you fill out the forms correctly, you will still get into trouble.

Just look at some of the FTC law suits. Some denial reasons are really funny. :D

Some of my recent rebate submittions are taking longer than before and some are problematics.

K-byte rebates are getting bad.
Benq takes a lot longer.

If you are purchasing good brand products. Your chance of getting the rebates are better.

[LaZeRACED]

As a small computer business owner, I have purchased from Tigerdirect as well as OEM distributors like Merisal, ASI, Techdata, Ingram-Micro and have had my fair share of problems with rebates even from so called top-brand companies. After many, many rebate submissions I think I've got this procedure down well-enough that I can offer advice on the matter.

Items needed: Printer - for printing rebate forms; Photocopier - for making a copy of your receipt; Black pen - black against a white background is easy to read and copy - think contrast. Tape - Helps stick SKU/UPC code to rebate form; Envelope - for sending in your rebate submission; Stapler or paper clip - to keep you copy of submission form together and the subimission that you will be sending together also; Scratch/scrap piece of paper - used to fill in comments like when you sent the rebate or if you had to speak with someone concerning a delay etc.


1) Print out your rebate form.

2) Read it - WELL

3) Fill in the rebate form that you just read, with a black pen, ALL personal identification questions (address, phone number, name, e-mail) - important to write clearly so that your rebate gets back to you.

4) Remove UPC/ SKU from product and tape (all sides, so it can't fall off) to the rebate form.

5) Copy original Tigerdirect receipt - making sure that your name matchs the name you filled in on the rebate form.

6) Copy rebate form that you filled out and taped the UPC onto.

7) Fill in Envelope with your name and address in top left hand corner and in the centre place the send to: information found on rebate submission form.

8) Staple/Paper clip copy of receipt and original (filled-in) rebate form and place inside of envelope. Go to post office have them weight it and put proper postage on the letter - saves hassle in the long run, especially, if it's going to the states. Note: Make sure you post envelope before submission due date which is found on the rebate form - very, very important.

9) Staple scrap piece of paper, on top of postage receipt, the original tigerdirect receipt and copy of rebate form which has an image of the original UPC. Mark on scrap paper - date when it was sent and when the cheque should roughly be sent back - again you can find that info on your rebate submission form.

10) Wait seemingly for 16 weeks and you'll, almost always, get your rebate.

Things of importance: You have a copy and documentation/proof of all your procedures. No one under law can deny you your rebate cheque if you have followed directions outlined on the rebate form. Usually when there is a problem ie, they claim that the letter was lost (rare, however) a phone call and a resubmission, in the form of a fax, addresses any problem. If there is still a problem contact Tigerdirect and ask to speak with someone who handles rebate problems. Usually you leave a voice message and explain that you have copies of everything and documentation of who and whom you've called at "fill-in company name" and they'll ask you to fax the info to them and issue you, personally, their own rebate cheque as a replacement. I have needed to do this twice and have always received my rebates. I will say again, I have never, ever, missed out on a rebate by following the above steps, and on total, I think I've sent out close to 30 the last year and a half with Tigerdirect, so I know it's not out of infrequency. Well good-luck redflaggers, and I hope this headups encourages you, not discourages you from buying a product that contains a rebate.

[z_squared]

still looks like a good deal doesn't it?
$81.99* for a 160GB Hard Drive??



What's the better move for someone who wants more storage and back-up? Buying a second hard-drive like this or buying a DVD-writer....

Anyone have any insights into this?

Thanks!
Zee

[mahjongmaniac]

bah!..... MIR from TD again....

i'd rather NOT deal w/ MIRs from TD.... if it was no MIR, i'd jump on it right now tho....

how come all the HDD deals that come f/ TD seemingly almost always comes w/ a MIR..?

[Blackjack]

Tiger Direct has a new rebate policy:

"We guarantee that every rebate we offer on our site or in our catalogs is honored". Full info regarding policy here (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/sectors/rebates/rebate-guarantee.asp)

[pcguy]

"Note: Maximum of 5 Rebate Guarantee claims per household per year."

[LaZeRACED]

Considering the amount of rebates that the average consumer will receive in a year from TigerDirect and then the amount of dishonoured/unfullfilled rebates that the person may end up receiving and having to use the "guaranteed rebate policy" compared to the ones that were received. I would say 5 is quite abundant; moreover, it just addressed the uncertainty of not receiving your rebates back because now there is a guarantee policy in place. Though to be honest, I've only had to contact TD twice in the past year and a half for any sort of refund problem. Once for Onrebate (which Tiger uses exclusively for in-house rebates) and SOYO. The Onrebate people out of Florida are moron's, period. Well Onrebate does work - used it lots no problems - if there is an internal error on their part, good luck. As for SOYO (type SOYO rebate problems or SOYO rebates in google and be amazed), unless they're almost giving their product away will I even bother to deal with their rebates - However, I'm secure in the knowledge that Tigerdirect has this 5 rebate guarantee policy in place which I had never bothered to notice before. Before that, I would just make a call to any sales rep. and they would get me in contact with whomever is handling rebate submission problems. Whatever the case, rebates work as long as you can follow directions to a tee. Cheers guys/gals.

[Jon Lai]

"Note: Maximum of 5 Rebate Guarantee claims per household per year."


WTF?! I was unaware of this.. Oh well, I stay away from their rebates anyways. BTW, I can get the SATA version of this drive for $99, so $81.99 with rebate is not worth it.

[NetAnt]

TD's price: 115.07, after tax, MIR
Local computer store(for example: CC) : 117.3, after tax


Is it a deal?

[Angultra]

After you finally get your rebate after 6 months, I'm sure HDD would've dropped in price to say no it isn't a deal.

[Jon Lai]

After you finally get your rebate after 6 months, I'm sure HDD would've dropped in price to say no it isn't a deal.


Lol. Economics 101 tells me $2 isn't worth investing on a 6 month cash flow.

[scath]

I was never a huge fan of Maxtor until....

My friend had a fire in her house and almost all of her stuff was burned. She wanted to see if I could salvage any pictures or data on her PC. When I saw the PC it was totally melted I had to cut my way in. I was very surprised that the Maxtor drive survived the fire and I was able to retrieve everything she needed on the drive. She didn't end up using it after that because the insurance replaced it but I was extremely surprised how tough that little drive was. I guess everyone has hard drive preferences but I try and buy Maxtor now when ever possible.


tiger direct MIR's rarely come through

ick! and its a maxtor.. i wouldn't buy a maxtor EVER

[Arkaine]

Just to go along with that story.
I have had my maxtor 20gb hard drive for almost 5 years now, and I have never ever once had a problem with it in any way (knock on wood). No bad sectors, no failed boots, nothing. And I also havent formatted in 2-3 years and have left my comp on for 88 days straight now without a problem.
Just a random speech from a person appreciative of Maxtor.

[Alburt]

What's the better move for someone who wants more storage and back-up? Buying a second hard-drive like this or buying a DVD-writer....

Anyone have any insights into this?

Thanks!
Zee

If you are looking for more storage (you have files you would like to access immediately) then I suggest looking into hard-drives.

If you are looking to backup current data to recover from hard drive failure, then DVDs will work (provided you remember to burn new DVDs periodically.

If you are looking for storage in the long-term/archival sense then DVDs may suit your need. There are stories of cheap DVDs that are no longer readable within months but I've also heard that "good" discs can be used for this purpose. A harddrive may work too but there are stories of HDs failing without any warning.

A RAID-1 or RAID-5 setup keeps your data stored on 2 or more hard drives and can rebuild your data if one drive fails. The problem is that a power surge or fire could knock out both HDs at the same time. There is also the extra cost of buying a RAID expansion card and the extra hard drives.

[mahjongmaniac]

WTF?! I was unaware of this.. Oh well, I stay away from their rebates anyways.

WTF? ... i was unaware of that too...!

5 rebates/yr... that really sucks IMO.... it kinda "limits" the consumers to buy only 5 items w/ MIRs per yr... :|

[Jon Lai]

WTF? ... i was unaware of that too...!

5 rebates/yr... that really sucks IMO.... it kinda "limits" the consumers to buy only 5 items w/ MIRs per yr... :|

Actually, having MIRs already tells the customers to NOT buy the item anyways. :P

[midget_man]

Repost. Old News.

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174649&highlight=maxtor

[boo4842]

TD's price: 115.07, after tax, MIR
Local computer store(for example: CC) : 117.3, after tax


Is it a deal?

I'm scratching my head too?

In fact I can get this drive or a WD equivilent for $99+tax = $114 at a local computer store

WHich is less than TD AFTER rebate

[Homeo]

Arkane,

I think the big issue here is that you have a 20gb hard drive as opposed to a ~200gb. I remeber the days when I bought quantum HDD's around 20GB and they easily lasted me 5-7 years. As the drive capacities increase, you start adding more platters, more heads, denser electronics and ultimately decreasing your MTF. coupled with manufacturing cost cutbacks over the years, and you'll notice that quality of new high capacity drives in incomparable to the drives 5 years ago

Just to go along with that story.
I have had my maxtor 20gb hard drive for almost 5 years now, and I have never ever once had a problem with it in any way (knock on wood). No bad sectors, no failed boots, nothing. And I also havent formatted in 2-3 years and have left my comp on for 88 days straight now without a problem.
Just a random speech from a person appreciative of Maxtor.

[fitbrit]

WTF? ... i was unaware of that too...!

5 rebates/yr... that really sucks IMO.... it kinda "limits" the consumers to buy only 5 items w/ MIRs per yr... :|


That means that you can only CLAIM up to five failed rebates a year- normally you won't have to claim any because they all arrive anyway. For me.