thinking a general price increase in all tech, e.g. ram, hdd and ssd starting september/october just so they can drop it all the way back to those prices for black friday is delusional lol
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. :)
Amazon sales and prime day and Black Friday are all totally bogus except for a few specific loss leader deals. Everything else is on sale based on marked up prices
About right - I have been tracking potentially moving from 12TB and 14TB disks to 18TB or 20TB.
Been watching the Exos X18’s on Amazon and they have gone from around £225 to £260 and now today at £272, I expect a “drop” to maybe £240 by the end of the week…
Guess I should expect it have hold out a 18-20TB upgrade for black friday