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CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I’ve been buying refurbished drives from ServerPartDeals and looking at my invoice from March versus now the price of the same drive has gone up 10% from $180 to $198 (Ultrastar HC530 14TB)

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phx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Keep in mind Black Friday is also coming, and a lot of vendors like to raise their prices a bit before so they can claim a sale on the day

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tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yep. I thought $100 for 8TB was expensive when I checked earlier this year and now the cheapest one is $140. Fuck 😂

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- CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  $100 is actually a great deal. I had a bunch of shucked 8TB WD EasyStore in my media server previously, bought between 2018-2023, and I think the best deal I ever saw during that time was around that price. Around $12/TB was always my benchmark for a great deal on some drives.
  
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