[wplug] Internal hard drive deals?

[Vanco, Don]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org 
>[mailto:wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org] On 
>Behalf Of Bryon Gill
>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:17 AM
>To: General user list
>Subject: Re: [wplug] Internal hard drive deals?
>
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>Compusa had 250 GB ATA hard drives on sale for $130 without any rebate 
>foolishness last week.  Not sure if that price is in effect any longer.
	I don't want to descend too deeply into this as it's entirely OT
- but CompUSA couldn't find their @$$es with both hands.  They had this
drive on sale 3 weeks ago - as an "Internet Only" purchase (regular
price being $179) but when you went to add it to your cart it said "In
Store Pick-Up Only".  Armed with screen dumps I went to the local store,
and long story short the people behind the counter looked like dogs that
had just been shown a card trick when I tried to make my case.  Big
surprise - they had zero stock.
	Then 2 weeks ago this drive again went on sale sans rebate crap
- and low and behold there is again zero stock at all 3 of the CompUSAs
near me.

	IMO these guys are masters of the bait-n-switch - I've seen it
on 3 occasions with DVD burners, DVD media, and now with these drives.
If you actually saw one in a store and laid hands on it you may have
quite possibly discovered the Holy Grail.

</rant>
Don