Seagate 750 GB External HDD for 4900 ?

[mananknl]

hey ppl !!
i m getting New Seagate 750 GB External HDD for 4900 on ebay with 3 years warranty.Should i buy it ? The only problem i find is that this series of HDD is old,nowadays Freeagent series is coming.This is the model i am getting.
*www.engadget.com/media/2006/04/seagate750gb.jpg

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Whats the buffer ?

 

[mananknl]

16 MB
it supports both firewire & usb 2.0 !!

 

[rhitwick]

Fireware and USB2.0??!!
Go for it.............if the warranty part is true its value for money..........

 

[MetalheadGautham]

see if it has eSATA port

 

[desiibond]

I would rather get a Western Digital My Book� Essential Edition� 500 GB, USB 2.0(WDH1U5000) than a 750Gig old seagate 750gig for 4.9k.

Brand new one is available for some 4.5k.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

@desiibond: depends if this is brand new or old.

 

[desiibond]

I am pretty sure that it is not brand new.

Reason: Seagate Internal 750Gb sata2 HDD costs Rs. 5700/-

So, how can that person on ebay give external seagate HDD for 5k???

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^^bought in US or Japan perhaps ???

 

[veiga2412]

Wht's the going rate on a WD 500 gig piece now?

I've run out of HDD space on my alppy + my old 250 gig WD MyBook...

 

[krates]

dude do you really need that many gigs ?

 

[rhitwick]

Wht's the going rate on a WD 500 gig piece now?

I've run out of HDD space on my alppy + my old 250 gig WD MyBook...

Just bought a 500GB of WD last month from Lamington Road ~ 4870/-(External USB)

 

[acewin]

I bought 400 GB IDE Seagate for 2800 including taxes.

Besides I would say the above seagate model is a good buy in 4900, and yeah it is certainly old, because any new external 750 GB would cost more.
But still good if the person selling is not goofing or bluffing.
Selling can be for two reasons 1st Old stock or wanna sell as it is very old and would be giving problems. Why would anyone sell his external HDD like that.

 

[mananknl]

i have paid the money thru paisapay,lets see what i get.neways i m protected thru ebay buyer protection,if the item is old

 

[nish_higher]

can u post the E-BAY link here?it would be much better

 

[mananknl]

i got it in an auction 2 days ago,its over now,name of the seller is espocs1.the auction ended at 5400,i had 10% voucher(max discount 500),so its costing me 4900

 

[veiga2412]

Just bought a 500GB of WD last month from Lamington Road ~ 4870/-(External USB)

me'll be going to mumbai in a couple of weeks.. will check out lamington then...

 

[MetalheadGautham]

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=911723&postcount=4054

 

[veiga2412]

went there dude..
but i need an external drive.. the pre-packaged kind, coz every time i've put an internal into casing, something always get messed up.. am very mobile, and most casings can never take what i dish out