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> A 10TiB HDD is only 150$ retail. Where is that? I can't find anything so cheap.

• cobookman 7y ago
  https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-10tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/6278208.p?skuId=6278208 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-10tb-external-usb-...
  • akhilcacharya 7y ago
    The bizarre thing is I can't find bare drives cheaper than that on Amazon - how are they making a profit on these?
    • jandrese 7y ago
      Maybe it's one of those drives that comes with a demo of the backup software and they're hoping you'll buy the full version?
    • dogecoinbase 7y ago
      Generally speaking the drives in external enclosures are from the bottom slice of the still-viable drive pool. You'll often find that they have shorter/less comprehensive warranties.
    • vatueil 7y ago
      Larger market of average, undemanding home users for external hard drives. Smaller market of more demanding enthusiast users for internal drives. (Larger businesses aren't sourcing drives from Amazon or Newegg, unless the company is called Backblaze.) Latter costs more to support and as niche users generally pay more. (The more price conscious resort to shucking external drives.) At least, that's how it's been explained to me. I don't know if that's the entire story though it sounds reasonable enough.