Seagate 8GB microdrive $149.99 No Rebates & Free Shipping

LHR · 02-22-06, 07:40 PM

After seeing an earlier post that stated the same price, but with the hassles of rebates, I figured I wouldn't bother; however, after checking out the Amazon site, I noticed that they got rid of the rebate and lowered the price down to $149.99 w/ free shipping!!!

This is by far the best value-priced microdrive, I've seen that alledgedly works with the X51V. Here's the Amazon.com details:

Seagate 8 GB CompactFlash Photo Storage Hard Drive ( ST68022C-RK)
Brand New w/ a full 1 Yr Parts & Labor Warranty
List Price: $209.99
Price: $149.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. See details
You Save: $60.00 (29%)

No need to mess around w/ any rebates or coupon codes!:approve:

So, after reading that a couple of other Axim X51V users bought this, and were happy w/ it, I went ahead and placed my order. As I already own several speedy SD cards, I don't mind that this is a somewhat "slower" microdrive and not a "real" CompactFlash card. I figured that the sheer amount of data I can store / archive on it, justifies it being slower. I'll still be able to install my apps on my faster SD cards.

cheers

FYI - there were only 11 left when I bought mine.

Tblove · 02-22-06, 07:42 PM

Thanks for posting.I'm sure a few people will jump on this deal.It won't last long.

jhennig · 02-22-06, 08:31 PM

actually, I bet it will. In case you guys haven't noticed, memory cards have gone through another pricing phase. Everything is getting cheaper again. (2GB sd cards are now around $80 if you look in the right places, 1 GB CF cards can be bought for around $30)

Tblove · 02-22-06, 09:11 PM

I have noticed but this is 8 GB for $150.00 no rebate.Thats not a bad price.For those who hate rebates this will work.I hate rebates with a passion but I still fight for them when the deal is good enough.

jhennig · 02-22-06, 09:38 PM

agreed. I'm just saying that I don't think the price will be going above $150 again.

LocutusBorgMan · 02-22-06, 10:25 PM

Yup, I had posted this earlier in the Storage Card Forum as well as in the other 8GB Seagate thread here in hardware deals.
[url]http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=117715[/url]

LHR · 02-23-06, 09:09 AM

As jhennig pointed out - to expect the prices to keep dropping...it's nice to know that with Amazon, you'll get the best price guaranteed at least for the next 30 days!!!!

I didn't know this before, but for those of you who might have bought this 8GB card at a higher price than $149.99 within the last 30-days - you can actually get a refund for the difference. I found this out at one of those discount coupon sites, and signed up for them to track this for my recent Amazon purchase. All you need to enter is:

Product ASIN/ISBN: for the Seagate 8GB CF card, it's ASIN: B000BO0SGG
Price: $149.99
Purchase Date: yesterday
E-Mail Address: your e-mail address

and voila!!! you'll have price protection for the next 30 days, if Amazon reduces it's price.

Here's what I got after I entered my details:

"Product "Seagate 8 GB CompactFlash Photo Storage Hard Drive ( ST68022C-RK )" is being tracked for ..."

Amazon.com offers refunds on past purchases if that product drops in price withing 30 days. However, you are responsible for tracking the prices yourself and nobody has time to do that. Thats where we can help!

We have simplified the process for you.
Just enter a little information about your purchase and we'll email you if the price drops. We'll even include the link you need to claim your refund. "

Thought, I'd share with other Axim members who may have not been aware of the Amazon 30-day price difference refund.:approve: I know, I wasn't.

cheers

kulnet · 02-23-06, 09:26 AM

Nice deal. Thanks for the info.

Tblove · 02-23-06, 09:49 AM

I do alot of businees with Amazon.This is good to know.Thanks

newbie101 · 02-23-06, 11:31 AM

Just got mine yesterday, i inserted to my card reader, to transfer all my files from my 1gb cf, Problem is my comp (win XP) don't recognized it, kept on saying error, anybody knows how this works? when i ckd my device manager, it had an exclamation mark for other device, need driver, went to seagate site, says no driver for this 8gb cf.
tks in advance for the help.

kemoschwabbie · 02-23-06, 02:54 PM

[QUOTE=newbie101]Just got mine yesterday, i inserted to my card reader, to transfer all my files from my 1gb cf, Problem is my comp (win XP) don't recognized it, kept on saying error, anybody knows how this works? when i ckd my device manager, it had an exclamation mark for other device, need driver, went to seagate site, says no driver for this 8gb cf.
tks in advance for the help.[/QUOTE]

First thing to look at is the card reader. Are you able to see the CF card when it is inserted into your Axim when it is in the cradle? If you are, then you may have a firmware issue with the card reader. Some card readers can have limitation on geometry that they will recognize.

You should be able to format the new CF card in your Axim (FAT32) and check again to see if your card reader recognizes it then.

If you cannot get your Axim to see the new card, you may have a bad CF MD.

I own this drive and use it daily in my x50v. I am happy with it when used with TCPMP in MD mode and PocketHack Master using the 52MB RAM allocation settings detailed in previous posts here (topic: MP3 skipping).

Good luck,

Kemo:approve:

kemoschwabbie · 02-23-06, 03:23 PM

[QUOTE=LHR][FONT="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="1"]As jhennig pointed out - to expect the prices to keep dropping...it's nice to know that with Amazon, you'll get the best price guaranteed at least for the next 30 days!!!!

I didn't know this before, but for those of you who might have bought this 8GB card at a higher price than $149.99 within the last 30-days - you can actually get a refund for the difference. I found this out at one of those discount coupon sites, and signed up for them to track this for my recent Amazon purchase. All you need to enter is:

Product ASIN/ISBN: for the Seagate 8GB CF card, it's ASIN: B000BO0SGG
Price: $149.99
Purchase Date: yesterday
E-Mail Address: your e-mail address

and voila!!! you'll have price protection for the next 30 days, if Amazon reduces it's price.

Here's what I got after I entered my details:

"Product "Seagate 8 GB CompactFlash Photo Storage Hard Drive ( ST68022C-RK )" is being tracked for ..."

Amazon.com offers refunds on past purchases if that product drops in price withing 30 days. However, you are responsible for tracking the prices yourself and nobody has time to do that. Thats where we can help!

We have simplified the process for you.
Just enter a little information about your purchase and we'll email you if the price drops. We'll even include the link you need to claim your refund. "

Thought, I'd share with other Axim members who may have not been aware of the Amazon 30-day price difference refund.:approve: I know, I wasn't.

cheers[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
[B]Nice try! Here is the reality of the claim above based on the email I just received from Amazon:[/B]
[INDENT]Thank you for writing to Amazon.com.

The discounts we offer on items on our web site do vary from time
to time. We regret that we cannot apply our current discounts to
orders which have already been shipped.

Also, please note that I have checked your order and would like to
confirm you that this order #002-6008633-XXXXXXXX is from a
marketplace merchant and prices listed on an item's product detail
page which are offered by Amazon Merchants, or by individual sellers
through Amazon Marketplace, Amazon.com does not have a price
matching policy, we cannot match the price offered by another
seller on our web site.

For more information about ordering from Amazon Merchants, please
visit the following URL:

[url]http://www.amazon.com/o/tg/browse/-/537794/[/url]

For more information about buying items through Amazon Marketplace,
please visit this URL:

[url]http://www.amazon.com/help/marketplace[/url]

We appreciate your business, and we hope you will be able to take
advantage of our deep discounts in the future. Thanks for shopping
at Amazon.com.

Best regards,

Rakesh Ranjan Jha
Amazon.com Customer Service
[url]http://www.amazon.com[/url] [/INDENT]
[B]Bottom line: Don't get your hopes up too much about this price protection claim.[/B]

Kemo:sad:

LocutusBorgMan · 02-23-06, 05:39 PM

Still on the fence on this one. I know its the cheapest it has ever been, but hard time trying to rationalize it when you can get a 300GB HDD for your desktop for less than $50 these days.

Beweglich · 02-23-06, 05:44 PM

What about battery life?
Don't these things drain your battery significantly
MY Hitachi did until one day it just stopped working altogether
This may have been an isolated incident
It would probably be cheaper to by a $134.55 from newegg.com
and have the security of compact flash and without frequent rechargers that take away from the purpose of Beweglich

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