dsd@hpsadla.UUCP (10/02/87)
/ hpsadla:comp.sys.ibm.pc / bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) / 7:01 pm Sep 29, 1987 / In article <3935@ecsvax.UUCP>, mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow) writes: >> .... Anyone know >> of an inexpensive source for bare ST225s, one's drive dies but the >If you want to get a drive _repaired_ or trade it in for a _refurbished_ >drive you can usually cut a better deal than by buying a whole new drive. >For example, the last time we needed to get an ST225 fixed, Seagate would >swap out our old drive for a refurbished drive for about $170 (possibly From a very un-reliable source ST-225s sell in quantity for <$150 (my brother seemed to think it was $135). But don't start filling my mbox, I know I can't get them for that. The quantity is probably 100+. The best deal I've made was $200 at a computer show in S.F.. The guy in front of me had just paid $215 for his. Good Luck.
bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) (10/05/87)
In article <2490012@hpsadla.HP>, dsd@hpsadla.HP (Donald St. Denis) writes: > > From a very un-reliable source ST-225s sell in quantity for <$150 > (my brother seemed to think it was $135). Most electronic hardware retails for something like 10x over manufacturing costs (qty 1), the rest going for things like marketing and support. Since Seagate drives retail for around $500 in qty 1, this means that their manufacturing costs must be around $50. Buyers in quantity naturally have quite a bit of room to play in - I assumed from the context that the question was about someone wanting to fix a _single_ or at most a _couple_ of drives. And in that context $170 +/- is not a bad price - certainly better than you can do from the typical mail order supplier. Bruce C. Wright