Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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Just wondering if anyone can get trade prices on computer bits?
I am after a 250gb hard drive (IDE) So was wondering what sort of prices people could get them for?
I am looking at this one at the moment:
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=8459&GroupID=478
Let me know 
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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tbh i dont think it will be much cheaper than tht trade price. componets are very small profit margin.
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Leighton
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Registered: 21st Feb 01
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250GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10, 3.5" IDE 7200rpm ATA133 Hard Drive with 16MB Cache £60
250GB WD Caviar SE 3.5" IDE 7200rpm ATA100 Hard Drive 8MB Cache (WD2500JB) £61
and i live in Liverpool so no to far away from you duno how much postage would be.
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Doug
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From what I have read the seagate drives are about the best for both quality and aftermarket support. They have started giving 5 year warrentys now!
Leighton are those prices totals that include the VAT?
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Leighton
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Registered: 21st Feb 01
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yep thow prices are inc Vat.
we only stock:
200GB Seagate Barracuda 3.5" IDE 7200rpm ATA100 Hard Drive 8MB Cache (ST3200827A) for £58
If you need pricing on anything else just let me no.
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ed
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You can get OEM stuff from EBUYER.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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http://www.ebuyer.co.uk/UK/product/102936
Although i'd just buy
http://www.ebuyer.co.uk/UK/product/89519
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Dan B
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£56.39 is the cheapest I can find......Maxtor DiamondMax 10 7200rpm 16MB cache ATA133
Not too far away from you, either, Manchester City Centre......and it's walk-in, you don't need a trade-account.
{edit} Just noticed, your original link was from the same place, Microdirect (very good place), but I'd suggest the Maxtor over the Seagate, purely because the Maxtor is faster (ATA133 over ATA100) and has a larger cache (16MB over 8MB).
[Edited on 27-04-2006 by Dan B]
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MarkW
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Registered: 19th Mar 04
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though seagate currently have 5 year warranty on their drives compared to 3 years by many other manufacturers - something to bear in mind
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Dan B
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Taking things "somewhat" to extremes, in terms of speed, but if they were the same price, would you prefer to buy a Robin Reliant with a 5-year warranty, or a Ferrari F430 with a 3-year warranty? 
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PhilC
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I've had nothing but trouble from all 3 of my seagate drives over the years. I stick with Maxtor or Western Digital
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Dan B
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I use Maxtor now, not had any problems with the 120GB or 250GB in my desktop machine...
Western Digital, though, I had a bad (albeit quite amusing) experience with one of theirs......in four different computers, it registered as: 8GB, 20GB, 32GB, 80GB, 120GB, 128GB, and 160GB......everything but the 200GB it was supposed to be! 
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