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Buy HDD on sale now or wait for Black Friday? (www.westerndigital.com)

submitted 6 days ago by impudentmortal@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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There's currently a sale on the Western Digital website. I was thinking of getting the Red Pros since they're high capacity and relatively quiet. In a previous post I made on the datahoarders community, I was looking for an HDD that was basically silent since the NAS will be next to my desk where I WFH.

Currently, two 18 TB drives are going for $620 or about $17.22 per TB. Not the best deal but definitely better than their normal price. I know a lot of people like buying used drives but the ones for sale are usually loud enterprise edition drives which won't work for me. Should I buy the drives now or wait until BF for a possibly better sale?

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I periodically keep tabs on new HDD prices in my area. Black Friday hasn’t had the same deep discounts it once did.

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

black friday died when it became a normie holiday for sales. part of the reason why black friday worked before hand was that buyers are 100% aware of the product theyre buying and how much it is valued. anythings a "sale" if you're selling it to an audience that doesn't know what it was normally priced.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When stores started marking up the “regular” price to hit bigger percentages is about when I started price tracking things I knew I’d buy later down the road. Looking at you, Best Buy!

[–] paper_moon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My favorite story about best buy is in the early 2000's, a family member gifted me a $20 gift card to best buy, which unbeknownst to them, I had stopped shopping at because it got too expensive and I started buying from newegg instead. Anyway, I walk in and am thinking 'well I don't really need anything big right now, like a full PC, laptop, etc. Maybe I'll just get a DVD or something."

Even with a $20 gift card, Best buy prices were so marked up, they were either still more expensive, or the same price as other stores. I think other stores were selling DVD's at like $15 (not new-releases) and best buy was $35. I walked out and never ended up buying anything. I'm shocked they're still around to be honest.