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Wildly discussed at FatWallet and SlickDeals.
See :
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=194349

I ordered an Hitachi 80GB for my T40 (currently 40GB) for $34.50 + $13.50 shipping + sales tax.

40GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 08K9834 $ 34.50 Within 2-4 weeks
40GB 9.5mm 5400rpm ThinkPad-std 92P6342 $ 37.50 In stock
40GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6801 $ 43.00 Within 2-4 weeks
40GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Fujitsu 13N6773 $ 162.00 In stock

60GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6803 $ 34.50 Within 2-4 weeks
60GB 9.5mm 7200rpm Hitachi 13N6807 $ 164.00 Within 2-4 weeks

80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 $ 34.50 In stock
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Fujitsu 13N6793 $ 37.00 Within 2-4 weeks

Your part number for the 80gb 5400 hitachi (in stock) is actually for the 60gb drive. Is there an 80gb 5400rpm version in stock? How do you get these part numbers?

Is there any difference between the fujitsu and hitachi?

I see the Fuj drives more in the industrial and rugged laptops, so take that as you will.

Jmmmmm wrote:Your part number for the 80gb 5400 hitachi (in stock) is actually for the 60gb drive. Is there an 80gb 5400rpm version in stock? How do you get these part numbers?

Thanks ... editted for correct 80gb part number of 13N6805.

Part numbers came from here :
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-46474

For whatever it's worth. A couple of years ago when I was involved in IT management (read equipment purchasing etc.). I was researching replacement drives and found some industry surveys on reliability. If I remember correctly; consistently, company that had the highest failure rate was Samsung, followed closely by Fujitsu. Conner and Seagate was around midpack. Of course these are based on averages and as they say "your mileage may vary".

Are we 100% sure that these are hard drives and not tray assemblies as discussed in the other forum?

Many thanks to GACrabill for this hot tip. I went ahead and order 2 for myself. Shipping fee is the same ($13.50) for both.

I bet these are hard drives + tray assemblies, although it's possible that the drives are refurbished/used.

I snagged one, its worth a try. I went with the Hitachi, they said they were still in stock.

Such a good deal. Anyone outside the U.S. make this work?

It doesn't seem to allow Canadian orders and their is no such area on the IBM and Lenovo Canada site.



Ed

Appearently IBM has caught their mistake. The $34.50 drive is now priced on the web page at $400.

skuff wrote:Appearently IBM has caught their mistake. The $34.50 drive is now priced on the web page at $400.

Nope .... still $34.50 for the Hitachi 80GB.

"13N6805 80GB HARD DRIVE TRAY ASSEMBLY FRU In stock ** $34.50 $34.50"

I was just able to order part# 13N6805, after reading the above post for $50.64 (including tax and shipping)

Man, I hope that it isn't just the hard drive tray. I googled the part number and everything was pointing to a $400 hard drive. **fingers crossed**

I ordered two 80gb harddrives; I hope they come, but I'm not holding my breath.

I'm fairly confident that these are actually harddrives.... HOWEVER, how many of these harddrives do you think they actually have in stock? This is my guess as to what happened: It's either a typo, or for some reason they got a ton of these hard drives in and are unloading them at a really low price (seems a bit hard to believe, but sure, it's possible). Either way, I think these are used/refurbished drives. And once they run out of stock on a used item, the item is no longer available.

I think everyone knows that ibm/lenovo is a bit sluggish in changing the status of stock on their website (ie. in stock --> out of stock), especially over the weekend. How many people do you think have ordered a harddrive in the past day or so after hearing about this deal? I bet hundreds, if not thousands, and someone in the other thread said a guy ordered 1000 of them. So I think the first group who ordered the drives will get them, unless just cancels everyone's order. But, everyone after this group isn't going to get one. I'm sure my order is in the thousands, so I will be surprised if they have enough stock to make it to me, even if they honor the deal.

I just called them and they said all orders since friday are on HOLD. I'm jealous of the lucky ones.

dino wrote:I just called them and they said all orders since friday are on HOLD. I'm jealous of the lucky ones.

the IBM HDD tray (hard drive caddy) 's FRU is 46L5050

I have whole box of that....

so, 13N6805 is real HD...

Although I ordered a lot... but I doubt that I can get them.

me that sucks i live in canada and i cant buy one...because in canadian site they dont have the same link of retail

Keep in mind that maintenance parts will only have a 30 day warranty.

tselling wrote:Keep in mind that maintenance parts will only have a 30 day warranty.

who cares?

if you get 20 pcs, you may do warranty by yourself..

satbell wrote: i live in canada and i cant buy one...because in canadian site they dont have the same link of retail

According to what I read, if you have an American Express card issued in Canada or any other country, you should be able to get it shipped there.

Part numbers fit with the drives (not only trays). They are at $42.00 now (Hitachi 80GB 5400 rpm 13N6805).

we can because when they ask your adress ...they dont show canada or state/province tab

Update ... some very interesting price changes.

I ordered 3 of the 60GB 7200rpm Hitachi drives tonight.
I don't know why their price dropped from $164 to $46 each but with shipping still at $13.50 for three, it was a no-brainer.
Incidently, the 80GB 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 really isn't "in stock".

Saturday, 02/04, 01:00 EST :

60GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6803 $ 34.50 Within 2-4 weeks
60GB 9.5mm 7200rpm Hitachi 13N6807 $ 164.00 Within 2-4 weeks

80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 $ 34.50 In stock
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Fujitsu 13N6793 $ 37.00 Within 2-4 weeks


Tuesday, 02/07, 22:30 EST :

60GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6803 $ 34.50 Within 2-4 weeks
60GB 9.5mm 7200rpm Hitachi 13N6807 $ 46.00 Within 2-4 weeks

80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 $ 42.00 In stock
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Fujitsu 13N6793 $ 37.00 Within 2-4 weeks

So which are these, new or refurbished?

Is there anyone willing to help a canadian to get a couple of those HDDs?

Valeri

brooklynboy wrote:So which are these, new or refurbished?

The safe assumption is that these are refurbished. I would guess that the Hitachi drives are 5K80 and 7K60 models and those aren't being manufactured anymore (replaced last year with 5K100 and 7K100 series).

In the threads at FW and SD, a few folks have received theirs and stated that there are stickers on each that say 'serviceable used part'. Some folks have essentially posted "who cares .... re-certified parts that IBM uses for warranty repairs are fine".

One person reported that his manufacture date was 01/2006 so they were obviously 'new' but IBM Parts puts the sticker on all of them (probably to clarify a 90 day warranty period).

When I tried to buy the 13N6807 Tuesday afternoon by calling IBM Parts, the quoted price was around $262. I asked about the huge difference in price between phone orders and web orders and was basically told that they ship from the same places and that the webstore was a different organization but needed to honor whatever pricing they post on the website. The part number is the same whether an organization calls IBM Parts to buy some or goes to the website to order parts.

GACrabill wrote:Update ... some very interesting price changes.

I ordered 3 of the 60GB 7200rpm Hitachi drives tonight.
I don't know why their price dropped from $164 to $46 each but with shipping still at $13.50 for three, it was a no-brainer.
Incidently, the 80GB 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 really isn't "in stock".

Saturday, 02/04, 01:00 EST :
60GB 9.5mm 7200rpm Hitachi 13N6807 $ 164.00 Within 2-4 weeks
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 $ 34.50 In stock

Tuesday, 02/07, 22:30 EST :
60GB 9.5mm 7200rpm Hitachi 13N6807 $ 46.00 Within 2-4 weeks
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 $ 42.00 In stock
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Fujitsu 13N6793 $ 37.00 Within 2-4 weeks

DEAD !!

New prices as of 02/08, 01:30 EST :
60GB 9.5mm 7200rpm Hitachi 13N6807 $ 266.00 Within 2-4 weeks
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 $ 522.00 Within 2-4 weeks
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Fujitsu 13N6793 $ 342.00 Within 2-4 weeks

GACrabill wrote:

GACrabill wrote:Update ... some very interesting price changes.

I ordered 3 of the 60GB 7200rpm Hitachi drives tonight.
I don't know why their price dropped from $164 to $46 each but with shipping still at $13.50 for three, it was a no-brainer.
Incidently, the 80GB 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 really isn't "in stock".

Saturday, 02/04, 01:00 EST :
60GB 9.5mm 7200rpm Hitachi 13N6807 $ 164.00 Within 2-4 weeks
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 $ 34.50 In stock

Tuesday, 02/07, 22:30 EST :
60GB 9.5mm 7200rpm Hitachi 13N6807 $ 46.00 Within 2-4 weeks
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 $ 42.00 In stock
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Fujitsu 13N6793 $ 37.00 Within 2-4 weeks

DEAD !!

New prices as of 02/08, 01:30 EST :
60GB 9.5mm 7200rpm Hitachi 13N6807 $ 266.00 Within 2-4 weeks
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Hitachi 13N6805 $ 522.00 Within 2-4 weeks
80GB 9.5mm 5400rpm Fujitsu 13N6793 $ 342.00 Within 2-4 weeks

Link dead is fine (we all expected that will be happened)

the problem is : how about the people have ordered drives in these days?

IBM will honor the deal or not?

that is what I concern...

floyyed wrote: Link dead is fine (we all expected that will be happened)
the problem is : how about the people have ordered drives in these days?
IBM will honor the deal or not?
that is what I concern...

Patience is a virtue.
No one has received a cancellation email.
We may have to wait weeks for the drives.

I got a cancellation email yesterday for the 60 gig 7200 rpm drive that was 46 dollars, so looks like IBM is not honoring the deal. At least they are not honoring mine.

I guess it was too good to be true:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for your recent order to purchase IBM parts from U.S. Maintenance Parts on ibm.com.

We regret to inform you that an error caused IBM Maintenance Parts prices to be displayed incorrectly during the period of February 1, 2006 through February 10, 2006. The error has since been corrected.

Among the products that were incorrectly priced was the disk drive part number 13N6805 that was ordered by you. The correct prices for this item is listed below:

P/N 13N6805 - $522.00

We are unable to offer this item at the incorrectly displayed price. Therefore, we have cancelled your order for 13N6805. If you wish to purchase this item for the correct price, please visit IBM.com to place your order.

Client satisfaction is very important to us here at IBM. We regret the temporary inaccuracy in our parts prices, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

We hope that you will visit IBM.com soon and allow us to be of service to you in the future.

Sincerely,

Mike Oyler