PorBleemo Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hey all, I wanted to pick a few of those 120GB Seagate drives from BB. But I remember that recently Seagate's rebates have been crappy. Does anyone know if they have improved? -Por Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lolwtfbbq Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 rebates are always shady... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonnegutFan Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 If Seagate does not honor the rebate, report them here: [email protected] "If you've been wronged by a PC vendor, send a full description of your complaint to the Watchdog. Please include your full name, home town, and telephone number. Letters may be edited for space and clarity. Due to the large amount of email we receive, we cannot personally respond to each letter." -http://www.maximumpc.com/contact.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugs Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Something to consider:One rebate will be issued per product SKU per household. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest general41391 Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 I hate rebates. i dont want to wait 6-8 weeks for my money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorBleemo Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Darn, so that means I can't get two drives for $40 a piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugs Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Darn, so that means I can't get two drives for $40 a piece?Are they on the same receipt or separate receipts? Did you pay with cash or credit card? Do you have a second address you can use? I don't know what lengths they go to to check on multiple forms per household... but if they were on the same receipt I doubt that'll fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorBleemo Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 I could have everything done seperately except for the rebate address. It's a bummer as I was hoping to setup a RAID 1 array. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alimfp Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Seagate HD's themselves are crappy, so no way would I buy nor trust their rebates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia39 Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 they have a 5 yr warranty, so you should be good for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFJedi Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 they have a 5 yr warranty, so you should be good for a few years.Yep.. exactly 5. I prefer Seagate. If they have the balls to offer a 5 year warranty with my abusive nature of torture to them (HDTV capture + transcoding + editing + everything else at once) they are allright in my book. I am constantly reading and writing to my drives. I can kill a Western Digital drive in a year this way. 3 for 3 so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugs Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 I could have everything done seperately except for the rebate address. It's a bummer as I was hoping to setup a RAID 1 array.Do you have an address at work you could use? Or a friend you'd trust to actually give you the rebate check when it arrives? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugs Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Yep.. exactly 5. I prefer Seagate. If they have the balls to offer a 5 year warranty with my abusive nature of torture to them (HDTV capture + transcoding + editing + everything else at once) they are allright in my book. I am constantly reading and writing to my drives. I can kill a Western Digital drive in a year this way. 3 for 3 so far!The 5 year warranty was a good selling point when I bought my 300 GB for $79.99 AR. :) I've had a few hard drives die (Maxtors and WDs), probably due to cooling issues in my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyrat Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 I was told by a network engineer that Seagate HDs worked the best an he should know. Anyway when I bought a Seagate drive from Fry's last year I got the rebate with little problem. I think it took a little longer, but I got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfinto65 Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Best Buy took a step backwards this year. Last year was a 160GB Western Digital and this year it is a 120GB Seagate for $29.99??? I went to Staples and got the Maxtor 200GB for $29.94 AR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcsoon Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 If Seagate does not honor the rebate, report them here: [email protected] "If you've been wronged by a PC vendor, send a full description of your complaint to the Watchdog. Please include your full name, home town, and telephone number. Letters may be edited for space and clarity. Due to the large amount of email we receive, we cannot personally respond to each letter." -http://www.maximumpc.com/contact.htmlThanks! Good info to have at the ready. I bought my $29 200gb seagate at CUSA (mad house) and it had 3 seperate rebates. In address to reliability, I haven't had a seagate drive since I purchased my 1st "1gig" in conjunction with win95 and it failed after about a 1 yr. This yr I bought a 200gb seagate and a 200gb maxtor so I'll run them together and see which last the longest. I've bought drives from several different brands and the only one I haven't had fail me is WD. I'm sure others will tell you different, just make sure back up your info and send it back if you have problems. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleEye Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Seagate HD's themselves are crappy, so no way would I buy nor trust their rebates!lol, seagates make the best quality hds , with a distant second by WD. Just be sure and stay away from Maxor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautical Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Seagate HD's themselves are crappy, so no way would I buy nor trust their rebates!I beg to differ...ever use their 7200.7 or 7200.8 series HD's? Seagate's are among the fastest and most reliable of the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautical Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Best Buy took a step backwards this year. Last year was a 160GB Western Digital and this year it is a 120GB Seagate for $29.99??? I went to Staples and got the Maxtor 200GB for $29.94 AR.Yea, I was quite dissapointed in this. Did they not think we would notice, sheesh. You could have gotten a 160GB SATA drive for 10$ less or a 200GB drive for the same price, ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alimfp Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Seagate and Maxtor hard drives are two of the leading HD's I've seen dying on people, no recovery at all possible due to the damage (with regular use). It's called "my humble opinion". :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapico Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 yep for multiple items likethe hard drive or blank dvds, always get seperate reciepts, then you can just send the rebates to a different person and address, has always worked for me, have many to do like that this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautical Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Seagate and Maxtor hard drives are two of the leading HD's I've seen dying on people, no recovery at all possible due to the damage (with regular use). It's called "my humble opinion". :)Please don't put Seagate and Maxtor in the same boat...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia39 Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 i've heard nothing but bad things about maxtor, but then IBM had the "deathstar" HD's for a while. it's so hit or miss. i have a 45gig WD that's still ticking after 6 years. not one failure. my 200gb WD from a year ago failed (but that was probably due to bad RAM) nothing but raves so far for seagate, plus they're speedy about their rebates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lolwtfbbq Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 lol, seagates make the best quality hds , with a distant second by WD. Just be sure and stay away from Maxor. so true... seagate makes great hard drives. western digitals are a little iffy, ive had a few crap out on me. maxtors ALWAYS crap out on me. EVERY TIME. ive never had a maxtor last longer then a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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