[Novalug] 500 GB drive 99.99

Kevin Dwyer kevin@pheared.net
Sat Sep 29 07:15:49 EDT 2007


Yep.  For instance, I plugged in:
http://bowser.pheared.net/dj/dealviewer/search/?q=seagate+500

to my deal aggregator and got:

Seagate 500GB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive $99.99
http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/100898?rss=1
>From TechBargains @ 2007-09-29 00:05:33

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 06:23:04PM -0400, Jason wrote:
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> That price isn't all that unusual.  Keep an eye on the bargain hunter
> sites (dealuniversity, bensbargains, etc) and you'll see Seagate 500GB
> SATAs for $90-$100 just about every week.  All without requiring any
> part of your SSN.
> 
> Rich Goodwin wrote:
> > Whoa!!  Sounds to be too good to be true.  And ... well .... in
> > some respects it is.
> >
> > I just ordered two drives.  After ordering it, I got an alarming
> > response:
> >
> >
> > Residential Address
> >
> >
> > HELP US SPEED UP YOUR ORDER — WITH ONE EASY STEP!
> >
> > To avoid any processing delay, we'll need the LAST 4 DIGITS of your
> >  Social Security Number to VERIFY YOUR IDENTITY ONLY.
> >
> > We may need voice confirmation from you. If so, we will contact you
> > by phone or e-mail. If you need to speak to our Credit Card
> > Department, please allow 90 minutes for your order to process
> > before calling 888-999-8800, M-F 8:00AM-8:00PM — Sat,Sun
> > 8:00AM-1:00PM.
> >
> > The information used to verify your transaction is of public
> > record, provided to us by a third-party.
> >
> > Now what scares me is they want to verify the last 4 of my SSN via
> > .... a THIRD PARTY!!!?!?!??!??!?!
> >
> > This is a first for me.  Has anyone else seen this?   I won't give
> > them that so they can call me- not a problem.  That is greatly
> > preferred over providing this.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 09:58 +1200, Mark Smith wrote:
> >> in case anyone cares, i just noticed this.  sounds pretty good to
> >> me. 500GB internal seagate/barracuda 7200 serial ata-300 for only
> >> $99.99.
> >>
> >>
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3206259&sku=TSD-500AS4
> >>
> >>
> >> it came as part of a requested (non-spam) mailing list i'm on.
> >>
> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/email/wem1466.asp?SRCCODE=WEM1466TT
> >>
> >>
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