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Samsung 250GB SSD on Amazon Lightening deal - Ends 15:45 - £109 / €137
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26-12-2012 2:42pm#1Only £109 on Amazon here with Free delivery. Really cheap for a 250GB SSD
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EDIT: The deal is back today (28/Dec) at 11:39am - They haven't listed the deal price, but I'm betting it'll be the same as the one on the 26th (below) Deal is now active, still 75% unclaimed and running until about 15:45
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That's €134.37 with free delivery and Irish VAT at the checkout.
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awesome, ordered one on the spot, thanks.
even better!plus free download for PC
Free download of Assassins Creed 3
Buy a qualifying Samsung SSD before December 31, from Amazon.co.uk and claim one free download of Assassins Creed. To claim, visit www.samsung.com/uk/assassinscreed3/ (external website). Check out all qualifying products for this offer. Terms and conditions apply.
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i just bought it on amazon.co.uk so it's UK purchase as far as I'm concerned.
if you really really want to avoid any potential problems, maybe use parcel motel in the UK as the delivery address, but i doubt they'll be quibbling over a free download after spending 100 quid on a hard drive (although you never know).
aside from anything, if they try and wriggle out of it i'll probably just download a torrent of it anyway just so i can say they're encouraging their loyal paying customers to pirate software.
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Tar.Aldarion wrote: »Damb got the faster 830 one but that doesn't qualify for the game
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you can usually argue the price with amazon customer services when that happens. i've done it before on an appletv when the price went up before i ordered and then came back down again a day or so later and they refunded me the difference with no quibbles.ah for feck sake i bought it just after it went back to full price the first day¬!0 -
Yea, I tried to cancel it then re-order it, however that didn't work..so sent them a cheeky e-mail. Hopefully they'll be nice, they've always been known for their good customer service.
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"Hello,
I understand that you have ordered the item "Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive" from the order #026-3551430-7602761 for 143.48 GBP and now it is available for 109.99 GBP which is 182.39 EUROS.
We recognise that you have a choice of retailers and appreciate that you prefer to order from us. Please note that we don’t extend a post-order price guarantee.
I've looked at your order and can see that the price change was significant and you just ordered this item from us.
Under the circumstances, I'm happy to make a one-time exception for you and issue a refund for the price difference in the amount of 33.49 GBP."
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Yea, I tried to cancel it then re-order it, however that didn't work..so sent them a cheeky e-mail. Hopefully they'll be nice, they've always been known for their good customer service.
EDIT:
"Hello,
I understand that you have ordered the item "Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive" from the order #026-3551430-7602761 for 143.48 GBP and now it is available for 109.99 GBP which is 182.39 EUROS.
We recognise that you have a choice of retailers and appreciate that you prefer to order from us. Please note that we don’t extend a post-order price guarantee.
I've looked at your order and can see that the price change was significant and you just ordered this item from us.
Under the circumstances, I'm happy to make a one-time exception for you and issue a refund for the price difference in the amount of 33.49 GBP."
Well, that was nice
I also did the same before, amazon are awesome that way.0 -
Under the circumstances, I'm happy to make a one-time exception for you and issue a refund for the price difference in the amount of 33.49 GBP."
Well, that was nice
Wow - I always knew amazon were good, but no idea they'd be that good - well done Shlippery.
Now, try doing that with their competitors, soundstore, pcworld/currys or the infamous pixmania. Your response would likely be a gif of a middle finger 0 -
Wow - I always knew amazon were good, but no idea they'd be that good - well done Shlippery.
Now, try doing that with their competitors, soundstore, pcworld/currys or the infamous pixmania. Your response would likely be a gif of a middle finger
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I was thinking of an SSD but don't need anything near 250gb, 60gb or so would do me, just enough for an install of Windows 8, I keep all my files on other drives. Are there any other good deals on smaller capacity but decent fast SSD's does anyone know?
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I was thinking of an SSD but don't need anything near 250gb, 60gb or so would do me, just enough for an install of Windows 8, I keep all my files on other drives. Are there any other good deals on smaller capacity but decent fast SSD's does anyone know?
Thanks
Something like http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/novatech-sandisk-64gb-ssd-sata-6gb-s-2-5inch-13875390 -
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yup, pretty much word for word what i got at the time i did it with the apple tv (also a bargain alert)."Hello,
I understand that you have ordered the item "Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive" from the order #026-3551430-7602761 for 143.48 GBP and now it is available for 109.99 GBP which is 182.39 EUROS.
We recognise that you have a choice of retailers and appreciate that you prefer to order from us. Please note that we don’t extend a post-order price guarantee.
I've looked at your order and can see that the price change was significant and you just ordered this item from us.
Under the circumstances, I'm happy to make a one-time exception for you and issue a refund for the price difference in the amount of 33.49 GBP."
Well, that was nice
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ordered one today so if anyone has any advice or links for set-up in a dell xps 15 L501x laptop i'd appreciate it...
There's a very handy instructional here from Dell. It explains all that's needed to exchange the old HDD for an SSD.
Should be easy enough to follow, but if you get stuck, just ask 0 -
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There's a very handy instructional here from Dell. It explains all that's needed to exchange the old HDD for an SSD.
Should be easy enough to follow, but if you get stuck, just ask
thanks xzen, hard ware side does look straightforward but it's more the software side - pre-install preparation and post-install steps - that I'd need guidance on.
basically the steps to take between backing up the current hdd to installing os and files on the new ssd.
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thanks xzen, hard ware side does look straightforward but it's more the software side - pre-install preparation and post-install steps - that I'd need guidance on.
basically the steps to take between backing up the current hdd to installing os and files on the new ssd.
(and best option to continue using the old hdd - i assume a hdd caddy in the optical drive bay?)
There are a few options here.
1st things 1st - Back-up Personal files:
Note: If you're planning on getting a caddy for the old HDD, backing up files here isn't necessary, since you can assess them via the caddy.
1A: the easiest option is to back-up to the cloud, this may or may not be the best for you depending on how much you need to back-up and how fast your connection is (Anything under 10Mb/s may be best to avoid this option)
A few online storage options are around, most people use Gmail which comes with Google drive . Visit there and you can upload online or download the handy app. Drop your files in and they nice and safe online.
1B: more complicated, but handy if you don't trust your files online, don't have bandwidth or simply prefer to backup localluy. If you don't have much only a few GBs worth, you could back-up onto a few DVDs. You won't need any special software, windows 7 up comes with built in DVD writing software - pop in a blank DVD, drag a few GBs of your files on (4-8GB depending on the DVD disk type), then burn away.
Next, Installing
So you've backed up your files and swapped out the old HDD, popped in the SSD. Now you need to install an OS.
If you have the Dell CD/DVDs that came with the laptop, they probably have all the install files and OS that you need. Likely Windows 7 for that laptop. Make certainly you do have a bootable windows disk, if you don't you'll need to get one from Dell, Microsoft, other nefarious means or buy one. Alternatively you could install Ubuntu or other free Linux distro
Pop in the Windows/Linux DVD and boot up, follow the instructions to install.
What to do with the extra HDD
Well there are a few options.
3A Turn it into a simple USB external drive - Just used for viewing and storing files on your PC/Laptop
You can find cheap SATA caddies all over the place. Probably in your local shop for about €15-30. I've found a few for you here and here
3B Turn it into a multimedia driver and USB drive - handy for plugging into a TV anywhere and watching your stuff as well as just storage.
You may or may not find these in your local tech shop. Again I found one for you here.
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Have you heard anything back from them yet? Did you use your Irish phone/address, or your UK Parcel Motel details?just filled out the form for the assassins creed 3 download and it says it'll take about 7 days for them to check it and confirm the download.
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