Samsung 840 Series Pro 256GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive £44.99 delivered

alexlyons · 28-04-2013 11:45am #1

Samsung 256GB SSD with TRIM support here

great price of £44.99 delivered. it says 53.99 but when you register and choose Ireland it gets rid of the tax and says shipping is £11.57 but leaves the total at £44.99.

Here's amazon offering the same thing for £170

theteal · 28-04-2013 11:52am

total with cheapest shipping over here comes to £61.18. still good though

alexlyons · 28-04-2013 11:54am

ye i was surprised it didnt add on my shipping...

edit: just see your in essex, shipping to Ireland seems to not add on

Alanstrainor · 28-04-2013 11:57am

Unfortunately we do not allow shipping to Ireland for non-business users.

So we have to register a business account?

alexlyons · 28-04-2013 11:58am

i registered and just stuck individual as the name and choose other as the type..?

parcel motel would work either id assume

theteal · 28-04-2013 11:59am

alexlyons wrote: »

ye i was surprised it didnt add on my shipping...

edit: just see your in essex, shipping to Ireland seems to not add on

mmmm am I that tight that I'll send it to the parents house even though it'll add to the inconvenience of me not actually being able to collect it for another month or so?. . .decisions

frozenfrozen · 28-04-2013 12:12pm

Just ordered what appeared to be the last one for £56.56, 67.24 Euro. Under a third of the full price. That's my 2013 bargain got if this actually goes through!

ToadVine · 28-04-2013 12:19pm

Can this be used as an external drive? I'm presuming it can be if you get the proper enclosure, power source etc ...

OldManJenkin · 28-04-2013 12:19pm

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Just ordered what appeared to be the last one for £56.56, 67.24 Euro. Under a third of the full price. That's my 2013 bargain got if this actually goes through!

Did you use Parcel Motel? If so, can you tell me how you added the address as I'm having a bit of trouble

frozenfrozen · 28-04-2013 12:26pm

ToadVine wrote: »

Can this be used as an external drive? I'm presuming it can be if you get the proper enclosure, power source etc ...

It can yes, and would be very quick if you got a usb 3 enclosure for it. Wouldn't need power source they can run from just the sata cable.

OldManJenkin wrote: »

Did you use Parcel Motel? If so, can you tell me how you added the address as I'm having a bit of trouble

I just used a real address, while i was making the account it changed to saying 1 left so I rushed to get my order in. A further saving of a tenner wouldn't have been worth potentially not being able to buy it! Sorry I can't help I've never used parcel motel before.

Soarer · 28-04-2013 12:36pm

Says 183 available now.

Don't really need it, but don't think I can leave it behind at that price.

Edit: Wonder if it qualifies for the cash back offer? If it did, it'd bring the price down by £15!

zarquon · 28-04-2013 12:41pm

Ordered one myself using parcel motel. Clearly a misprice so lets see if insight honour it

bmm · 28-04-2013 12:42pm

144 euro + 19 euro shipping on one of the cheapest sites so a great price Op.

http://www.hardwareversand.de/Solid-State-Disk/67797/Samsung+SSD+840+250GB+SATA+6Gb+s.article

frozenfrozen · 28-04-2013 12:43pm

bmm wrote: »

85 euro + 19 euro shipping so amazon price is nuts.

http://www.hardwareversand.de/Solid-State-Disk/67795/Samsung+SSD+840+120GB+SATA+6Gb+s.article

That's the 120gb non pro version, http://www.hardwareversand.de/Solid-State-Disk/67799/Samsung+SSD+840+Pro+256GB+SATA+6Gb+s.article

zarquon · 28-04-2013 12:44pm

bmm wrote: »

85 euro + 19 euro shipping so amazon price is nuts.

http://www.hardwareversand.de/Solid-State-Disk/67795/Samsung+SSD+840+120GB+SATA+6Gb+s.article

You're not comparing like with like. 256gb pro vs 120GB

apachedropout · 28-04-2013 12:44pm

Thanks OP, I've been looking for one for the past week, almost bought a 128GB one last night!

Just ordered through Parcel Motel and the total(taxes + delivery to NI) came up to £68.38, which is still a fantastic price for the drive.

Fingers crossed!

EDIT: Just noticed the money is gone out of my account too.

Sparks43 · 28-04-2013 12:51pm

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews259560.html

Might be worth haveing a look at the reviews:eek:

frozenfrozen · 28-04-2013 1:09pm

Sparks43 wrote: »

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews259560.html

Might be worth haveing a look at the reviews:eek:

Oh B*llox! I hope I don't have any trouble with them! Too late to look back now though

alexlyons · 28-04-2013 1:12pm

hope the site is ok, apologies all, I did check a few reviews of the product and know someone who has used the site with no issues so didnt think to look for reviews of it

apachedropout · 28-04-2013 1:30pm

I don't think we should worry too much, the company seems to be legit and got some awards too- http://uk.insight.com/information/about

Mountjoy Mugger · 28-04-2013 1:39pm

Believing awards that the website themselves publish isn't exactly the cleverest move. The saying about if it seems to be good to be true.... springs to mind.

zarquon · 28-04-2013 1:44pm

They are a legit company. One of the biggest enterprise software companies in the world.

bmm · 28-04-2013 1:46pm

the order process is full of bugs, i clicked on the "email this order" to myself and found it has left out 3 lines of my address:mad: . If this printout is sent with the order it will get lost in the post !

also i noticed another bug between the invoice address and shipping address where it randomly switches around two lines of the address :mad:

numerous bugs also with the vat and shipping not being properly shown.

it is difficult to understand how basic bugs like these exist thru the order process for a website that seems to be around for a while.

Balmed Out · 28-04-2013 2:37pm

Set up account as a business and shipped to office for 67.87 sterling or 80 euros. Suspicous this is too good to be true.

So how hard are these to install? I presume to get the full affect you put the operating system on it. About to get a new Laptop so will have to get a 17 inch one unless I can find a smaller with two drive bays.

rampantglory · 28-04-2013 2:45pm

seems flawless... hope it works an amazing price if it works , thanks op

also i tried to buy 2 i couldnt so maybe there all gone...

ToadVine · 28-04-2013 3:30pm

ToadVine wrote: »

Can this be used as an external drive? I'm presuming it can be if you get the proper enclosure, power source etc ...

frozenfrozen wrote: »

It can yes, and would be very quick if you got a usb 3 enclosure for it. Wouldn't need power source they can run from just the sata cable.

Are there usb3 enclosures available for this? Would it run on my MacBook Air (compatible with the SATA cable)? Would this be a good way to use a drive like this (or is my idea overkill)??

Also, would this fit into most laptops? And is it a hard job to install? The reason I'm asking is that work are giving us all crappy laptops ... new, but slow with a single core AMD processor and 2 gb ram. Would this ssd make such a laptop into some sport of speed-freak-crazy-ass animal? Or would all my ideas be a waste of time and effort???

paddyp · 28-04-2013 6:37pm

I ordered one too still says 173 available are there really that few people interested?

jay-me · 28-04-2013 6:45pm

Got two for 101 pounds.. nice!

batistuta9 · 28-04-2013 7:06pm

paddyp wrote: »

I ordered one too still says 173 available are there really that few people interested?

them reviews have put me off & the poster mentioning "too good to be true ..."

SteelyDanJalapeno · 28-04-2013 7:21pm

That's a ridiculous price

paddyp · 28-04-2013 7:24pm

batistuta9 wrote: »

them reviews have put me off & the poster mentioning "too good to be true ..."

Obvious misprice but its a company with a turnover of over 5 billion dollars a year so theres a good chance it will be missed or honoured.

Actually looking now it says items on order so they don't have stock, unlikely this will be missed.

long_b · 28-04-2013 7:51pm

Went for it.
Was always curious about the performance boost. Stone cold misprice though.

batistuta9 · 28-04-2013 7:52pm

paddyp wrote: »

Obvious misprice but its a company with a turnover of over 5 billion dollars a year so theres a good chance it will be missed or honoured.

Actually looking now it says items on order so they don't have stock, unlikely this will be missed.

What do you make of the reviews though?

Is it worth the hassle, which might even end with you getting nothing

dingding · 28-04-2013 7:56pm

Just ordered one.

Thanks OP

clevtrev · 28-04-2013 8:22pm

ordered one but said available on request and it made a complete mess of my address - Im now residing in Shannon! so the chances of ever getting one have been dealt a double blow:rolleyes: Got an order number though

unkel · 28-04-2013 8:29pm

dingding wrote: »

Just ordered one.

Thanks OP

+1

Had to pay the £11.57 shipping though, so total of £56.56. So that's €67 shipped. Still a bargain

blarney_boy · 28-04-2013 8:32pm

Yeah strange was £53 until I entered my credit card details then it jumped up to £67?

blarney_boy · 28-04-2013 8:35pm

Looking at the order in my account history the amount is now listed @ £56, even stranger . . .

batistuta9 · 28-04-2013 8:57pm

what way are people using to order it?

ykt0di9url7bc3 · 28-04-2013 9:01pm

It says now that it is "ordered upon request" , I still gave it shot

OldManJenkin · 28-04-2013 9:10pm

batistuta9 wrote: »

what way are people using to order it?

I used Parcel Motel - I shipped to their Northern Irish address.

The money went straight out of my account too - if it's a misprice and they decide to refund I hope it doesn't take too long, the reviews posted earlier don't exactly instill confidence in their costumer service.

batistuta9 · 28-04-2013 9:24pm

OldManJenkin wrote: »

I used Parcel Motel - I shipped to their Northern Irish address.

The money went straight out of my account too - if it's a misprice and they decide to refund I hope it doesn't take too long, the reviews posted earlier don't exactly instill confidence in their costumer service.

the personal accounts won't ship to Ireland is that right?

yeah the reviews are bad

OldManJenkin · 28-04-2013 9:26pm

It said that it wouldn't ship to Irish personal addresses when I tried.

paddyp · 28-04-2013 9:28pm

OldManJenkin wrote: »

It said that it wouldn't ship to Irish personal addresses when I tried.

Just put your name in the business name,

Lu Tze · 28-04-2013 9:48pm

If any of ye actually get these and have a spare I'll buy one off you! Just send a pm!

Tar.Aldarion · 28-04-2013 10:23pm

not even going to bother http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews259560.html

jimmycrackcorm · 28-04-2013 11:20pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

not even going to bother http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews259560.html

In fairness that's only 12 reviews. They're a corporate provision operation. I ordered myself, if the order goes through without a price error then it will be a fantastic bargain but I suspect the 100 part is missing of the price.

Tar.Aldarion · 28-04-2013 11:34pm

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

In fairness that's only 12 reviews. They're a corporate provision operation. I ordered myself, if the order goes through without a price error then it will be a fantastic bargain but I suspect the 100 part is missing of the price.

True, but look at the deal on hotukdeals, negative, and the same for all insight deals. By all means go for it, gl !

Alanstrainor · 28-04-2013 11:37pm

I went for it, it would be fantastic, but it's most likely not going to happen. Worth a punt sure.

long_b · 28-04-2013 11:50pm

Hadn't seen it on hukd ?
Could I ask people not to post it there for the sake of those here that have ordered it pretty please ?

jay-me · 29-04-2013 12:05am

It's already there on HUKD and apparently they have done this before with silly prices on 3TB HDDs and cancelled shortly after! Ah well luckily it's only on the credit card so no money actually spent just have to wait for a refund!

Samsung 840 Series Pro 256GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive £44.99 delivered

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