[volunteergrid2-l] Anyone want cheap 500GB or 750GB drives?

[Shawn Willden]

BTW, it appears that I can only have these drives directly shipped to US
addresses.  Shipping them elsewhere would require shipping them to me, and
then shipping them again.  I suspect that would turn cheap drives into
expensive drives.

Also, I haven't heard yet whether this would violate the "no resale" policy.

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Shawn Willden <shawn at willden.org> wrote:

> I may have an opportunity to purchase used Google data center drives for a
> pretty good price ($18 for 500 GB or $26 for 750 GB, plus shipping).
>  Actually, that's not quite right... I *do* have the opportunity to
> purchase used drives.  What I'm not certain of is if I can buy them and
> then sell them to others.  There's a "no re-sale" policy, but I suspect
> that's to stop Google employees from starting a hard drive business on the
> side.  I've got a question in to see if they'd allow me to resell them to
> friends at my cost.
>
> Anyway, assuming the answer is yes, would anyone be interested?
>
> The currently-available batch are 7200 RPM Hitachi Ultrastars, 3 Gbps SATA
> interface.  They've been thoroughly wiped and tested, and come with a
> 30-day replacement warranty.  Shipping cost depends on number and
> destination, of course.  For example, shipping one drive to Colorado is
> $8.22, and shipping 10 drives is $14.85.  I believe I can probably have
> them shipped directly to the purchaser, rather than being sent to me and
> then re-shipping.
>
> --
> Shawn
>



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Shawn
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