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

[Shawn Willden]

I don't know about International shipping.  Looks like they use FedEx.
 Send me an address and I'll type it in and see what happens.

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Samuel Willcocks <samuel at willcockses.com>wrote:

> Would be great, but is shipping to the UK possible?
> Sam
>
> On 31 May 2012 22:25, 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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