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A Reddit user on the r/DataHoarder subreddit shared how they were able to save money on hard drives by flying to the U.S. instead of purchasing them directly in the U.K. According to u/cgtechuk , they’ve been monitoring the prices of 28TB drives in the U.K., and only saw them go up. Because of this, they decided to take a trip after New Year's to buy ten of these high-capacity drives in the U.S. instead. Since Best Buy and B&H Photo both set a maximum purchase limit of just five drives each, the Redditor decided to get the drives from both shops. When the order was confirmed, they then booked a flight and a hotel in New York.
We checked Amazon to see the cost of the Seagate IronWolf Pro 28TB HDDs in the U.K. and the U.S., and what we found was quite jaw-dropping. In the U.S., this hard drive "only" costs $609.99 a piece — and you could even get a discount on them if you’re able to find a good hard drive deal . On the other hand, Amazon UK lists the same drive and capacity at $980.46.
That’s a price difference of more than $370 per drive, and if you’re getting ten of these, then you’re looking at a savings of at least $3,700. On the other hand, the cheapest round-trip tickets between London Heathrow and JFK International start at less than $700. Even if you factor in the cost of a cheap hotel near JFK, which goes for around the same price for four nights, plus an extra $300 for pocket money, you’re still looking at savings of around $2,000. u/cgtechuk would have saved even more than that, though, as they said that they redeemed points for both the flight and the hotel stay.
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/hard-drive-pricing-in-the-uk-is-so-high-that-a-person-flew-to-the-us-to-buy-them-instead-saving-money-despite-flight-and-hotel-costs-hdd-deal-seeker-saved-more-than-usd2-000-by-taking-a-trip#main
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