Fantastic way to get your hands on 2 x WD 8TB Red drives cheaply.
The WD enclosure is user serviceable so they expect and allow you to remove the drive from this unit unlike the single MyBook 8TB which requires you to break the enclosure.
You can of course use this as intended as a very large encrypted 16Tb USB 3.0 drive. Or 8TB using RAID 1 (Mirrored).
On the WD Store Front Page about midway down is a box on the left that says "Sign Up for WD Specials". If you enter your email address and click "Sign Me Up" you get an email sent to you instantly with a unique 10% off code.
Despite WD making the drives they seem to be out of stock for long periods of time with this drive just coming back into stock this morning after a long period away.
Unique 10% Code emailed to you also stacks with WDSTORECPN giving a fantastic prince of £377 for 2 x 8TB Reds
Western Digital voucher codes:£10 - WDSTORECPN
Not tried it as running out of time for work, but will later... Are these reliable/good?
johneb to p-e-t-e
14 Oct 16#3
I'm intrigued myself
kg808
14 Oct 161#4
my invoice
it gets discounted down to £315 - £10 code = £305
i did pay a little more, as i couldnt be bothered getting 3 different newsletter codes, with 3 seperate orders
BurnToasT333
14 Oct 16#5
Are you using 3 all in the same location or are they being used in different properties?
kg808
14 Oct 16#6
all drives are being taken out and put into an antec 1200, that i am using as a plex media server, i will then remove the 2tb drives I already have and put them into the enclosures, and put them up on ebay for around £80
topcat16 to kg808
14 Oct 16#7
That's exactly what I am trying to do but they wont recognise the email address they have just sent a password to.
BurnToasT333 to kg808
14 Oct 16#8
I was going to say that there is a better way to manage large amounts of storage than having 3 of these.
kg808
14 Oct 16#9
so true, i looked into getting a nas drive, but decided against after reading some people's horror stories, and as i have also previously lost alot of data to hard drive failure, i am now intending to back it all up - granted at a considerable cost, so i am glad i got a good deal
BurnToasT333
14 Oct 161#10
Have a look here on back up solutions reddit.com/r/datahoarder
TooManyBargains
14 Oct 161#11
10% off code not working for me, is it working for anyone else? I tried 3 different ones from different email addresses but just says 'Invalid promo code'
topcat16 to TooManyBargains
14 Oct 16#12
I am having the exact same issue.
I get the drive reduced to £359 with student discount but cannot enter the emailed code.
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34 currently in stock (maximum i could add to basket)
these will sell out, so be quick
Sign up for newsletter https://www.wdc.com (bottom of page) you will get a code emailed to you with a coupon code, or, if you have a nus isic bolt on at http://benefits.isic.org/en/wd (but it didn't work for me since they have recently upgraded their site), or, if your school is part of the program, you may be able to get it discounted at http://shop.wdc.com/store/wdus/en_UK/DisplayActivatePurchasePlanPage/marketID.1115100
also use code: WDSTORECPN for an extra £10 off (over £100 spend)
free standard shipping (3-4 days), express shipping (1-3 days) is extra
credit to EMM386 for the method:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/western-digital-book-duo-16tb-430-possible-further-10-off-10-off-377-wd-online-store-2494709
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Fantastic way to get your hands on 2 x WD 8TB Red drives cheaply.
The WD enclosure is user serviceable so they expect and allow you to remove the drive from this unit unlike the single MyBook 8TB which requires you to break the enclosure.
You can of course use this as intended as a very large encrypted 16Tb USB 3.0 drive. Or 8TB using RAID 1 (Mirrored).
On the WD Store Front Page about midway down is a box on the left that says "Sign Up for WD Specials". If you enter your email address and click "Sign Me Up" you get an email sent to you instantly with a unique 10% off code.
Despite WD making the drives they seem to be out of stock for long periods of time with this drive just coming back into stock this morning after a long period away.
Unique 10% Code emailed to you also stacks with WDSTORECPN giving a fantastic prince of £377 for 2 x 8TB Reds
Western Digital voucher codes:£10 - WDSTORECPN
Not tried it as running out of time for work, but will later... Are these reliable/good?
my invoice
it gets discounted down to £315 - £10 code = £305
i did pay a little more, as i couldnt be bothered getting 3 different newsletter codes, with 3 seperate orders
I get the drive reduced to £359 with student discount but cannot enter the emailed code.