Yeah that what put me off buying at current prices, that was a storming price, if DR WHO appeared now and said I could have a go in the Tardis but only once, it would be a tough choice between saving Diana or getting the 750gb.
Bilbo1968 to hotdealseeker
4 Mar 174#14
Yes - did you not read the thread?
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derp1664
4 Mar 17#1
Nice find
Graham1979
4 Mar 171#2
I'm creaming my pants
derp1664 to Graham1979
4 Mar 171#5
Lol. I would say relax but it's probably too late.
aratkin to Graham1979
5 Mar 171#23
Single or double cream?
spannerzone to Graham1979
5 Mar 17#26
You know those dirty thoughts that you know you should never say out loud, like when you fancy that rather unattractive lunch lady, this is one of those thoughts.
shez786
4 Mar 17#3
"national store promotion of 15% of any purchases over £50"
is this definite and how long is this on for ? my store is not nearby
Graham1979 to shez786
4 Mar 171#9
Started yesterday ends at the end of trading on Thursday, at your store you will see the posters on the window, not huge big things but when you buy something they have a code on the checkout they type in. BOO HISS BOO I bought a printer on Thursday for £77 quid, getting £40 in cash back but 15% would be an extra tenner. Might just take the receipt back and return and rebuy it.
Bertz99
4 Mar 17#4
Good price
stuellis
4 Mar 171#6
Good price today but I am so glad I got my MX300 750Gb for £105 on black Friday. I did read SSD's were due to rise in price due to demand outstripping production capacity
Graham1979 to stuellis
4 Mar 1713#10
Yeah that what put me off buying at current prices, that was a storming price, if DR WHO appeared now and said I could have a go in the Tardis but only once, it would be a tough choice between saving Diana or getting the 750gb.
breslau to stuellis
5 Mar 17#31
That and the pound being worth loads less than it was before Brexit.
Political arguments aside - it now costs me an extra £20 quid every time I need a new hard drive.
QuickProfits
4 Mar 171#7
That's half what they are charging online. How much do they make on these??
Interloper to QuickProfits
4 Mar 172#15
Probably nothing. They are simply raising cash by liquidating stock. All stores will be closing soon as Staples is going online-only (the UK arm was bought for £1 in a restructuring deal last year).
Graham1979
4 Mar 171#8
wayyy too late, back at hope peeling my pants off as we speak.
I did. Just confirming, becuase OP has a link to online store.
Graham1979
4 Mar 17#17
Hukd put that in automatically because if the deal is online they get commission from online sales.
rhodyate
4 Mar 17#18
hot
Xyzac
5 Mar 171#19
Anybody got a Store Locator, can't seem to find one online. Or maybe the nearest one in Manchester?
Graham1979 to Xyzac
5 Mar 17#21
Its just the normal Staples stores, they're rebranding to Office Outlet at some point and the receipt says Office Outlet.
Hunkerdown
5 Mar 17#20
Cracking deal, heat added.
RobM_UK
5 Mar 17#22
Is this still going, I might get few of them to use as external drives.
Graham1979 to RobM_UK
5 Mar 171#25
Look at photo on post 12, there's a number starts 426 (might be 426429 iirc) phone your local store as that's the code they have it as.
FSHero
5 Mar 17#24
There goes Staples workers' pensions
fishmaster
5 Mar 171#27
I swear you've done a tapp on my phone. I'm going to write about this on Twitter.
plewis00
5 Mar 17#28
Isn't this quite a lucky find as it's a 2 year old SSD? I don't mean it's a bad disk but usually they clear out this stuff out long before so there can't be many left?
orbits
5 Mar 17#29
Called the reading shop. Have none it stock
theQube
5 Mar 17#30
Thanks OP, heat!
Got the last one from the Colchester store (was hoping for two to RAID them, but alas...).
They also had the 256GB version for £54.39 (Inc. discount, one only), in case anyone is in the area and fancies it.
MarkVed
5 Mar 17#32
Heads up that there's none in the Manchester or Altrincham stores, staff in both said they don't do internal drives, so you must have got lucky!
breslau
5 Mar 17#33
I'm stood in Office Outlet right now (was staples) and the 256gb is priced at 79.99. the 512gb is 149.. suggests this is an error to me
(Checked and out of stock. If you can find these drives they are excellent value and have better controllers than the later revisions I think - but would need to check that)
theQube
5 Mar 17#34
Or the store hasn't updated their prices - mine was listed at £119 on the shelf, but the manager said the price should be the same at all their stores (and they do price match).
zizzles
5 Mar 17#35
I think it's a spoof post
Celmeo
5 Mar 171#36
While this would be a very good price, the MX100 512 GB drive has proven very poor quality in my experience.
I've personally had to RMA mine with only 1 year use and lost data when it failed. I know of 1 other person who owns one of these same 512 GB MX100 drives and his is currently performing very poorly (also only 1 year of use so far), requiring constant chkdisk to function. My sample size is indeed very small at 2 samples, but it is a 100% failure rate!
My comment is specifically about the MX100 512 GB drive.
Mine has been RMAed and replaced by Crucial with a MX300 500 GB drive which has so far been behaving very well. I also own a 256 GB version of the MX100 (2+ years now) and not had any problems with that either.
GreenJohn
5 Mar 17#37
I just phoned my local Staples in Cardiff and they told me there are no Staples stores anymore and it's all office outlet now,even though they answered a phone number listed in Yell as being Staples.
Anyone actually gone to a store and got one of these yet?
theQube to GreenJohn
5 Mar 171#38
Yes - and yes, there's no such thing as a Staples store anymore (they only trade online now). This offer is with Office Outlet in store only.
Oneday77
5 Mar 17#39
Whipped.
GreenJohn
5 Mar 17#40
Thanks,I'll call them back
GreenJohn
5 Mar 17#41
Has to be a Tech store and none within 30 miles for me,pity as I would have had 3 at that price.
joe_shmoe
5 Mar 17#42
fxxk Dianna
joe_shmoe
5 Mar 17#43
Watch the pension fund, staff good will, and customer good will vanish up some americans nostrils.
sanjayo1
5 Mar 17#44
Managed to get one! Thanks OP, been looking for a deal for some time now!
Graham1979
5 Mar 17#45
Glad you got one, awesome price, good brand. This deal.might get 1000 degrees. If it does I'm creaming my pants AGAIN.
elixeh
5 Mar 17#46
Not at Oxford. Not at Reading. Store specific?
justthedogs
6 Mar 17#47
MX100 Launched april 14 now discontinued.
MX200 launched april 15 also discontinued
MX300 current launched april 15
Something tells me there was a firmware update to fix data loss.
DUDE IM GOING TO POST THE LINK IN THE TITLE AT THE TOP, thanks never upgraded an SSD before.
Drabman
6 Mar 17#50
Think they're gone now. Phoned a few places in London and they've said they've received a lot of calls.
minted83
6 Mar 17#51
The firmware upgrade posted is old. These already contain the MU02 update.
justthedogs to minted83
7 Mar 17#53
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
paul30
6 Mar 17#52
To save anyone else the trip none in the Gloucester shop.
theQube
13 Mar 17#54
It's funny (but also mildly frustrating, as I'm after a second one) seeing these pop-up on eBay now with a ~£50 mark-up. If anyone is looking to off-load one (and obviously make a little on it) please get in touch.
I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I feel the need to have matching drives - you're absolutely right though (I had seen that deal) and common sense should prevail...
justthedogs
13 Mar 17#57
Totally agree especially if you want to use it as a boot disk PC or Mac. If you will only be storing data on it you wont notice any lag.
This recommended M300 cut my MacOS 10.10 boot time to login prompt from 65 seconds to 16 on a 2009 MacBook Pro. The Staples MC100 will be around 30 secs from past experience.
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Opening post
Staples (office outlet) have 512gb crucial ssd mx100 reduced nationwide to 95 quid with national store promotion of 15% of any purchases over £50
Very happy.
Will post pics when get home
instore deal - see link for more info/specs
Firmware update page at crucial ~ click mx100 link
http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/support-ssd?cm_re=uk-support-_-main-_-firmware-update-link
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is this definite and how long is this on for ? my store is not nearby
Political arguments aside - it now costs me an extra £20 quid every time I need a new hard drive.
Link to photo of receipt with 15% discount
Got the last one from the Colchester store (was hoping for two to RAID them, but alas...).
They also had the 256GB version for £54.39 (Inc. discount, one only), in case anyone is in the area and fancies it.
(Checked and out of stock. If you can find these drives they are excellent value and have better controllers than the later revisions I think - but would need to check that)
I've personally had to RMA mine with only 1 year use and lost data when it failed. I know of 1 other person who owns one of these same 512 GB MX100 drives and his is currently performing very poorly (also only 1 year of use so far), requiring constant chkdisk to function. My sample size is indeed very small at 2 samples, but it is a 100% failure rate!
My comment is specifically about the MX100 512 GB drive.
Mine has been RMAed and replaced by Crucial with a MX300 500 GB drive which has so far been behaving very well. I also own a 256 GB version of the MX100 (2+ years now) and not had any problems with that either.
Anyone actually gone to a store and got one of these yet?
MX200 launched april 15 also discontinued
MX300 current launched april 15
Something tells me there was a firmware update to fix data loss.
http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/support-ssd?cm_re=uk-support-_-main-_-firmware-update-link
This recommended M300 cut my MacOS 10.10 boot time to login prompt from 65 seconds to 16 on a 2009 MacBook Pro. The Staples MC100 will be around 30 secs from past experience.