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So I was walking through Walmart earlier today.. And I saw something that caught my eye...

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This is a 2.5 GIGABYTE HARD DRIVE FOR $45 USD!!!!!!

WOW... It gets worse when you look closer.

"Was $85.96"

Is that crazy or what? Pretty sure it's NOT a tipo either, i think it's just a really outdated item, not sure why Walmart even has it on the shelf.

Anyone else seen anything like this? Share below because I thought this was hilarious.

J. Martin

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I don't shop at stores anymore since amazon has been so nice to me. Plus there prices are better than any retail store normally.

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I think its actualy a spinning drive

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So I was walking through Walmart earlier today.. And I saw something that caught my eye...

attachicon.gifScreenshot_2015-10-22-19-05-28.png

This is a 2.5 GIGABYTE HARD DRIVE FOR $45 USD!!!!!!

WOW... It gets worse when you look closer.

"Was $85.96"

Is that crazy or what? Pretty sure it's NOT a tipo either, i think it's just a really outdated item, not sure why Walmart even has it on the shelf.

Anyone else seen anything like this? Share below because I thought this was hilarious.

J. Martin

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I think it's a super old product, and they just don't know what it's worth

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waverider.jmart, on 22 Oct 2015 - 7:11 PM, said:

So I was walking through Walmart earlier today.. And I saw something that caught my eye...

attachicon.gifScreenshot_2015-10-22-19-05-28.png

This is a 2.5 GIGABYTE HARD DRIVE FOR $45 USD!!!!!!

WOW... It gets worse when you look closer.

"Was $85.96"

Is that crazy or what? Pretty sure it's NOT a tipo either, i think it's just a really outdated item, not sure why Walmart even has it on the shelf.

Anyone else seen anything like this? Share below because I thought this was hilarious.

J. Martin

It's not a Hard Drive...  It's Flash Storage... 

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It's not a Hard Drive...  It's Flash Storage... 

Im betting its actualy a spinning drive in there

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Found it on amazon for  $49.99 (Link) and on Amazon UK for £9.99 (Link)

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I don't shop at stores anymore since amazon has been so nice to me. Plus there prices are better than any retail store normally.

 

If Best Buy has what you're looking for, go on Amazon, find what you want, get the price, and have them price match it. No waiting for shipping. 

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"data transfer up to 480 Mbps" Thats why right there..

 

 

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It's not a Hard Drive... It's Flash Storage...

To be honest I'm not sure it is, when I searched Amazon it said 3,600 rpm.
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If Best Buy has what you're looking for, go on Amazon, find what you want, get the price, and have them price match it. No waiting for shipping. 

Except they never are in the same ball park as amazon in terms of price, at least from what I've seen, for example $80 dollar headphones at bestbuy, 13 dollars on amazon, but if the price matches you have a point.

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This legit made me laugh my ass off.

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waverider.jmart, on 22 Oct 2015 - 7:23 PM, said:

To be honest I'm not sure it is, when I searched Amazon it said 3,600 rpm.

what in the actual hell then... is it a .25" spinning disk?  What purpose would this have in life...

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This legit made me laugh my ass off.

I'm glad you found this funny too. Imagine if someone doesn't know what they were doing and actually bought this thing...
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I've seen some pretty ridiculous shit in the Walmart celearance section. For example, I saw a first or second gen iPod nano for like $100 last year, and a Gameboy Advance for like $70, when the DS had been out for a good few years.

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Except they never are in the same ball park as amazon in terms of price, at least from what I've seen, for example $80 dollar headphones at bestbuy, 13 dollars on amazon, but if the price matches you have a point.

 

They match Amazon 

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So I was walking through Walmart earlier today.. And I saw something that caught my eye...

attachicon.gifScreenshot_2015-10-22-19-05-28.png

This is a 2.5 GIGABYTE HARD DRIVE FOR $45 USD!!!!!!

WOW... It gets worse when you look closer.

"Was $85.96"

Is that crazy or what? Pretty sure it's NOT a tipo either, i think it's just a really outdated item, not sure why Walmart even has it on the shelf.

Anyone else seen anything like this? Share below because I thought this was hilarious.

J. Martin

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At this $/Gb 1tb HDD costs approx. $18000.

 

PCIE SSDs could go into six figures.

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The fact that it says "High capacity" makes me think that thing is quite old xD.

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I'm glad you found this funny too. Imagine if someone doesn't know what they were doing and actually bought this thing...

im going to get flamed for this

 

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