Walmart Clearance Drives Inventory Check Methods?
I bought a 26TB Seagate Expansion back in December for 280, Then about 1-2weeks ago i was browsing Wally World and found the 2x12TB Expansion Drives for $169. I had just bought used drives with my friend from marketplace, 7x6TB Reds for 55/drive. They had less than a month on them. Using those to create a shared NAS. Anyway since i already had the 26TB i almost left the 12TBs in the Store. Fear of these shortages have been killing my pockets. Yet after looking up pricess again and seeing these were around 14/TB i bought both. So now im at 50TB of Expansion drives for around 600, and the offsite NAS at my friends will have 18x6TBs( still trying to figure out the build as he wants a media server NAS, were going to customize a Thermaltake C9 Case). Now looking for a LTO 6+ Tape Drive for backups.
That same day i got the 2x12TB i visited 3 other walmarts found no drives. The App is pretty useles and all these companies pretty much are stiffing us by not allowing the app to show clearance deals. I live in the south of the US, so with so many still finding drives, i might vist some more slower regional walmarts to hopefully find 1-2 more drives.
Anyone got any Tips to finding more of these clearance drives? Tips on good prices for LTO drives?
Brickseek and all the other inventory methods i use to use dont seem to work anymore. Someone said to call the stores? does that actually work?
I really hope that prices fall eventually for everyone. Crazy Times.