Amazon's odd pricing

[petersmart]

Just looking at the prices of Samsung 830 256Gb SSd, the Basic kit, i.e just the SSD, is £160:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-256...QQ04/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1353513563&sr=8-2

but the same SSD WITH FREE Norton Ghost is only £145.97!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5...6VLS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1353513563&sr=8-3

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[neil_g]

both links are the same?

 

[petersmart]

both links are the same?

Not now - my mistake :bonk:

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[petersmart]

AND they've done the same with the 840 models!!!

£142.95:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-250GB-Solid-State/dp/B009LI7C9Y/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

or £174.91:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-250GB-Solid-State/dp/B009M459YW/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

A £30 + difference for the same model??

Weird!

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[neil_g]

well one is an amazon supplied drive and the other a 3rd party so not entirely surprising the prices are different

breakdown of different kits:

Each is available in a basic kit, in a notebook kit with 2.5mm spacer and SATA to USB cable, or in a desktop kit with 3.5" mounting bracket and SATA data and power cables. All of the kits include a full version Norton Ghost 15 for cloning an old drive and/or setting up backup routines for the SSD 830, and Samsung Magician a suite of tools to manage the SSD.

 

[petersmart]

well one is an amazon supplied drive and the other a 3rd party so not entirely surprising the prices are different

breakdown of different kits:

Each is available in a basic kit, in a notebook kit with 2.5mm spacer and SATA to USB cable, or in a desktop kit with 3.5" mounting bracket and SATA data and power cables. All of the kits include a full version Norton Ghost 15 for cloning an old drive and/or setting up backup routines for the SSD 830, and Samsung Magician a suite of tools to manage the SSD.

Yes but it's still a hell of a price difference for the same drive.

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[neil_g]

Yes but it's still a hell of a price difference for the same drive.

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there always is on any item cross suppliers on amazon. i was looking at bike handlebars the other day and the exact same one ranged from £40-70 depending who sold/fulfilled the order.

 

[RobertP]

Always interesting to put Amazon items into http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/ and see how their prices have changed....and if it is a good time to buy