Are hard drive / PCB resellers charging too much these days?

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I think it's all about supply & damand...
If they have one client that wants a Pcb they have 10pcs of it's cheeper than if 10 clients want's the last one.

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Depends on who your reseller is! You can get ripped off or get great deals and service.

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Agree with the prev. post, supply & demand... & Also from where you are buying...
but @ the end of the day my dear it is a MUST no doubt about it specially when you badly need it

and i suggest you contact Mr. Eric here, its been a very long time/orders and he offers reasonable prices really
you may try.

good luck

Edited,

by looking @ those 2 images (which i got from friend of mine) what do you REALLY think?

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+1 for Eric, from a PCB perspective he usually stocks what you need, good pricing and service.

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It’s not really a problem for me as we can usually locate a compatible drive for a fraction of the price. I was just curious how it is in the rest of the world.

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Being at the ass end of Africa postage is the biggest expense when the need arises. Oh and customs

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Well to answer your Q here, i can tell you about myself 100% Secured...

this attached image is 3m old, now have more added, in addition to my Well Sorted working donors

i used to buy bulk hdd`s (dead) fix whatever is fixable , and use those pcb`s for cases

so nothing to worry about in my end. dono about the rest of the world/people here

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Most of the time there is 'nothing to worry about' but sometimes there are instances where you just don't have what you need and you need to source it.

However sometimes I see the donor stockpiles of some of the big boys and wonder if you can't find it in there, it probably doesn't exist.

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I also agree with the above posts

Recently I purchased a 2060-771761-301 (WD 500Gb My Passport Essential USB3) PCB from Donor Drives (a well respected company ) for $64.95 + $11.35 postage to the UK (all in it came to £48.87 no doubt I'll pay duty etc) Yes PCB's can be expensive but if you need it then you have no other choice but to pay.

Think the cheapest option is to post your requests here on the correct forum first & then seek other providers if & when required

Loki

I didn't know that both WD a Maxtor was made by Samsung?

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Bingoo..........

those are Samsung drives with WD, Maxtor Sticker = MADE ON THE MOTHER CHINA (Refub.)

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but none of your PCBs appear to be in antistatic bags.

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Why not repair them ? If the numbers at play are big enough, the most time consuming part of the process is to sort out the beyond repair / intermittent, then the rest is perfectly convenient.
At least for me.

it is not needed if the air is under control.Also in our lab we use plastic container and no antistatic bag, but we care about humidity (less than 40%) and we have an ionizer.
when somebody touch the pcb always wear a conductive jacket and discarge potential before to work.
If you know who is your enemy, and you know how to avoid him, extra precaution are not needed in my opinion.

Some of what you mention does help to avoid damage caused by ESD. However those involved in writing standard ANSI/ESD S20.20 included representatives from NASA, Boeing, IBM, Motorola and other well-known companies, and that standard (as well as other research) disagrees with your opinion of not using an antistatic bag or other similar antistatic packaging (e.g. conductive tote boxes), when storing ESDS PCBs outside an EPA.

Here's a short quote from that standard:

sure NONE, and ALL of them are WORKING 100%

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