This is my first deal post. I just scored a Maxtor OneTouch 4 500gb external Hard drive at the Savannah TN, 38372 WalMart, for $40 + tax.

I am attaching a photo of the Hard drive and a scan of the receipt.

I know there have been a lot of hot deals on external hard drives lately but this seems, in my opinion pretty good.

This is BRICK and MORTAR and definitely YMMV
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If someone can please link me to or tell me how to embed the jpegs into the post please let me know

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DPackMan said:Links for images are incomplete (ellipsis in address).

Nice deal, but sounds like extreme YMMV.

By the way, how did you find it? Clearance rack? Sale tag? Circular? Just rang up for that price?

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This was in a clearance section at my local WalMart. I have been watching this section for the last two weeks and the various items have been pitifully marked down (not worth mentioning). Today I went in on my way to a 4th of July party and low and behold a new item had showed up and it was this hard drive. It was the last one and the shelf tag read $40 originally $50 something. I assume the originally part was an earlier markdown from whatever the original retail price was.

Well I got the links to work but you have to copy and paste them. If anyone can tell me how to embed them in the post it would be much appreciated.

orangecop said:You put them in the link button....
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more like random flip of the coin than YMMV

WalMart allows management to mark clearance based on X dollars a quarter to stock on hand. Yes, they set the clearance price nationally but the manager has the control to set which items he wants based on what he has in stock. So you need a store with alot of stock and a store where the manager wants to use his clearance quota on that stock

All of the comments about WalMart clearance are true - definitely huge YMMV

But.... There is some sort of consistency between stores - I have had numerous occasions in the past where I got multiples of items at the same price by visiting multiple stores. Some of the items that I have been able to get multiples of from FW posts in the past included cribs, strollers, bicycles, tool sets, "bounce houses", and electronics.

Given today's gas prices and the extremely low odds of getting specific WalMart clearance deals I wouldn't make a special trip. But if you are passing within a few miles of a WalMart anyway... stop in. Check for the items listed. You might be surprised. They are likely being pushed out in all stores for being slow movers, or replaced by new models, brands, etc. They probably will be clearanced out at some point.

Then take advantage of the seemingly random nature of WalMart clearance and look for anything unique at your store.
And for my sake - if you find a great deal - post it!

nice find, but in Ithaca, NY, the price is 120+tax

green anyway

Make me a decent offer on my house in SoCal so I can move to Savannah, TN

I found the Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200, 320gb for $90 before tax at one of my Walmarts. The checkout peeps were questioning how it was almost half price too.