I'm sure this is the basic EHD, nothing fancy. This will be just the ticket to archive my recorded Dish Network programs downloaded from the DVR/Receiver.

Call them and get approval over the phone, worked for me and my GF.....

thanks op hope i'll get it

swandown said:Staples has a Maxtor 500GB external drive for $75 AC, so I'd say this offer is lukewarm at best.

Hard drive prices are dropping probably due to the newer SSHD that are the next generation HD.
Thus all of the mechanical ones will eventually disappear.
I think the Canon A590 digital camera is a better deal.

toneii said:Any comments on where we should make the purchase to have the "charge".

I did this a few weeks ago and I have the card, but apparently I need to use it in order to get my GPS.

Who takes Discover?

Also I got Discover Miles for the GPS, and I am going to also get Discover More for the next freebee.just use it for a purchase you would normally make. pretty straightforward. most places take discover. some don't, but most do.

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cgz206 said:Do we have to wait the card arrive in order to use it? I mean can we get the number, exp date and use it? how lone it takes to arrive?
Discover (or a service company) called me today and stated that I was approved.
Further the card would be mailed out and 'should' arrive by Wednesday next. (YMMV)
I then would need to call their 800 number and 'activate' the card.
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lucad1 said:I was told that was not a problem. Has anyone actually received one of these hard drives after applying for Discover?
Just yesterday got an email from info@externaldriveoffer.com

Good News!
The 500 GB Western Digital My Book External Hard Drive you are receiving as part of the Discover credit card promotion from http://www.externaldriveoffer.com is on its way! We are currently processing your order, your 500 GB Western Digital My Book External Hard Drive will arrive from Amazon.com. Look for your promotion within the next 10 weeks (as per site Terms and Conditions) and enjoy!
If you have friends or relatives who you think might appreciate this offer, feel free to forward this email!

Thank You.

externaldriveoffer.com
1555 Sherman Avenue, #314
Evanston, IL 60201
info@externaldriveoffer.com

As far as 10 weeks, it seams a bit harsh, looking over the Garmin GPS offer the following is typical (although one of the quicker ones):

applied Jun 19
received/charged Jun 26
received shipped email Jul 30

This is my case:

Aug 1st applied for the card
Aug 8th card came - purchase (gas)
Aug 11th got "good news" email
Waiting for shipping notice .....
*edit*
Your Western Digital 500 GB My Book Essential 2.0 - USB 2.0 External Hard Drive was shipped on 08/15/2008
Arrived today 8/16/08 Brand new shipped from Amazon ... woot!

Almost same thing,used card Sat got email yesterday.
Sweet

dog007dog said:used my card for the first time Saturday and received my email today that my HD would be coming from Amazon. If this does come this fast, this was a very easy and great deal.

netstroller said:kringan said:summer2005 said:blast! they need more time to process my application. already have 2 discover cards, and use neither! in fact tried to close one yesterday but need to get my Cash Back out first! you think a conversion of that account will work? citibank does that, not sure if discover will do that. I had tried to open a citbank mastercard, while I had another AT&T mastercard issued by them. 3-4 days after my new application, they called up and informed me that I had another card with them, and if I would like to consolidate both the cards (with the balance carried to the new card and the credit limit too) into the new card .. I did and they cancelled the old card and carried forward everything on the old card to the new one. Call discover to find out .. they might have something similar.
One thing to keep in mind is it might help some fico scores to have older credit cards, at least that's what I read somewhere.

Both gf and I had unused Discover cards... they were nice enough to close them out and I got the drive a few days ago ...gf is a couple days behind but she got her congrats letter, will ship etc. But call them and get instant approval on the online application, we both got the 30 days yadda yadda notice- called and was approved instantly.