sweet saw one my store today but the price was 28.50... will stop by first thing the morning to ask for price check

do you have the SKU? It's not coming up on the staple's website.

@Stingyman - what model # was the PATAs?

confirmed this morning. it does not come with a SATA cable though.

Good deal. Will check the store this morning...

DRU-865S = Item # 759189 $11.50
DRU-V204S = Item # 766251 $4.50

One of my local stores (Bensalem PA) had 4 SATA's in stock but would only sell me one. They claimed the others were already sold. When I got to the next store, I had them call the Bensalem store to see if the story was true. They were told they had the other 3 but one was being sold to an employee and the other 2 were damaged. Yeah right....

No available in the local store. Thanks OP anyway.

called the 18003staples #, local store has 2 in stock. i went to the store one employee went in the back and got them out. during the process of checking out, another employee came by and said it damaged. i looked at the box and there is no damage and the box still sealed. would not sell it even if i wanted to buy. pissed off, told a friend of mine to come in and ask for it. now they say they have 2 but holding for a customer.

The same "damaged" story in my store. But the employee explained that "damaged" is also their code when something goes back to the manufacturer. In any case, he said they could sell it to me.