I've been desperately searching for Western Digital Red 3TB drives for a reasonable price. Every online retailer that I've heard of is either out of stock, or is charging a huge mark up. I found one site that was selling them at a reasonable price.
www.ctistore.com
They were going for $184.99 when the same drives on Newegg are $259.99+$7.28 shipping.
Anyway, I placed my order on September 2nd, and the ETA was 14 days. I waited, and I waited some more. Fast forward to today. I got tired of waiting, and decided to cancel my order. I gave CTI a call, and the rep said they are on back-order, and they don't know when or if they will ever get them in stock? What? You don't even know if you're ever going to get any stock at all? Fed up, I told her to go ahead and cancel my order, that I would explore other options. I go back to their site a few hours later and.... they are in stock. Wait, what? They are listed as shipping in 1-2 Days, and (IN STOCK). Am I crazy? Does anyone here have any experience ordering from this site? I feel like I'm being tricked somehow, but at the same time, I usually have bad luck when it comes to situations like this. Maybe it's all just a coincidence or a misunderstanding? Any input would be appreciated.
www.ctistore.com
They were going for $184.99 when the same drives on Newegg are $259.99+$7.28 shipping.
Anyway, I placed my order on September 2nd, and the ETA was 14 days. I waited, and I waited some more. Fast forward to today. I got tired of waiting, and decided to cancel my order. I gave CTI a call, and the rep said they are on back-order, and they don't know when or if they will ever get them in stock? What? You don't even know if you're ever going to get any stock at all? Fed up, I told her to go ahead and cancel my order, that I would explore other options. I go back to their site a few hours later and.... they are in stock. Wait, what? They are listed as shipping in 1-2 Days, and (IN STOCK). Am I crazy? Does anyone here have any experience ordering from this site? I feel like I'm being tricked somehow, but at the same time, I usually have bad luck when it comes to situations like this. Maybe it's all just a coincidence or a misunderstanding? Any input would be appreciated.