Freaky_Freddy@alien.topBtoData Hoarder@selfhosted.forum•Western Digital has WD Red Pro 20TB drives (normally $379.99 each) on sale for $599.98 for two. Is this a good deal, or should I wait for Black Friday?English
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11 months agoNo, WD drives are just more expensive in europe
(The price on the european websites already includes VAT, don’t know if thats the case for the US website)
In this case i was talking about WD specifically
Their website prices are virtually the same in the different versions of their european websites
for the 20TB red pro:
622 eur in germany
627 eur in france
556 pounds in the UK, which is 638 eur at the current exchange rate
So brexit doesn’t seem to have an impact here, its just that WD sells at much higher prices in europe compared to the US
In general, hardware does tend to be a little bit more expensive in europe, but not by this much. WD seems to take it to a whole other level.