Hi, I'm looking for the old Maxtor One Touch external HDD -- but I
want it new!

Surely there's unsold surplus in a warehouse somewhere??

I want the first model of this series

"Prisoner at War" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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In the rare instance that it has not occurred to you as yet, eBay is a good
source for old NOS parts.

Ed Cregger

Ed Cregger wrote:

It's startling how often civility can be mistaken for sarcasm.

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Prisoner at War yahoo.com> wrote:

I just gotta ask ... why?

Try eBay. That being said, there are tons of external disk drives
available on the market. For examplet I just saw a 500GB external drive
at buy.com for $79.

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:18:04 -0700 (PDT), Prisoner at War
yahoo.com> wrote:

I wouldn't know the I from the II, III, or 4 by pictures but
if you do you might try this link,
http://www.google.com/products?q=Maxtor+%%22One+Touch%%22+-II+-III+-4+-IV

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Prisoner at War yahoo.com> wrote:

Any specific reason?

Arno

On Apr 29, 4:08 am, "Ed Cregger" bellsouff.net> wrote:

On Apr 29, 7:24 am, Shawn Hirn comcast.net> wrote:

I hate to disappoint you, but the reason is banal and generally
idiotic: it matches the one I currently have! Not only would another
One Touch stack perfectly on top, but they'd look alike. ^_^

True...but I'd even pay $100 for a factory-sealed-never-used One
Touch...unfortunately, people are only selling used ones for $50-$100
on eBay and amazon...now that to me really doesn't make sense! ^_^

On Apr 29, 7:03 pm, Arno Wagner privacy.net> wrote:

Ah, just 'cause I have one already and want another external HDD to
match it!

But the wider question is, just where do unsold hardware go??

I mean, it's unlikely that every single piece ever manufactured was
sold, right?

If not sold, just what happens to them?

Do companies bury them the way Atari buried all those unsold E.T. game
cartridges? (And what the heck is the sense in spending money to
destroy product?? Why not give them away, even if only for the free
publicity???)

I do know that just warehousing something costs money, though....