Where to Find Old Hardware?? Looking for Maxtor One Touch ExternalHDD!

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 -- the "Maxtor One Touch", and
not the One Touch "II" or "III" or "4"....


TIA!!

"Prisoner at War" wrote in message
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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 -- the "Maxtor One Touch", and
not the One Touch "II" or "III" or "4"....


TIA!!


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:
"Prisoner at War" wrote in message
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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 -- the "Maxtor One Touch", and
not the One Touch "II" or "III" or "4"....


TIA!!


In the rare instance that it has not occurred to you as yet, eBay is a good
source for old NOS parts.

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

"Grinder" wrote in message
news:kuARj.87486$TT4.35785@attbi_s22...
Ed Cregger wrote:
"Prisoner at War" wrote in message
...
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 -- the "Maxtor One Touch", and
not the One Touch "II" or "III" or "4"....


TIA!!


In the rare instance that it has not occurred to you as yet, eBay is a
good source for old NOS parts.

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


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Thank you. No sarcasm was intended.

Ed Cregger

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Prisoner at War wrote:

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 -- the "Maxtor One Touch", and
not the One Touch "II" or "III" or "4"....


TIA!!

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
wrote:


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 -- the "Maxtor One Touch", and
not the One Touch "II" or "III" or "4"....


TIA!!

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=Max...II+-III+-4+-IV

Unfortunately sellers are likely to still be selling at the
higher yesteryear prices instead of taking a loss adjusting
down to current market value. Such is often the case since
the lower priced sellers tend to sell out of old stock much
sooner.

http://www.Surpluscomputers.com, http://www.geeks.com, or
http://www.amazon.com might also be worth checking in
addition to ebay. Then there's http://www.craigslist.org/
but for some items that seems like more trouble than it's
worth.

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

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 -- the "Maxtor One Touch", and
not the One Touch "II" or "III" or "4"....

Any specific reason?

Arno

On Apr 29, 4:08 am, "Ed Cregger" wrote:
"Grinder" wrote in message

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Ed Cregger wrote:
"Prisoner at War" wrote in message
...
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 -- the "Maxtor One Touch", and
not the One Touch "II" or "III" or "4"....

TIA!!

In the rare instance that it has not occurred to you as yet, eBay is a
good source for old NOS parts.

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

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Thank you. No sarcasm was intended.

Ed Cregger

I searched eBay and amazon, and what they have are used...I want it
*new* -- hence my curiosity about warehouse surpluses....

On Apr 29, 7:24 am, Shawn Hirn wrote:


I just gotta ask ... why?

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. ^_^

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.

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 wrote:


Any specific reason?

Arno



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....