I've had this for a while and I finally got around to sharing this with you, or rather brag about how awesome this is! A while ago my roommate sent his laptop to the manufacturer to get it repaired. The *unnamed* computer manufacturer instructed him to ship the laptop without it's harddrive and battery.
In less than a week, voila! He got it back. He got it back with some goodies of course! Along with a brand spanking new laptop, they also shipped a test battery and a test laptop harddrive. So, now my roommate now had double of both! Naturally, I snagged myself the harddrive while he kept the battery.
Immediately after, I began looking for portable harddrive enclosures for my newest freebie. I ran across one I liked on ebay and it's starting bid was for a penny. Naturally, I bid on it and what do you know, I won the bid. Sweet, so I won the case. The bad part was that the case was being shipped from Hong Kong and I would have to wait 10 -14 days to combine my two beauties. So, I waited and waited. Oh, shipping was $12.99, which is staggering because the shipping was 1298% more than the item it was shipping.
I was out of town when it finally arrived and I was greeted by the "Hey, sorry we missed you" postcard from the USPS. I quickly biked over there and claimed my prize. I put the harddrive into the case and now they're kissing buddies.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you my $13 5400rpm portable hard drive!
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