No, 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)
Freaky_Freddy
joined 2 years ago
The 20TB easystores got down to $280 about 3 weeks ago
I would rather buy a 20TB Red Pro with 5 years warranty for $300 dollars, than a 20TB easystore for $280 that loses its warranty when shucked
At some point penny pinching just isn't worth it
Also, i have a shucked 18TB easystore and its much louder than my 16TB red pros
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.