{"id":2348,"date":"2012-11-21T17:48:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T01:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2025-07-20T06:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:05:13","slug":"wanted-black-friday-drive-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wanted-black-friday-drive-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted: Black Friday Drive Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hard drive prices<\/a> shot up due to the flooding <\/a>in Thailand, and still haven\u2019t returned to \u201cpre-flood\u201d levels. Since we are determined to keep our commitment to unlimited online backup<\/a>, we’re constantly looking for good deals on drives.<\/p>\n

We just found out that Costco will have a fantastic deal on hard drives this weekend. The deal starts this Friday, November 23rd<\/sup> and ends on Sunday, November 25th<\/sup>!<\/p>\n

Want to help Backblaze continue offering unlimited online backup?
\nCare to help us on a super-fun-Thanksgiving-weekend-holiday-hard-drive-hunt?
\nWant to earn some cash at the same time?<\/p>\n

Order up to five drives from Costco this weekend, ship them to us, and we’ll pay you $5 per drive.<\/p>\n

Here are the steps (important to follow ALL of them):
\n1. Go to our Facebook Sign Up Page<\/a> and sign up with your name and a valid Paypal account. (This offer is only valid for the first 200 people who sign up here.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Buy this specific Seagate 3TB External hard drive from Costco Online at the $99.99 price. (Not from a Costco Store; leave those for the local folks.)<\/li>\n
  2. When purchasing the drive use this address for shipment:
    \nH.D. Farmer
    \n500 Ben Franklin Ct.
    \nSan Mateo, CA 94401<\/li>\n
  3. Forward your tracking number to hdfarmer@backblaze.com<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Once we receive the drives and your receipts, we will Paypal you the total cost of the drives, and the $5 per drive bounty.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For the next few days, Backblaze is putting a $5 \u201cbounty\u201d on each of these drives for a total of $25 extra in your pocket for the effort!<\/p>\n

    Sounds good? Well, thank you!<\/p>\n

    UPDATE:<\/strong> It looks like the drive has sold out! That was fast. Thanks to everyone that attempted and the few who could purchase!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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