INTEL 730 480GB pricing

[larry2506]

I have found pricing of SSDSC2BP480G4R5 nearly $200 less than SSDSC2BP480G410 on several sites. I have a hard time deciding why a reseller kit (with all the extra's) would be less cost than the drive only package? Is there a difference inside? Are some core's locked off from defects? Is there a difference that consumers will not be detecting, that corporate manufacturers would detect? Please help me and many others out there understand this.

Thanks, larry2506

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[Dereck47]

Yeah, that's very weird.
Newegg is selling the SSDSC2BP480G4R5 for $274.00.
Amazon is selling the SSDSC2BP480G410 for $456.99.

Here's the only thing I could find on the subject:
https://communities.intel.com/thread/55450


EDIT: Newegg is also selling the SSDSC2BP480G410 for $456.99.