Seagate FreeAgent Go Dock 100521233 (Silver/White)

Comment: Amazon advertised buy the Free Agent Go portable hard drive & receive the docking station free. Yes, it was free, but the item I received was not the item advertised. The item # 100521233 is supposed to be silver & white - and, if you look up the item #, it should have the carrying case! The item I received is ALL WHITE & no carrying case. My receipt lists the item as Silver/White & the box it came in has the product # of 100521233 & shows a picture of the silver/white dock. Where they got this doc from is unknown! Appears it is a "special purchase" and, therefore, not the item as advertised. It does at least have the Seagate name on it. Amazon says I can send it back & they'll send me another one! Too much hassle for a "free" item! I won't buy from Amazon again if they are doing the "bait & switch" game! Ha, how do I know it won't be the same docking station? I think we Americans are buying too many things on the Internet and are getting taken, especially by the companies that are outsourcing!

Comment: I bought a 250 GB freeagent go almost two years ago. I bought a new notebook at the same time, so it had USB 2.0 ports & I assumed the second USB connection on the port was a waste for me.

Soon, I had two more "standard" 500 GB Seagate hard drives with AC adapters, because my notebook only had two USB ports and even with two powered USB Hubs, it couldn't handle all three external drives with everything else I have plugged in.

One day I plugged in the wrong plug & realized that the far connection is for power only. So I bought a cheap AC - USB adapter (looks like an old Motorola cell phone charger, the fat part that plugs into the wall but with no cord and one or more USB ports on the bottom for charging USB devices), plugged the far cable into the AC-USB adapter and the near USB connection(which supports BOTH data & power transfer). I was amazed by the results.

All three hard drives now run seemlessly, even with my SanDisk mp3 player, digital camera, wireless mouse, digital picture frame keychain, ipod, and everything else attached.

For a long time I thought that a rediculous power demand from my PC's USB ports was the compromise I had to accept for the convenience of having data available bia one USB cord when on the road. Now I just leave the FreeAgent Go Dock plugged in at home, and I keep the single USB cable in my computer bag.

This provides the often necessary convenience of single cable operation on the road with all the benefits of a "standard" (as opposed to portable) AC - powered external hard drive at home, with it's low PC power demand.

I hope this helps. I never post here, but I've never had anything I though could be nearly as helpful before. Good Luck.

Comment: It prevents from having to lay your drive flat on the desk; eliminating taking desk space, and the chance of laying something on top of it.

Comment: Works as advertised, price is right.

Those of you that didn't receive a case for your hard drive, it's probably because this item doesn't come with one. The one that does is called FreeAgent GoDock+. That's GoDock PLUS, which means additional or extra. I suggest you read and view more carefully before you purchase items online.

Comment: I like several others did not receive the case as used to be indicated in the product description. Only the dock.