I just checked two random locations and they’re available for pickup. They were mostly unavailable earlier this week, so it seems they were holding back stock for day and possibly Cyber Monday.
I personally won’t buy externals anymore because of the following, but may worth it for some of you. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/146hb9k/information_about_cmr_to_smr_manufacturer/
Great to know, thank you. I will do some reading up on people’s experiences with the recertified drives.