I'm not sure if I'll be doing this myself, but I think this is a pretty good deal if anyone's looking to get a hard drive for either backup storage or to install Linux on or something.
Best Buy has retail boxed Maxtor 40 gig 5400 RPM drives for $79.99 and they're offering a $30 rebate on them. The rebate is mail-in which might scare you, but if you send in all the required pieces by registered mail with a return receipt you shouldn't have a problem.
$50 for 40 gigs sounds pretty sweet if you ask me.
