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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Blank Disks
Keywords: Disks, Blank, 3.5
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Date: 12 Oct 89 23:29:42 GMT
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In article <1687@csuf3b.UUCP> quang@redwood.UUCP (Quang Ngo) writes:
>Who sales error-free disks with reasonable price?

	1.50 + *
	     |  *
 	     |  *
	1.25 +   *
	     |   *
	     |    *
Cost	1.00 +     *
per	     |       *
Disk	     |          *
	0.75 +                *
	     |                      *
	     |                            *
	0.50 +                                  *
	     |
	     |
	0.25 +
	     |
	     |
	     +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+
	     0    1    2    4    8   16   32   64   100

			Number of Bad Disks/100 (Exponential scale)


It's called production costs. 100% certified error free disks are now
selling for $1.50/Disk (Sony) And 100% Guaranteed (may have some bad
disks) are going for about $1.15 - $1.35 (Sony Bulk). The difference
is in the testing. The more they test, the more it costs them, the more
you pay. In today's market $0.69 disks are "Untested" disks. About the
only test these things go through are for clear spots (no oxide) and 
being able to spin in the jacket. 

Actual response : A reasonable price for error free DSDD 3.5" disks is 
	$1.50 a disk. Nearly everyone sells them.


--Chuck McManis
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