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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New Jasmine Trade-in policy
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Date: 3 Dec 89 23:56:01 GMT
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cuello@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>For those of us unfortunate enough to have purchased Jasmine HDs during the
>terrible year of 1988, Jasmine is offering a deal worth examining. They are
>offering to exchange the damaged drive for a new, double-capacity, 2 year-wa-
>rranty drive (including new versions of the 10MB of stuff they bundle) at
>a price "below their manufacturing cost".  In my case, they are exchanging
>an Innerdrive 45 SE (with a damaged platter assembly) for a brand new (?)
>Direct Drive 80.  The low price for the exchange is US$199.
>
>Now, what do you guys think of this deal? Is this one of the strategies that 
>Jasmine is pursuing to woo its unsatisfied costumers, or is this just a way
>to recycle the returned-damaged-and-now-repaired HDs of previous months?
>
>I hope to hear from you soon, for I think this is a most tempting offer.

That all depends on what mechanism they use in their 80.  If it's a Quantum,
forget it.  If they use a Seagate or other unit, then the deal is worth
investigating.
 
                                                // John C. Archambeau

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