Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!CUVMA!SWL-L Date: Tue, 16 Jan 90 13:29:07 EST Reply-To: Will Martin Sender: Short Wave Listener's List From: Will Martin Subject: Re: voice-activated tape recorders X-To: garp!henry@MEDIA-LAB.MEDIA.MIT.EDU X-cc: swl-l@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Jan16.141151est.57898@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: bitnet.swl-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu >all i need now is a source of cheap cassettes ... Keep an eye out locally for sales at discount houses or mass-merchandisers or whatever those type of stores are called these days... The local (St. Louis) Venture stores had a tape sale two weeks ago in which they sold 8-packs of TDK D-series C-90's for $7.50, plus the 8-packs contained a coupon good for a free 2-liter Pepsi. Not only was the basic price of 8 reasonably-good-quality cassettes for $7.50 (+ tax) an acceptable price, but, if you actually used the coupon, you can figure another $1 - $1.29 off (maximum amount the coupon was good for was $1.29, but 2-liter soda is often on sale for 99 cents). The last wholesale mail-order buy of cassettes I made was several years ago, when I bought Sony HF-90's for somewhere around 70-some cents each in a quantity of 200. The sale price described above is comparable and buying them at a local dealer gives better warranty and you don't have to mess with cash COD (which is about the only way you can buy wholesale if you're not really a business). Regards, Will wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil OR wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil