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From: chao@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Chia-Chi Chao)
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Subject: Re: MEI/Micro Center floppy disks
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Date: 27 Oct 90 21:26:37 GMT
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In article <6834@hub.ucsb.edu> 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) writes:
>I tried the remaining 24 in the package... out of 25 diskettes I
>had problems with 3. I've never had a failure rate like that...
>
>Has anyone else had experience with MEI/Micro? The 5.25" HD and
>3.5" DD were labelled "Made in China" (please do not interpret
>this as a flame of China although their government deserves it)
>while the 3.5" HD were "Made in Hong Kong." I give this informa-
>tion simply because it was the only identification on them.

I have bought hundreds of disks from MEI/Micro over the years, and I have not
had much problem with them.  The quality seems to have gone down, however.
About 5 out of the 200 5.25" HD disks in my last order failed to format
properly, but they were replaced promptly.  They used to pack the disks in
heavy plastic bags, and the disks worked 100%.  Now the disks are in
lightweight plastic printed "Made in Hong Kong" (for 5.25" HD at least), and
that's when the problem started.  I will probably try another vendor next
time.

Any comments from other MEI/Micro customers?
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Chia-Chi Chao     chao@cs.ucla.edu   ..!ucbvax!cs.ucla.edu!chao