Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!jimomura
From: jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Name Brand Floppies
Message-ID: <1991Feb5.145754.15033@lsuc.on.ca>
Date: 5 Feb 91 14:57:54 GMT
Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura)
Organization: Consultant, Toronto
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     Many people buy "white box" discs to save money.  I've tended
to buy "name brand" floppies since I started to get 3 1/2" floppies
because 3 1/2" floppies were inherently expensive, and I wanted
to make use of the warranties.  Up until now I've collected bad
disks and haven't returned many.  The dealer I bought Fujis from
exchanged them directly, so I haven't dealt with Fuji directly yet.
But I had a bad BASF disk last year (bad right out of the box)
and I returned it by mail to the US.  I sent it on Oct 31, 1990
and just yesterday (Feb. 4, 1991) I received my reply.

     Though they were late, I'm happy to say they replaced the
disk and sent extras to recompense the delay and cost of mailing.
Overall I give BASF full marks for their efforts to honour their
warranty.  If you see BASF's at an attractive price, it seems to
be a disk worth buying on that account.

-- 
Jim Omura, 2A King George's Drive, Toronto, (416) 652-3880
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