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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mail-order companies....Inquiry.
Message-ID: <1991May10.160346.2656@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 10 May 91 16:03:46 GMT
References: <7JDFX1w162w@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us> <27BDB52D.17249@orion.oac.uci.edu>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
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In article <27BDB52D.17249@orion.oac.uci.edu> bdugan@teri.bio.uci.edu (Bill Dugan) writes:
>In article <7JDFX1w162w@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us> erby@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (Michael Erb) writes:
>>I am considering the purshase of a 105mb Quantum external HD.  There are 
>>three companies that I am looking at...
>>
>>Warehouse 54 is selling the drive for $399.

>One question that I wonder if anyone can shed some light on:  Why has
>APS had the Q105 drives for $399 and all other companies charge an extra $100?
>Is APS affiliated with Quantum in some strange way?

Funny, I just bought a Q105 from Warehouse 54 yesterday for $349.  It
was $329 last week (drat!).  Shipping was $14 for Fed Ex 2-day.

So the question becomes why is everyone else charging $40-60 more than
W54 on the same drive?  Or is W54 cutting their throats on these to drum
up business? :-)
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