Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!swatsun!garth From: garth@swatsun (Garth Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Bulk Disk Prices? Message-ID: <1378@byzantium.swatsun.UUCP> Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 12:45:49 EST Article-I.D.: byzantiu.1378 Posted: Wed Nov 11 12:45:49 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 04:43:05 EST References: <1196@runx.ips.oz> <3023@phri.UUCP> Reply-To: garth@swatsun.UUCP (Garth Snyder) Organization: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA Lines: 51 Keywords: cheap disks double sided mac macintosh Summary: MEI Micro has good prices > In <1196@runx.ips.oz clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group) writes: > > We wish to purchase large quantities of disks from the U.S. and are > after any price information for 3.5" Double-Sided Disks in quantities > greater than 500. > > In article <3023@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > > MacRENTALS, Inc. > P.O. Box 4028 > Humble, TX 77347 > USA > > Last order we placed (April 1986) we paid $1.28 (US) for double-sided > disks in quantities of 100. Just be warned that you will get > industrial packaging and you get pot-luck colors. You can actually do much better than this: MEI/Micro Center 1100 Steelwood Road Columbus, OH 43212-9972 1-800-634-3478 (Visa, MC, etc.) Has double-sided disks of reasonable quality for $.99 each in lots of 50 or more. I don't think the price goes down after 50 at all. I have ordered several lots from them and am in general quite satisfied. Of course, you will not be getting the very greatest disks in the world, but in all the time I've used them I only had one fail on me (and only in one sector, I would never have noticed if I hadn't tried to optimize it with DiskExpress) They are often backordered, so you might have to wait a couple of weeks. The last time I ordered from them I bought 100, and there was one disk missing from each pack of 50. I thought maybe I'd misplaced them and didn't call to complain... the same thing happened to a friend about two weeks later, though, so I'd be sure to count them as soon as they arrive. This person called them up and explained the situation and they were very apologetic and promised to send the extra disks out immediately. You don't get anything but disks and styrofoam peanuts without paying extra: three cents each for labels and five dollars for standard plastic 70-disk holders. -------------------- Garth Snyder UUCP: {seismo!bpa,rutgers!liberty}!swatsun!garth Swarthmore College ARPA: garth@boulder.colorado.edu Swarthmore, PA 19081 ALSO: {hao,nbires}!boulder!garth --------------------