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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: Cheap diskettes - a bargain?
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Date: 18 Nov 88 15:05:02 GMT
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In article <32406@bbn.COM> levin@BBN.COM (Joel B Levin) writes:
>I just got a flyer in the mail from MEI/Micro Center of Columbus,
>Ohio.  They are advertising 3.5" diskettes at $.85 each (in lots of
>25; shipping $.50 and labels at $1.50 for 50 -- this amounts to 50
>disks for $45 complete).  They claim diskettes are certified to meet
>or exceed ANSI standards and have "Lifetime Warranty".  My question:
>anyone heard of these guys or have any experience with them or their
>products?  This price is good till the end of December.
>
>	/JBL

I asked the same question about a month ago. One person responded to the
"brand" saying that a friend had found an unacceptable number of bad ones.
Others said they wouldn't take a chance with their data. Even if the 
diskette initializes, it can fail when you need it on a restore.

I ordered KAO diskettes (at $1.09 in quantities of 400) instead. This was
from USA*FLEX. I ordered 100 from them previously (at 1.14 per) and also
bought the labels at 4 cents each. Shipping charge was $4.00.

This time when I ordered, the shipping charge was $10.00. I started to 
back out of the order, but since I was ordering for two people I said OK.
Then I found other people to buy enough to get us up to the 400+ price
which took the sting out of the shipping charge.

On the first order, they shorted me on the labels (by 22 labels) but they
quickly sent another 25 labels when I complained.

I certainly can't endorse the shipping charge since they don't state it
in their ad and it significantly increases the cost of the diskettes. But
if you can gather three other friends who want 100, you not only get the
price break but this brings the shipping down to $2.50 apiece. 

Because of the recent posting about the possible embargo on diskettes, I
thought I'd be prepared for a price hike.

Shirley Kehr