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From: sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91)
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Subject: Re: Cheap diskettes - a bargain?
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Date: 16 Nov 88 23:46:10 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.

Well, I don't know anything about their Mac disks, but I do know that
they "roll their own."  Years ago when the Apple II was the thing to have,
I bought 100 DS/DD (5 1/4") disks from them.  15 in all never formatted.
Sure, they were cheap (35 cents apiece).  You get what you pay for.

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