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From: pgn@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Paul G. Nevai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Cheap diskettes - a bargain?
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Date: 17 Nov 88 13:35:26 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
>
>Disclaimer: this is a query about a bargain priced product.  I have no
>connection or experience with this company.
>
>UUCP:     {backbone}!bbn!levin		POTS: (617) 873-3463
>INTERNET: levin@bbn.com



I live in Columbus and I've ben a customer of MicroCenter for five years.
I am VERY SATISFIED. They are the best Mac dealer in town and give a nice
discount to Ohio State custumers on top of their fairly discounted prices.

As far as their diskd go, I've bought more than 500 of their disks over the
years and had a failure rate which is negligible (1 or 2). I have no
idea who makes their disks but I am sure that they vary their manufacturers
depending the best deal available.

Righ now they sell colored SONY DS-DD disk (unboxed) for about $1.15 each.

The  $.85 disks should be OK. Don't buy the labels!!! Buy the 5.25" disk 
labels, they are much better for the 3.5" disks.

One final word: MicroCenter has a 30 days money back satisfaction guarantee
and they mean it. Once I ordered a SuperMac tape drive and bought a lots
of cartridges. As all of us know SuperMac didn't ship for more than 8 months
so I got sick of waiting and cancelled my order. Than after 8 months I
returned my unused cartridges and I got my money back!

Disclaimer. I am the owner of MicroCenter (just kidding).

Have Orthogonal Polynomials
Will Travel

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