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From: thompson@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Bargain diskettes (BEWARE!!!!)
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Date: 21 Nov 88 01:22:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxf.cso.uiuc.edu!thompson    Nov 20 19:22:00 1988


>I called these folks a while back when the flyer first came out and asked
>them specifically who these disks were made by. They said they were under
>contract to not reveal this information!!! I said fine, I'll never buy any
>disk that I don't know who makes it and said goodbye.

This is unsurprising.  Nobody who sells generic *anything* can reveal
 the name of the manufacturer.  It's apparently a normal aspect of
 "generic supply" contracts.  Try asking Jewel who makes their
 "house brand" soda.  It's not them, but they won't say who.

If you do not want to buy those disks, fine.  Stick to name brands (which
 MEI has at very good discounts as well: Sony @14.55 + .30 P/H).  But
 their inability to reveal their supplier is hardly an indication of
 a company's customer relations or "crookedness".  They are not
 trying to bilk you; they simply cannot reveal their supplier's
 name.  They may be Sony, KAO, or Joe's Disks.  Who knows?

The name on a box of disks is very important.  Take a look at
 Verbatim and "Bonus".  Both apparently made by the same company, but
 Bonus is cheaper, because it doesn't have the Verbatim name.
 That's why generic suppliers will not allow the use of their name.
 Good will is a large chunk of a company like Sony's assets.

- Mark Thompson                  "The University Neither Knows Nor
  erstwhile T.A.                  Wants To Know What I Am Saying."
  University of Illinois at U-C

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