Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!crg5!crg3!dvp From: dvp@crg3.UUCP (Dan Vander Ploeg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Low-cost disks... Message-ID: Date: 9 Feb 90 16:28:12 GMT References: <9002050048.AA10510@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <927@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Sender: dvp@crg5.UUCP Distribution: na Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, Oregon Lines: 18 In-reply-to: jenglish@tardis.Tymnet.COM's message of 9 Feb 90 03:32:23 GMT > I don't know who they are, but I do have a number for MEI/Micro Center, > 1-800-634-3478. They have 3.5" DS/DD and SS/DD Disks for .45 each. > Shipping .50 per 25 disks. Sold in lots of 25. I have bought over 150 > of these from them, and have yet to find a bad one. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In a recent sample of 25 MEI disks, I rejected 7 (28%). Six wouldn't spin without making terrible noises. The seventh was strange; when I said "format," nothing happened. Nothing. Drive didn't spin, no error messages, nothing. I think the bad disks can be returned for refund or replacement, but for seven disks it wasn't worth my effort. In a recent sample from Lightspeed, at $1.00 each, I found no bad disks. With the bulk Sony disks from the local user group, I average 10% bad. --Dan [...!ogicse!sequent!dvp]