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From: bjb@pyramid.com (Bruce Beare)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 45 meg removable drive
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Date: 13 Feb 90 20:53:25 GMT
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In article <1573@husc6.harvard.edu> fry@brauer.harvard.edu (Goggles 
Paizsano) writes:
> In article <41144.25D6F695@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> 
MURDOK.THE.MERCILESS@f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG (MURDOK THE MERCILESS) writes:
> >new 45 meg removables are sellling for $750
> 
> *Ehman* drives, which are thought to be of lesser quality
> than Mass Micros, are selling for $750.  Mass Micros list
> for over $1800.  Also, I'm offering 3 hard drive cartridges
> cartridges which retail for $150 a piece (plus a huge library
> of digitized photographs!).
> 
> The value of different items is open to debate, but you can't
> complain to Mercedes for selling their cars for six times the price
> of a Hyundai.
> 
> David Fry                               fry@huma1.harvard.EDU
> Department of Mathematics               fry@huma1.bitnet
> Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
> Cambridge, MA  02138 
          
True, Mass Micro drives may LIST for $1800, but that does not reflect 
either their quality, or their street price. ALL of these drives use the 
same drive mechanisms and cartridges (I get them for $90 each). The
differences are largely in the case and the power supply. Note, that the new
drives come with one cartridge -- so you are only 'giving away' two carts.

I simply won't accept that a better power supply is worth $1050 ($1800 -
$750). BTW, as I posted a couple of weeks ago, you can get the Ehman drives
for $600 if you ask for Stephanie or Rose when you call -- tell them that you
develop software for the Mac (I don't think that you need to be an apple
partner, but it might be helpful to have some proof [APDA membership?]).

Bruce Beare
bjb@pyramid.com

[my only connection with Ehman is as a satisfied customer of ~1 month].