From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Wed May 02 2001 - 14:00:06 EDT
Not to rain on the parade, but if you look at pricewatch.com you can find
new 3 year warranty IBM 20G disks going for $124+shipping. With prices
like that, 12G for $99+shipping doesn't make a lot of sense to me, except
for the case of needing that size specifically.
Disks are falling at an incredible rate--at least 3% a month, with dips making
some drops even more dramatic. Anything that is "surplus" now means that
it's worth just a fraction of it's original price, so much so that Louie's
is selling
a 12G disk for about 25% less than a disk 50%+ larger. To me, that doesn't
make the 12G disk very appealing.
Just a thought,
--STeve Andre'
At 11:10 AM 5/2/01 -0400, James H. E. Maugham wrote:
>On the telephone this morning Louie's rep described them as "Factory Sealed".
>But, I won't know for sure until I see the box!
>
>FWIW, the 1969-111 outboard 20X CD-ROMs I bought from Louie way back when were
>described as NIB and came with a "Sealed for Quality by IBM" seal on them and
>all of the accessory bags inside were still sealed.
>
>The 6GB Fujitsu drives he was selling for MORE than these 12GB drives back in
>January were described as NIB and all the ones I got came factory sealed.
>
>Would be nice to have more than a 90 day warranty on these (the Fujitsus had a
>1YR warranty!) but for $99 for 12GB, these really are disposable.
>
>Regards,
>
>James
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Berry [mailto:jberry_at_islandnet.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 11:25 AM
> > To: THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Re: Louie ALERT!!
> >
> >
> > In article <IMELKCNIONCOIOBFACICOEKNDCAA.CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com>, you wrote:
> > >These are NIB,
> >
> > This could be OT, but what does NIB, "New-In-Box" really mean?
> > An ebay seller (with an excellent feedback) told me that NIB
> > means that the item is new, and is in the box, but that it
> > could have been removed from the box earlier, that the box does
> > not have to be in good shape, that there don't need to be any
> > seals. He said that if you want more, you have to go for
> > "Factory - Sealed".
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