From: Bert Haskins (bhaskins_at_triton.net)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 20:45:07 EST
This weeks deal from OfficeMax is 50 @ $1.99 after rebate.
I really wonder thou, about just how safe our data really is on these.
One of the many really bad parts of our "World economy" is that items
like this end up being made if not in exactly the same factory (many brand
names), at least by
the same process.
I can remember when the first 3 1/2 HD floppys first came out they were ten
bucks each.
Now they are as low as a dime or so.
Sounds great, but your data is probably toast after as little as three
years.
I've had floppys stored in several locations, even in my bank safety deposit
box for
several years..
Over two-thirds of these (high-density) are now bad (flaking oxide).
The same is true with those once expensive data tapes, junk after about five
years.
These things were supposed to last a long, long time.
The only good part is that on most of these I did retain hard copy listings
and
if I had to, I could scan them back in.
The crazy part of this is that I have some even older low-density disks ( 5
& 8 in.) that are still fine.
It really bothers me to think of how many people are trusting their family
photos to CD-Rs.
How do we know what will happen to those as they age?
Some plastics can do some strange things over time and you don't find out
about it until to late.
--Bert.
Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> This weeks Office Max deal is 200 32X CD-
> R for $49.99 less $35.00 rebate = $14.99 for 200
> NOT BAD
> (And I bought DVD-R at the show last nite for $3.00)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deanna Berman" <dberman_at_dimensional.com>
> To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 5:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Why I prefer CD-R's
>
> > OfficeMax usually has the same deals on the website, including the
> > rebate coupons and instructions. I believe that if you buy $50 worth
> > of merchandise (before mail-in rebates), the shipping is free. (I just
> > tried to check that, but the free shipping info was linked to the
> > wrong page, so there may be a giant exclusion that I don't know
> > about.)
> >
> > Around here, CompUSA usually advertises the best rebate deals, but it
> > expressly does not offer them on its website. And in my opinion, it is
> > in a dead heat with Best Buy for Anti-Consumerist-Store-Policy Scumbag
> > of the Century.
> >
> > Another thing I liked on the OfficeMax site is that you can view the
> > entire list of currently advertised rebates -- and their respective
> > deadlines -- on one page instead of having to select a specific
> > product before seeing that it has a rebate offered.
> >
> > Deanna Berman
> > dberman_at_dimensional.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "phillip ramirez" <laswazuki_at_yahoo.com>
> > To: "'Steve C.'" <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 06:24 AM
> > Subject: RE: Why I prefer CD-R's
> >
> >
> > > Your about right but they save themselves because its all rebates..
> > Its
> > > not sell items anymore so it cant be considered fraud or bait and
> > > switch..since it is a rebate not offered by the store.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Steve C. [mailto:stevec50_at_yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:24 AM
> > > To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> > > Subject: Re: Why I prefer CD-R's
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Bruce Markowitz <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > > > Office Max rebate
> > > > 32X CD-R
> > > > $8.99 plus tax for 50
> > > > $7.00 rebate
> > > Too bad they don't have any in stock. Their sale ads
> > > are just consumer fraud!
> > >
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