Re: [Thinkpad] OT: desktop hard drive deal

AS I said, they went belly up
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colgrove, George" <George.Colgrove@state.vt.us>
To: "'Bruce Markowitz'" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>; "vipatte1"
<vipatte1@frognet.net>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:54 AM
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] OT: desktop hard drive deal

Here is part of the message from their web site:

///
OCEANSIDE, Calif., Dec 12, 2003 /PRNewswire/ -- GENICA CORPORATION, a
leading distributor of computer components, peripherals and accessories,
today announced the company's acquisition of the principal assets of optical
storage innovator CenDyne, Inc. The acquisition includes finished goods
inventory, consignment inventory, raw materials, partner relationships and
intellectual property, including the CenDyne name, associated trademarks,
copyrights, and domain names.

. . . .

Genica Corporation will continue to provide technical support and
warranty-related services to existing CenDyne customers and partners through
the CenDyne website, www.cendyne.com .
///

Regarding Rebates: I have got every rebate I've applied for. My problem?
Is remembering to send the darned things out!!!!

Have a great day!

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Markowitz [mailto:scosgt@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:50 PM
To: vipatte1; thinkpad@stderr.org
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: desktop hard drive deal

No, they did close down around 6 or so months ago, but I do see new products
under their name, so I guess someone bought it or they got financing or
something. Their demise had been widely reported.
----- Original Message -----
From: "vipatte1" <vipatte1@frognet.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: desktop hard drive deal

> How Funny!
>
> I not only got the rebate from Cendyne (who said they went belly up?) for
> the drive (bought in Dec and rebate finally paid in June) but the drive
> failed this Dec and they just sent me a replacement last week. Belly up
> must mean different thing to different people....
>
> Pat
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I always get the rebates. When Cendyne went belly up, I got Office Maxd to
> send me the $50 rebate I never got!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "richard" <rpritz@rcn.com>
> To: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>
> Cc: "thinkpad@stderr.org" <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: desktop hard drive deal
>
>
> I wish I had more faith that I'll actually get the rebate payment
>
> At 01:28 PM 1/27/2004 -0700, Deanna Berman wrote:
> >The OfficeMax circular for its in-store specials from 1/26/04-1/31/04 is
> >advertising a Western Digital internal hard drive - 80G,
> >7200 rpm, 8MB cache - for a net price of $19.99 (+ tax on the sale price
> >of $79.99) after three OM instant/OM mail-in/WD mail-in
> >rebates aggregating $80.
> >
> >25 ¢ a gig!
> >
> >Note that this offer is not available on the OM website. Also, if I'm
> >reading the various bits of rebate information correctly, the
> >120G drive will also have at least $80 in OM and WD mail-in rebates from
> >2/1/04-2/7/04, but until the new ad comes out on the 30th,
> >I cannot tell if OM will also offer an instant rebate to sweeten that
deal.
> >
> >These are certainly not the only available rebates on WD drives; I just
> >picked out the ones with the greatest proportional impacts
> >on current prices.
> >
> >Deanna
> >dberman@4dv.net
> >
>
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