[GLLUG] SUMMARY: cd-rw drives and hard drives

[Scott Henry Harrison]

Hi: 

Where to get good value on hard drives and CD-RW drives.
A summary of responses from everybody (thank you!). 

WEB SITES:
tigerdirect.com
pricewatch.com
xpbargains.com
computergeeks.com
Newegg.com
techbargains.com 

COMMENTS:
"a better drive/you get what you pay for/
quality worth something" (especially as relates to CD-RW drives;
                 Lite-On recommended) 

"Think about things long-term" 

"a place called MBE in West Lansing
that is a PC wholesaler" (do bunch of paper work to be independent
                         reseller/consultant...get a "DBA" from the
                         county) 

"deep discounts for the holiday sales, the next one being the 4th of
July." 

"Plextor workin for 3 years" = good 

"The thing about rebates is, they'll try to steal your
money just about every time." (yep, been there done that, the painful
                              elevator music contacting their
                              resolution and problems number ohhh!) 

"can help to know the exact model number you are looking for"
       (after doing research, etc) 

"computer trade shows" 

Thanks go out to:
Matt Graham, Sean O'Malley, Jolyon Vincent, Chuck Ulrich,
Mark Lachniet, Paul Melson, Chick Tower, and Michael Rudas 

Regards,
Scott 

Scott Henry Harrison writes:
> Hi:  
> 
> Recently disappointed by prices in Staples and CompUSA
> on CD-RW drives and hard drives... so I put a brake
> on impulse spending and computer/OS tinkering this
> last weekend.  
> 
> Any recommendations about local (or remote/online) vendors
> that provide decent prices for these kind of components?
> (I have heard of CD-RW drives going for $19 from coupons
> in Sunday papers, etc.  Is that the way to go?)  
> 
> Thanks in advance.  If you e-mail me independently, I
> can then post a summary to the list of all the good
> finds out there.  
> 
> Regards,
> Scott