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

[Sean O'Malley]

Quick additions:
http://www.dealmac.com
and http://www.dealnews.com (they are related sites and the deals are
handpicked usually by reputable dealers.)

and http://www.freeafterrebate.info/
(they are rebates though. )

Sean

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Scott Henry Harrison wrote:

> 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
>
>
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