follmer@hplabs.UUCP (08/15/85)
By the way, those of you in the San Francisco BayArea can get Maxell UD-XL-II-S tapes for $2.25 at East-West Appliances, located in Berkeley and Santa Clara. This is their everyday, Quantity one price. The non-S maxell UDXL-II's were $1.90 I believe. Pretty much as good as New York prices, and alot closer. They also have VCR's and Walkmans etc. hplabs!follmer
prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) (08/23/85)
Today I purchased several Maxell XL-II-S 90 minute cassettes. I have noticed a difference in the labeling used on these Maxells than on ones I already own. The older Maxell XL-II-S had the following printed on the cassette shell: POSITION-HIGH Whereas the new ones say: POSITION-HIGH(CrO2) Also, I have noticed other differences; the wrapper on the new ones say: POSITION ------------- IEC TYPE II HIGH[CrO2] The older Maxells I own merely said POSITION HIGH on the wrapper. I also have noticed that the new ones have a Universal Product Code (UPC) on the back of the wrapper instead of the graph of the frequency response on the older ones. My question is: could these new ones be counterfeits? The price I paid was a little on the low side, only $2.79 each at Saxitone Tapes, a local blank tape/accessories dealer. Or could this be a change in labeling by Maxell? Both the new ones and the old ones I have show the address of Maxell Corporation of America in Moonachie, New Jersey on them.... -- Call-Me: Dennis Gibbs, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Center. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!prophet CSNet: prophet@umcp-cs BITNET: GIBBS@UMDB ARPA: prophet@Maryland
saltiel@cdstar.UUCP (Jack Saltiel) (08/24/85)
In article <1361@umcp-cs.UUCP>, prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) writes: > Today I purchased several Maxell XL-II-S 90 minute cassettes. I have noticed > a difference in the labeling used on these Maxells than on ones I already > own. > > My question is: could these new ones be counterfeits? The price I paid was > a little on the low side, only $2.79 each at Saxitone Tapes, a local blank > tape/accessories dealer. Or could this be a change in labeling by Maxell? Exactly. Maxell has changed labels many times in the past two-three years. The price you paid is nothing special (sorry.) I have been buying XLIIS-90 in New York, at various places, for consistently under $2.00. One trip I managed to get some for ~1.69. The competition in blank quality tape has gotten fierce! -- Jack Saltiel Cambridge Digital Systems {wjh12,talcott}!cdstar!saltiel "Nailed retreads to my feet and prayed for better weather."
ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) (08/25/85)
Well, there ARE people out there who make counterfeit cassette tapes. Often you can tell by looking closely at quality of manufacture (or lack thereof). If you're still suspicious, send one to the (real) manufacturer and ask them. They like to hear about this kind of thing; and I would expect them to either tell you it's genuine or say it's not and offer to exchange it for a real one if you help them track down the source. This hasn't happened to me -- just speculation.
daw1@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS) (08/26/85)
> > The older Maxells I own merely said POSITION HIGH on the wrapper. I also have > noticed that the new ones have a Universal Product Code (UPC) on the back of > the wrapper instead of the graph of the frequency response on the older ones. > > My question is: could these new ones be counterfeits? The price I paid was > a little on the low side, only $2.79 each at Saxitone Tapes, a local blank > tape/accessories dealer. Or could this be a change in labeling by Maxell? > Both the new ones and the old ones I have show the address of Maxell Corporation > of America in Moonachie, New Jersey on them.... > Actually I wondered if the older ones were counterfeit! There is a spelling error on all the UD-XLII's I have: Maxell spelled it Corproation. I always wondered about the knuckleheads that allow typos to get into production, especially for years. (But then again, if you've ever read a shop manual for a Japanese bike the word typo would take on new meaning!) Doug Williams AT&T Bell Labs Reading, PA mhuxt!rduxb!daw1