[comp.sys.apple] Is buying a used Hdrive a good idea?

prl3546@tahoma.UUCP (Philip R. Lindberg) (06/20/89)

From article <8906131937.AA20400@crash.cts.com>, by fredr@pro-party.cts.com (Fred Reynolds):
> Network Comment: to #10342 by obsolete!agate!garnet.berkeley.edu!alitov%ucbvax.berkeley.edu
> 
>         Why would you want to buy a 5 meg HD?  for 200 you can buy a used 10
> meg Sider.. I bought my 64 megs SCSI drive for around 650 bucks.. Makes you
> think huh?

How does one go about getting a used hard drive?  Is this really a good
idea?  (since you may not know where it's at, mechanically....)
>


Anybody out there got any opinions about buying a used hard drive?

Phil

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