rmy@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Rasthiyaadu Yakaa) (02/27/90)
Hi Some time ago, there was a posting containing a reliable and *cheap* source for 3.5" floppy disks. Will that person or any one else having the name of that mail order source, please e-mail me the info (name, phone#, prices etc). Any other reliable and cheap sources are welcome, too. Thanks in advance. Yaseen
bigbroth@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) (02/27/90)
From article <22469@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, by rmy@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Rasthiyaadu Yakaa): > > Hi > > Some time ago, there was a posting containing a reliable and > *cheap* source for 3.5" floppy disks. Will that person or any > one else having the name of that mail order source, please e-mail > me the info (name, phone#, prices etc). Any other reliable and cheap > sources are welcome, too. > > Thanks in advance. > > Yaseen The company's name is Products Plus and they are located in Santa Clara, California. Phone# 1-800-544-3472 I ordered 200 3.5'' disks from them 3 weeks ago at 37 cents each, pre-labeled. They arrived in one week and *every one* worked fine. Now the bad news, I called Products Plus today (2/26) and they said they were out of that brand for four weeks. I was offered their next better brand, still brand X, at 43 cents each for 150 or more. The company seems reputable and they were extremely friendly but it sounds like the old bait and switch routine. I still ordered 200. Jim Coleman bigbroth@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu
terry@helios.ucsc.edu (Terry Ricketts) (02/28/90)
In article <22469@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> rmy@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes: > >Some time ago, there was a posting containing a reliable and >*cheap* source for 3.5" floppy disks. Will that person or any >one else having the name of that mail order source, please e-mail >me the info (name, phone#, prices etc). Any other reliable and cheap >sources are welcome, too. Try MEI Micro Center. 1-800-634-3478. They are presently selling 3.5" disks for 45 cents each in lots of 25. Some people swear at them, some by them. I have had good luck with their disks so far (I have purchased ~400). They also have good prices on ribbons and paper. Terry
mikef@hpspdra.HP.COM (Mike Fischer) (02/28/90)
I and several friends have been quite happy (zero rejects) with the bulk 3.5 inch DS/DD disks from Products Plus for a total sample size of probably over 200 disks in the last few months. The current price is 39 cents each, any quantity. The price varies depending on market conditions (like oranges). They say "satisfaction guaranteed", and promise to replace any disks that don't work. Products Plus 3350 Scott Blvd. Suite 1903 Santa Clara, CA 95054 (408) 727-9048 (800) 544-3472 Hours: M-F 9-6, Sat 12-4 Pacific Time I have no connection with Products Plus other than being a satisfied customer. -- Mike Fischer
new@udel.edu (Darren New) (02/28/90)
In article <13570023@hpspdra.HP.COM> mikef@hpspdra.HP.COM (Mike Fischer) writes: >... They say "satisfaction >guaranteed", and promise to replace any disks that don't work. I think this is pretty much mandated by law. Something called the Uniform Trade Act, I believe. -- Darren
bevis@EE.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Jeff Bevis) (03/02/90)
In article <402@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu.edu>, bigbroth@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) writes: > The company's name is Products Plus and they are located in >Santa Clara, California. Phone# 1-800-544-3472 [stuff deleted] >I called Products Plus today (2/26) and they said they were out of that ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >brand for four weeks. I was offered their next better brand, still brand X, ^^^^^ >at 43 cents each for 150 or more. The company seems reputable and they I got my load of disks from them just yesterday... I was amazed to find that they had pre-labeled the disks for me... how convenient! It seemed a bit odd that a company selling disks at such prices would do that. Then I noticed the *second* label underneath... Carefully peeling away the top label revealed a glossy label for Epyx's "THE GAMES" IBM version! My disks are all remnants from Epyx's demise! Rather than remove the labels, Products Plus covered them up. The disks are fine, and since they're guaranteed (by Products Plus), I won't worry... but that was an interesting discovery. Now it seems their current stock of post-Epyx media is running dry... I ought to pop one of those game disks into a clone and see if anything happens... I wouldn't expect the disks to have gone thru duplication- but you never know... Alas, I don't have an MSDOS machine to try this on. (who uses MSDOS? Not ME! :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Bevis Purdue Univeristy School of Electrical Engineering bevis@en.ecn.purdue.edu Give me Amiga or nothing at all. Actually, I never liked spam. Spam, spam, spam, sausage, bacon and spam...
gilmore@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Neil Gilmore) (03/04/90)
In article <9003012345.AA19597@en.ecn.purdue.edu>, bevis@EE.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Jeff Bevis) writes... >noticed the *second* label underneath... Carefully peeling away the top >label revealed a glossy label for Epyx's "THE GAMES" IBM version! My disks >are all remnants from Epyx's demise! Rather than remove the labels, This reminds me. A friend had Starglider(?) which supposedly would boot on both Amiga and ST. It didn't work on his system, but he didn't worry too much; he had a couple funky boards installed. He asked me to try it on my machines (I have both Amiga and ST). It wouldn't boot on the Amiga, so I tried the ST. I got a perfectly good copy of Test Drive for the ST. I guess both companies had their disks replicated by the same firm. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Kitakaze Tatsu Raito Neil Gilmore internet:gilmore@macc.wisc.edu | | Jararvellir, MACC, UW-Madison bitnet: gilmore@wiscmac3 | | Middle Kingdom Madison, Wi | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
new@udel.edu (Darren New) (03/05/90)
In article <9003012345.AA19597@en.ecn.purdue.edu> bevis@EE.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Jeff Bevis) writes: >I ought to pop one of those game disks into a clone and see if anything >happens... I wouldn't expect the disks to have gone thru duplication- >but you never know... Actually, I dealt with a company that did the same thing. Their disks DID go thru erasure so I would stongly suspect that the disks you got would also be erased. After all, their cost to erase a disk is minute compared to the possible $50,000 fine for copyright violations. I come to the conclusion that selling disks from defunct programs/programmers is not unusual in the low-cost bulk disk world. -- Darren