cuello@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (12/03/89)
For those of us unfortunate enough to have purchased Jasmine HDs during the terrible year of 1988, Jasmine is offering a deal worth examining. They are offering to exchange the damaged drive for a new, double-capacity, 2 year-wa- rranty drive (including new versions of the 10MB of stuff they bundle) at a price "below their manufacturing cost". In my case, they are exchanging an Innerdrive 45 SE (with a damaged platter assembly) for a brand new (?) Direct Drive 80. The low price for the exchange is US$199. Now, what do you guys think of this deal? Is this one of the strategies that Jasmine is pursuing to woo its unsatisfied costumers, or is this just a way to recycle the returned-damaged-and-now-repaired HDs of previous months? I hope to hear from you soon, for I think this is a most tempting offer. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> | Federico A. CUELLO <cuello@uiuc> | "Am I not a man? Research Associate/Microcomputer Consultant | And is not man stupid? Regional Science Program/CSO Microconsulting | So yes, I am married!" University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 237-I Davenport Hall - Urbana, Il. 61801 | Zorba the Greek | <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) (12/04/89)
cuello@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >For those of us unfortunate enough to have purchased Jasmine HDs during the >terrible year of 1988, Jasmine is offering a deal worth examining. They are >offering to exchange the damaged drive for a new, double-capacity, 2 year-wa- >rranty drive (including new versions of the 10MB of stuff they bundle) at >a price "below their manufacturing cost". In my case, they are exchanging >an Innerdrive 45 SE (with a damaged platter assembly) for a brand new (?) >Direct Drive 80. The low price for the exchange is US$199. > >Now, what do you guys think of this deal? Is this one of the strategies that >Jasmine is pursuing to woo its unsatisfied costumers, or is this just a way >to recycle the returned-damaged-and-now-repaired HDs of previous months? > >I hope to hear from you soon, for I think this is a most tempting offer. That all depends on what mechanism they use in their 80. If it's a Quantum, forget it. If they use a Seagate or other unit, then the deal is worth investigating. // John C. Archambeau /* **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* ** Flames : /dev/null (on my Minix partition) **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* ** ARPA : crash!pnet01!jca@nosc.mil ** INET : jca@pnet01.cts.com ** UUCP : {nosc ucsd hplabs!hd-sdd}!crash!pnet01!jca **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* ** Note : My opinions are exactly that...mine. Bill Gates couldn't buy ** my opinion...but he could rent it for a few nanoseconds. :) **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* */
gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (12/05/89)
Does the Jasmine trade-in DirectDrive-80 have a quantum mechanism? 8-)
c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau) (12/05/89)
In article <820@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes: >cuello@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >>Now, what do you guys think of this deal? Is this one of the strategies that >>Jasmine is pursuing to woo its unsatisfied costumers, or is this just a way >>to recycle the returned-damaged-and-now-repaired HDs of previous months? >That all depends on what mechanism they use in their 80. If it's a Quantum, >forget it. If they use a Seagate or other unit, then the deal is worth >investigating. Now, wait a minute. Quantums are faster, quieter and have had a better record (Apple's bad batch notwithstanding) than Seagate over the past year. Than any other drive manufacturer other than Imprimis. I have heard of *none* of the problems that Apple's batch has had happening with other, non-Apple Quantums. Third Wave, a major reseller of Quantum-based drives, has reported a less-than 1% return rate. > // John C. Archambeau --- Alex "Boy, you have a big .signature!" Lau (No disclaimer necessary)