Re: WTD: Lots of new 3.5" DSDD and 5.25" DSDD disks

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Jay writes ...
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> Rubywand wrote:
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> > Jay writes ...
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> > > Rubywand wrote:
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> > > > Jay wrote:
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> > > >  ....
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> > > > > I just purchased 100 new 5.25" DSDD diskettes for $2.60 + shipping,
> > > > > and 500 new 3.5" DSDD diskettes for $15 + shipping,
> > > > > both from online retailers.
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> > > >
> > > >      Those are very good prices! What is the retailer's URL?
> > >
> > > I purchased 500 new 3.5" DSDD diskettes for $15 at Meritline:
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> > >         http://store.yahoo.com/meritline/floppydisk.html
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> > > And 100 new 5.25" DSDD diskettes for $2.60 at Allbusiness:
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> > >         http://allbusiness.firstsource.com
> >  ....
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> >      These are very (very) low prices. So, how did your order turn out? Did
> > the diskettes arrive okay and do they work as expected?
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> The 3.5" DSDD diskettes arrived perfectly, wrapped 50 to a bag.
> The ones that I've tried work great!
>

     Very good! The main reason for my reluctance to order a batch is that
500 is a _lot_ of 3.5" diskettes. At some point finding a place to put stuff
gets to be an intimidating problem.



> The 5.25" diskettes did not do so well.  Allbusiness.com did some
> false advertising and meant $2.60 for a box of ten, and not
> $0.26 for a box of ten.  I ended up with ten diskettes....
 ....

     Kind of suspected that might be the deal. $2.60 for ten 5.25" DD
diskettes in a box (probably with sleeves and labels) is not a bad price;
it's just not nearly as good as 26 cents!

     Something I've noticed in shopping around is that you need to pay
attention to shipping weight. For example, ten of some lower priced 3.5"
diskettes may weigh in at 7 pounds! (Guess these have the older style, pure
lead cases.)  Meanwhile, ten slighly higher priced 3.5" diskettes come to
half a pound.

     By the way, besides the two sources you discovered, another fairly good
one seems to be http://www.bigesupply.com/ .




Rubywand