Re: Good source for "new" 5.25 and 3.5 inch floppy disks?

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@bellsouth.net>]

On 9/17/07 2:40 PM, in article
1190054402.084122.307600@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com, "Warren Ernst"
<wernst@gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
> 
> Well, I made up some disks for someone recently, and I was forced to
> open my last box of blank 5.25 inch floppies. Uh Oh.
> 
> It then occurred to me that my supply of Double Density 3.5 inch disks
> is all down to old PC disks, about half of which test bad when I
> format them.
> 
> Ditto for the High Density 3.5 inch disks for my SuperDrives, which
> also test bad about half the time.
> 
> So really, what it seems I need is fresh supply of floppy disks, but
> are there such things any more? I see folks selling them on ebay, and
> Google turned up a few places (such as http://www.oldsoftware.com/disks.html)
> that seem to have some supply, but perhaps my fellow CSA2-ers can
> recommend a place that has sold them consistently good media at a good
> price.
> 
> And are truly new, quality, double-density 5.25 and 3.5 inch disks
> even sold anymore?

I've seen 3.5" disks at Wal-Mart and Big Lots, new in the box.
I wouldn't bet on the quality though. Reports have been that quality of
floppies have dropped since they are no longer the media of choice.