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From: nz@wucs.UUCP (Neal Ziring)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Cassette Tapes Advice and Lifetime Guarantees
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Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 13:39:41 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  9 13:39:41 1985
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In article <377@faron.UUCP> rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) writes:
>A small note about tape brands.
>They have different guarantees.
...
>p.s. Anyone know what the other brands require?

Maxell: Lifetime replacement (mail the bad tape to New Jersey)
Fuji: Lifetime replacement (I don't know if sales rcpt is required)
Memorex: Lifetime replacement (mail the bad tape to California)
Sony: Lifetime replacement (mail the bad tape to New Jersey)
BASF: Lifetime replacement
TDK: Lifetime replacement (mail the bad tape to New York, no rcpt required)

That's all the tapes I have in my desk.  

Just an interesting anecdote to fill out an otherwise dry article:
When I went to High School, I lived in the town where TDK tapes were
manufactured.  My friend and I used to go up to the factory about once
a month and look around.  They would often leave testing rejects on a
corner of the loading dock, and we could therefore pick up factory
seconds of TDK SAs and TDK Beta Video tapes for free.  
I still have several of the tapes, and they still work fine (made in
USA!  even the factory seconds still work after 8 years).  If any
adventuresome netters want to try this, the factory is just east of
the Meadowbrook Parkway in Garden City, New York, on a street called
Eastgate Blvd.
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