Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site wucs.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!Glacier!oliveb!hplabs!qantel!ihnp4!wucs!nz From: nz@wucs.UUCP (Neal Ziring) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Cassette Tapes Advice and Lifetime Guarantees Message-ID: <1251@wucs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 13:39:41 EST Article-I.D.: wucs.1251 Posted: Sat Nov 9 13:39:41 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 01:17:09 EST References: <10838@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <953@lll-crg.ARpA> <112@emacs.UUCP> <377@faron.UUCP> Reply-To: nz@wucs.UUCP (Neal Ziring) Distribution: na Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis Lines: 35 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. -- ======== ...nz (ECL - we're here to provide superior computing) Washington University Engineering Computer Laboratory "Now we'll see some proper action..." old style: ... ihnp4!wucs!nz new style: nz@wucs.UUCP