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From: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Disks--where to buy?
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Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 21:28:45 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 11 21:28:45 1987
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kpmancus@phoenix.UUCP (Keith P. Mancus) writes:

>   I recently went to buy my first 10 3.5" disks for my Amiga locally
> (in southern New Jersey), and was outraged at having to pay $20 for
> 10 single-sided disks.  Could someone please tell me what I should be
> paying and where I can send for some cheaper, mail-order disks?


Try BEST Computer Supplies.  Sorry I can't give you a definite address
or phone #, but they advertise in all the Mac mags and I've seen ads
for them in AmigaWorld.  In March I rounded up a group order of disks
for the entire CMU campus and I ordered 1000 Sony DS disks at a cost
of about $1.38/disk.  The volume was high enough that I got about 100
free disks for myself as compensation for handling the order.  I had
no problems with BEST, and I haven't heard complaints from the 40+
people that placed orders with me.  You might want to try putting
together a group order with the folks in your neighborhood; buying in
quantity really pays off. 

				--M

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