[78-L] Why dl isn't the only one buying his CDRs in the US

[David Lennick]

I've been in Maijer's (Sterling Heights area, if that's the one, north of 13 
Mile Rd as I recall)..it's about 10 blocks long. Not the place to if all you 
want is one 6-ounce yogurt at midnight. By the way, last year I went into 
Maijer's in Kalamazoo and it looked as if the place was going out of business.

I've favored Sony CDs for years and often found them for $15 a spindle at 
Staples in Rochester and Syracuse. Unfortunately they don't have a single 
location in or near Buffalo or Niagara Falls..I presume because those would be 
too close to Canadian stores in St. Catharines.

Ridata is very reliable, by the way. I used to find them at good prices in 
electronics stores on Kennedy Rd. in Toronto but they phased them out.

On the other hand, I have an old cordless phone that needed a new battery and I 
thought I'd try Radio Shack in Buffalo. They managed to find a number for what 
I needed and an excellent price, $9, but couldn't figure a way to order it for 
me and ship it to one of their stores (free) or to my US mailbox ($6). Radio 
Shack in Canada is "The Source" and I found the battery there yesterday. $21.99 
but ohne rumficken.

dl

DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> A couple of days ago I went to Port Huron MI because I had to get my Net10 phone refilled and to look for good prices on CDRs.  In Canada, the best price I've seen in years for CDRs is $40.00 per 100 for a brand I was not familiar with, (Ridata).  Typically the prices range between the high $60s to over $80.  I went to the wal-mart in P.H. and found Memorex at $19 per 100.  I went next door to Mejhier's, which is just like a Wal-Mart exept it's spelled differently, (it's probably spelt differently than I spelled it too because I don't remember exactly how it was spelt).  They had the same Memorex spindle for around $17.  Since I prefer Sony CDRs, I asked the floor person where I might find those; she suggested that I try Target.  I went there and, sure enough, there were Sonys at $22 - a bargain by any Canadian standards.
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