current CD-R online deals anywhere?

[sdsumike619]

Lookin to buy a 100pk of silver top CD-R - anyone know of any good deals going on online right now?

[Treebeard]

http://www.surpluscomputers.com/MED10086.html

ty cd-r 100 pack

[888888]

There was a deal at RadioShack. 50 Ritek CD-Rs (HD-Burn compatible) free after MIR. Got me two packs and am currently waiting for that rebate. Too bad it's expired.

I'll keep an eye out. For quality, I would go with the TY anyway.

[sdsumike619]

deals people......not ripoffs

[Bodysurf]

Lookin to buy a 100pk of silver top CD-R - anyone know of any good deals going on online right now?

Taiyo-Yuden makes about the highest quality CD-Rs now. 52X Taiyo-Yuden CDRs are on sale at RIMA.COM for $28.00 for 100.

You can also go to places like Pricewatch, Pricegrabber, CNet, etc. and search for 52X Verbatim DatalifePlus CD-Rs which I've had great luck with.

[Treebeard]

deals people......not ripoffs

A deal is simply not the lowest price. You must factor in quality of product also. So much for trying to help you.

[haloblack]

http://www.surpluscomputers.com/

Treebeard, have you actually had good experiences with them? They ripped me off once by advertising a "full version" Nero 6 that wasn't, they've spammed me with mails that mentioned "your recent order" even though I've never used that address with them, and they've even had their BBB membership revoked for bad service.

[Treebeard]

http://www.surpluscomputers.com/

Treebeard, have you actually had good experiences with them? They ripped me off once by advertising a "full version" Nero 6 that wasn't, they've spammed me with mails that mentioned "your recent order" even though I've never used that address with them, and they've even had their BBB membership revoked for bad service.

No, i just saw that deal, Before I order from anybody I always go to www.resellerratings.com and check the info there.

[888888]

http://www.surpluscomputers.com/

Treebeard, have you actually had good experiences with them? They ripped me off once by advertising a "full version" Nero 6 that wasn't, they've spammed me with mails that mentioned "your recent order" even though I've never used that address with them, and they've even had their BBB membership revoked for bad service.

That's why RIMA is probably the best place. Of course, this guy does'nt sound like quality is even remotely a factor for him. In that case my friend, go to Staples, Office Depot etc, and there will always be some kind of 50 pack for $5. I have gotten some awful media that way. If that is your idea of a "deal", then save yourself the trouble.

[Treebeard]

That's why RIMA is probably the best place. Of course, this guy does'nt sound like quality is even remotely a factor for him. In that case my friend, go to Staples, Office Depot etc, and there will always be some kind of 50 pack for $5. I have gotten some awful media that way. If that is your idea of a "deal", then save yourself the trouble.

I would never buy those "store brands" for free, they suck. I usally buy Fuji cd'rs I have burned several hundreds and they dont fail me. buy cheap and thats what you get.

[888888]

That's why RIMA is probably the best place. Of course, this guy does'nt sound like quality is even remotely a factor for him. In that case my friend, go to Staples, Office Depot etc, and there will always be some kind of 50 pack for $5. I have gotten some awful media that way. If that is your idea of a "deal", then save yourself the trouble.

I would never buy those "store brands" for free, they suck. I usally buy Fuji cd'rs I have burned several hundreds and they dont fail me. buy cheap and thats what you get.

Ironically, those "Fuji CD-Rs" are what made me stop buying cheap media in the first. I bought a 100 pack spindle for $25-$15MIR at Best Buy. I was less careful at the time and did not take care with the rebate (regular mail, not signature confirmation). Needless to say I never got shit. And if that wasn't bad enough, these Fujis were PRODISC CD-Rs and were some of the worst I have ever used. I have a lot of ruined archives because of these.

[Supreme2k]

Actually, if you live nearSurplus Computers (as do I), the TYs are a great deal. Fortunately, going to there directly, I can see what is shit and what is gold

[LLoyder]

sdsumike619, i've been using Ritek CDRs for a while now and have gotten nothing but superior performance. I've read that Ritek wasn't the best with CDR media but that must of been early on b/c i've been using these for some time now and couldn't make a coaster if I tried. I've got cheapy CDRs from 5 years ago which still play perfect so I personally wouldn't spend twice as much for the "snop appeal" TYs. To each his own though. Here's what I buy and it's priced very nicely and work great.

http://www.shop4tech.com/item2271.html

[dafoe]

When I first saw the title of this thread, my first thought was aren't CD-Rs cheap enough?! Christ, I was paying $2 a piece for them back in 98. And you couldn't just walk into Walmart or Staples and buy them. I had to get them at computer stores.

Then I thought, "Maybe he's included quality in the value equation." That theory was shattered by the the rude, terse response from the poster.

None of us are under any are no obligation to help anyone. Yet several people took the time to post what they felt were good deals .

If all that matters to you is price, wait for the next Staples sale and buy some junk media. I made that mistake once. I got a great deal on Staples branded media. Almost all of them wouldn't even burn- they were complete junk.

If a 25 cent CD-R seems like a "ripoff" to you, maybe you should find another hobby..

[LLoyder]

dafoe, I didn't think the original poster was being rude, they were just looking for a good deal. They probably shoulda responded with a little more detail though instead of the one sentence which probably came off wrong. I agree that all CDR media is dirt cheap right now but if someone is ordering thousands then I do see a difference in price. And some are on such tight budgets that .18 a disk vs. .25 does make a difference. IMHO, I don't see a difference between TY media and the Riteks I use. I'm sure some error program will show TY with overall lower errors, but my disks play back perfectly with no coasters, so what gives? I just don't believe in throwing money away. The early years of CDR were much more problematic in that you had to know what was good and what wasn't. Now I think CMC makes like tons of cdr media for so many different manufacturerers, and I personally haven't had issues with any of those either. So it's all about what works for you. For .18 a piece right now i'm stickin with my Riteks.

[Bodysurf]

When I first saw the title of this thread, my first thought was aren't CD-Rs cheap enough?! Christ, I was paying $2 a piece for them back in 98.

I was paying $10 a pop for Mitsui Golds when Pioneer first came out with their 4X general media SCSI burner!

[dafoe]

When I first saw the title of this thread, my first thought was aren't CD-Rs cheap enough?! Christ, I was paying $2 a piece for them back in 98.

I was paying $10 a pop for Mitsui Golds when Pioneer first came out with their 4X general media SCSI burner!

Wow! That's crazy! I paid $10 for a DVD-R once. But it was a one time deal. I record the Patriots games every Sunday and I was out of DVDs. That morning I was lucky enough to find a blank at Radio Shack

But, as a matter of principal I wont buy new technology until the media is below $5 each.

As for the original poster, I believe his commment was rude. Let me pose this analogy: Your are lost in a strange city. You pulll over to ask a pedestrian for directions. He's a local college freshman, so he's almost as unfamiliar with the area as you are. Unfortunately, he can't help you.

Instead of saying, Thanks anyway, you blurt out "Don't you know anything? Thanks for wasting my time." before speeding away. Wouldn't THAT be rude? That's essentially what the poster did.

I've had a DVD burner for 3-4 years now as well as two set tops. I rarely use CDs. When I run out (every year or so) I go to Walmart and buy a 100 pack.

Unless the 17 cents a disc includes shipping, you aren't really saving anything. With DVD burners and media quickly dropping to rock bottom prices, CD-Rs are becoming an obsolete format- like the floopy. I can't imagine too many people are ordering CDR-s by the thousands.

[DVD ER]

Check out

http://store.yahoo.com/cdrsolutions/80mintaiyyud.html

Taiyo Yuden CDR's at $26.00 a 100 spindle. I think that they have had this price for over a year now. When ever I have ordered from them they have shipped my order out the same day and I would receive a tracking number that night by E-Mail.

DVD ER

[haloblack]

No, i just saw that deal, Before I order from anybody I always go to www.resellerratings.com and check the info there.

You and me both, which is why I'm shocked that RR doesn't have a huge stack of complaints about them. The Fatwallet forums are full of people talking about what scammers they are.

[LLoyder]

not to burst anyones bubble, but resellerratings.com isn't all that it is hyped up to be. On most stores they have a handful of reviews or at least less then a few hundred. Anyone that's taken a basic statistic course knows regardless of whether the results are positive or negative, you can't get an accurate sample with such little feedback. I use Bizrate.com and I'll give just one example of many. I've been buying things online for well over 5 years and since this is a media forum, i'll use a media site as an example.

I buy mostly from shop4tech.com I've been buying from them for about 3 years or so. Before I ever bought anything though I checked around to see what kind of feedback I could get on them. For the most part there just wasn't enough feedback to make a good decision either way. When I first bumped into resellerratings.com the same was true. Hardly any people with reviews. I think there were like 30 people or something with reviews. Multiply that by 10 and you still aren't even close in getting a realistic sample.

But I eventually found Bizrate.com and searched for shop4tech and what would you know. There were thousands, yes, thouands of reviews. Most of them were positive and I actually just checked them out now, there are over 25,000 people who have rated them since 2000! That's a sample for you alright. I guess serious buyers as well as even shop4tech aren't the least bit concerned with resellerratings.com as shop4tech could easily change their own rating to reflect a much higher one if they wanted to. That would be too easy. But they couldn't do it on bizrate.com. Just a handful of posts on resellerratings.com would make an impact either way, but at bizrate, it wouldn't do much.

By the way, shop4tech with those 25,000 user ratings have 90% or so positive reviews. No way in hell any site could legitimately fraud that with more then 25k reviews. So regardless of who you buy from, if there isn't a decent sampling pool, then you're really not doing yourself any favors. There are a lot more online sites that I buy from as well which have countless thousands of reviews whereas resellerratings doesn't even have a fraction of them.

In short, it's either this: http://www.resellerratings.com/seller787.html

Or This: http://www.bizrate.com/ratings_guide/cust_reviews__cat_id--0,helpful_yes.x--18,helpful...2,start--.html

Or about as much of a no-brainer as there is.

[bluejazz]

How about Ritek's?

http://www.supermediastore.com/cdrblankmedia.html