BestBuy 3/10- 3/16 deals! (HOT! 50pk Fujifilm $5 AR AND D-link router w/ print server $30 AR!!!)

[Tiggerbaby]

hehe

 

[marill999]

guess there're not going as fast as we all thought they would...

 

[JameyF]

<< guess there're not going as fast as we all thought they would... >>




They are, but they had more than we could anticipate. I bet they sold over 100 per store today alone. When I got my 8, one of the sales guys was reloading the shelves. He was carrying 12+ each trip to the shelf. He was stacking three shelves two high, three deep, and about 3 wide. That's about 50, and they had already been cleared out once by 3:00. Again, this is without the 8 I bought.

This price is hot for TY's without rebate, but with the MIR's, it's steaming! Compusa and others list these things for $30 most of the time.

 

[mtaelite]

it just sucks that there is only 1 rebate per address... and iw as hoping on getting a rebate on all 4 of the spindles I bought. I signed up at myrewards.info and nothign was mention ther about a limit so I thought I was good to go. Oh well

 

[marill999]

who cares about the rebate! the price is WARM even w/out the rebate!

 

[Modge]

I went to BB and picked up the D-Link Router but they had a different offer than the one in the flyer. I got the D-Link DI-704 (not 704P) for 29 after a $50 mir. They did have a rebate on the D-Link 704P but in was only for $30 and the price was $99. I was confused at first but then I just figured what the hell I don't really need a print server. Also they had the D-Link 530TX+ NIC for 14.99 - 5.00 mir. I picked that up too.

 

[JoeKamel]

can anyone tell me why is everyone excited about the Taiyo Yudens? dunno much about different cdr medias. thanks.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

<< can anyone tell me why is everyone excited about the Taiyo Yudens? dunno much about different cdr medias. thanks. >>

according to most who use this media it is the best especially Made in Japan (have not seen it oherwise...but you never know ) I'll use just about anything but Maxell and esp. not Memorex had 2 different spindles of 10 ea Memorex...1st one 6 coasters 2nd 7. TY has long term dye = great. I'm currently using Imation and TDK (Georgia plant) and for quicky short CompUSA brand 100 spindle (only paid like 14 about 2 yrs ago ...still using them up...) get a coaster about 1 out of 20 (mostly when I'm experimenting with IDE to SCSI transfers...lol ...my bad)

 

[wluk]

i hope they still have some fuji cdr left.

 

[Amploud]

<< They're probably Taiyo Yudens, so $5 for 50 is a quite a toasty deal indeed. Thanks. (I'm still burned by the 200 damn TDK Riteks I mistakenly bought from Target ) >>



Ok, this is a bit off topic, but what is the big deal about who made the CD-R's? Is there a big difference in speed or defects? Regardless of who makes these Fuji, I am there!

 

[overclock]

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<< They're probably Taiyo Yudens, so $5 for 50 is a quite a toasty deal indeed. Thanks. (I'm still burned by the 200 damn TDK Riteks I mistakenly bought from Target ) >>



Ok, this is a bit off topic, but what is the big deal about who made the CD-R's? Is there a big difference in speed or defects? Regardless of who makes these Fuji, I am there! >>



Here is the CD-R id on the Fujis.

ATIP: 97m 24s 01f
Disc Manufacturer: Taiyo Yuden Company Ltd.
Reflective layer: Dye (Long strategy; e.g. Cyanine, Azo etc.)
Media type: CD-Recordable
Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown
nominal Capacity: 702.83MB (79m 59s 73f / LBA: 359848)

When buying CD-R's look for Made in Japan.

And it does make a difference. Some brands burn better and faster with less errors than others. There are some comparisons out there somewhere and TY's are the best.

 

[StayPuff]

Hey, can I use that router as a switch for my home network? I don't have broadband (yet) and currently use a crossover cable to network my two PCs together. Would this router serve as a switch/network hub until I get boardband internet?

 

[StayPuff]

Edit: Double post....

 

[Kaervak]

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<< They're probably Taiyo Yudens, so $5 for 50 is a quite a toasty deal indeed. Thanks. (I'm still burned by the 200 damn TDK Riteks I mistakenly bought from Target ) >>



Ok, this is a bit off topic, but what is the big deal about who made the CD-R's? Is there a big difference in speed or defects? Regardless of who makes these Fuji, I am there! >>



Here is the CD-R id on the Fujis.

ATIP: 97m 24s 01f
Disc Manufacturer: Taiyo Yuden Company Ltd.
Reflective layer: Dye (Long strategy; e.g. Cyanine, Azo etc.)
Media type: CD-Recordable
Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown
nominal Capacity: 702.83MB (79m 59s 73f / LBA: 359848)

When buying CD-R's look for Made in Japan.

And it does make a difference. Some brands burn better and faster with less errors than others. There are some comparisons out there somewhere and TY's are the best. >>



Also, with the long strategy dye, if you're going for archival purposes, they last longer than the short strategy ones. Pretty much any CD-R with long strategy is good. Maxell, Verbatim and Fuji are the ones I currently know of that use long strategy.

 

[overclock]

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<< They're probably Taiyo Yudens, so $5 for 50 is a quite a toasty deal indeed. Thanks. (I'm still burned by the 200 damn TDK Riteks I mistakenly bought from Target ) >>



Ok, this is a bit off topic, but what is the big deal about who made the CD-R's? Is there a big difference in speed or defects? Regardless of who makes these Fuji, I am there! >>



Read THIS!

This is a GREAT article talking about the quality of media.

Here's another!
Of course, you risk wasting time by writing to the bad discs--but you get what you pay for.

 

[dc]

as of 4pm

Pasadena Best Buy
fuji cdrs: 4 spindles left when i got there, i took 1, seconds later a guy takes the last 3. none left.
dlink router: 3 left. 2 new, 1 open box. all 704, no 704p's.

City of Industry Best Buy
fuji cdrs: hehe, the normal area for cdrs has none, but next to the monitor section, there were 34 spindles when i got there, i took 1, another guy took 2. 31 left
dlink router: none left

hope this helps

 

[Wolfram]

picked up the fuji's mine says "1x up to 24x"
sweet deal for $5!!

 

[Trader05]

Well i said $17 for 100 Ty's because say unless you can only use 1 rebate per household, 22-5 = 17 lol...still hot without rebate!

 

[virtuamike]

Has anyone tried using the TY's in a 32X burner? From the reviews on Storagereview it looks like you can write a lot faster than what the media is rated at (for 24X burners, didn't see anything about 32X).

 

[novicejr]

For those who live near Fry's. You can get the 50pk Fuji up to 24x for 8.49 (no MIR to worry about). The BB here in Mesquite, Tx ran out. $3.50 more than BB but no MIR headaches.

 

[saimike]

2 things:

- fuji cdr come in 16x and 24x and both get the same rebates. grab the 24x first!
- no one seems to be grabbing ... at least my bb had lotsa dlinks and fuji's left.

on the side note, is anyone experiencing troubles getting the dlink704p to work? or in general, getting routers to work with cablemodem? i have a motorola surfboard and the dlink keeps dropping my att broadband connection renewing the lease time (or smth like that) seems to reconnect me, but its dropping me EVERY minute ... so something's got to be wrong ...

 

[dc]

hm. city of industry fry's has the fuji spindle for 19.99.

 

[novicejr]

dc, mine were marked 19.99 also but when I asked the manager for that area to price match, it rang up as 8.49 and so did the register at front so try it.

 

[manly]

Fry's pricing is regional, not nationwide.

And they won't pricematch to a different region either.

 

[punkrock]

anybody know if this router has a shared (hub style) or switched ports?