Iomega cd-rw 4x8x32 for $80 after Pm and Rebate!!

jodavi

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I am not sure this is hot guys but here you go!!!
Pricematch iomega zip cd from onvia with the one in Staples
Onvia page
Staples

Use the $40 off $150 coupon shown in the coupon section and then send the $30 rebate ( i heard that it always cames)
$149.95 CD-RW
$ 0.75 PEN
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$150.70
$-40.00 (Coupon)
$-30.00 (Rebate)
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TOTAL $80.70
This is my first post ever, so i am not sure that i did all ok.
Hope it helps!!!
 

dna2z

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Caveat:



<< Staples.com offers a rebate and after the rebate Staples.com's price beats the competition, no price guarantee will be given. You will be getting the lowest final cost by shopping at Staples.com. (For example, if Staples.com's price is $89.99 before a $30.00 rebate then your final cost is $59.99. If the competitor price is $84.99 without a rebate, there will be no price match.) >>



I think I've heard of people getting pricematches and still using the rebate, but if they decide to &quot;accidentally&quot; forget to include the rebate price when they charge your credit card (as they've been known to do), you may have to suck the $40 up.
 

jodavi

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The rebate is after the pm, when i did it, i paid 110.00 + Tax ( Virginia). Now, when i receive this product i will mail the rebate to the given address. ( i already printed the rebate form from the staples web site)
here is the address for the rebate
Rebate
I hope it works, i dont want to pay any extra!!!
Hope is good!
 

ah6tyfour

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thanks dude! i got one. the funny thing is the guy who took my call laughed and said &quot;you lucky duck! i bought one last week and after using my employee discount, my total was $140! and you, a normal customer are getting it for $120?&quot;

hehe...gotta love'm......

has anyone used staples online rebate processing center? do they not need a UPC code for that? maybe i can do that, get the rebate, then sell iton e-bay for double.....that'll get me the plextor 12/10/32 real quick....
 

dascud

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Just got off the phone with the staples CSR. Got the Iomega 8x4x32 for 110 + tax.
Wohooo. :D
Hopefully i'll get my $30 rebate too. 80 bux for a 8x cdwriter is keeeewl.

Thanks. and keep the deals coming..
da_scud

BTW this is my first deal of anandtech and was it easy !!!
 

ah6tyfour

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$110 with tax came to $119.98 right?

so net cost is $90, bot $80..but still great deal

does anyone know how staples online rebate redeption works?
 

Impact55

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Can you use the tech*Bargain staples coupon codes in the store? Also is there a way to PM stuff online @staples?
 

Rhodent

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What do you guys think of this drive? Is it a quality drive? I thought it was a pretty hot deal but doesn't seem like many people are jumping on this. Whats the deal?
 

ah6tyfour

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since nobody wants to give their own reviews, i'll post the link of the site i went to before i decided to go for it.

hope this helps:
[l]http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/storage/iomega/zipcd_650_cdrw/001.htm[/l]

i hope that link works.......
 

Rhodent

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Well good try with the review link. It didn't work but was enough to help me find it. The drive looks like a good deal. I think I am going to do it. Do you just call and say price match X site...and they go and find it on tat site? or what? where do I find the coupon code for staples?
 

pdragn78

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this guy on the onvia website, gave it 1 star

<<
kbingcang@westerntube.com from LOVELY CITY LOS ANGELES
Reviewed the 32x/8x/4x Zip CD Internal ATAPI EIDE CD-RW on Nov 03,2000

bad baby anything u burn it is slow like a turtle and im not satisfied with it... tested &amp; proven.....
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Thanh

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:eek::frown:

I have this drive right now, I paid $125 after rebate in August. The drive will do a good job if your computer is anything faster than a Pentium 166MMX. This drive will not burn at 8x with 700MB media. It'll slow to 2x no matter what. However, with any 650 media, it burns very well. But you can't do anything when it's burning, unless you want a coaster.

~Thanh
 

ah6tyfour

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yepyep, just call and tell them the product number. then say that onvia has the same thing for less. they will go to onvia (i can hear they typing) and make sure..then you get put on hold while they verify. finally they come back and ask for billing info.

word of advice: pricematch first, then ask to include coupon.

my friend tried it, but said &quot;i want the drive pricematched and i have a coupon as well&quot; and got the &quot;only after all discounts will we pricematch if its still higher&quot; treatment.
 

jodavi

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Couldn't agree more. First Pricematch and then tell them about the coupon.
I buy from them all the time. My word of advice: Be nice to them and they will be nice to you!!
good Luck
 

Rhodent

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Is this true about 700's making it drop down to 2X? If so that would suck. It is hard for me to believe this is the case. Does anyone else know anything about this drive? I want to get it but not if 700's burn at 2X. I burn at 2X now.there would be no point.
 

ckmoocow

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I have the iomega 4/4/24 drive. It's a pretty good drive... mine was the first cdrw model iomega made. Not bad at all. However, i do get coasters once in a while. It does have 2MB buffer so I can still surf I had some 80 min cd's that weren't compatible, but i got a firmware upgrade from the iomega site and don't remember getting a problem since. For this drive, i can still burn 80 min cd's at 4x, so i imagine they shouldn't be a prob for the 8/4/32. I got it over a year ago for $150. I'm very happy this drive!! This deal does look hot though...! Good luck people.
 

Rhodent

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On the Iomega site it talks about some feature on the drive where if it thinks it will get a buffer underrun for whatever reason it will drop the write speed back automatically on the fly in order to save the burn.
 

dascud

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just got my zipcd today. Was pretty easy to install and seems to work fine.
Took me abt 15 mins to burn a CD. Is this normal for a 8x.
The iomega customized adaptec is pretty nifty too.

tks again for the deal.
da_scud
 

Rhodent

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I just called Staples and yes they are out of them and they said they do not take orders while the item is out of stock and that assuming this is a tpical item they will have more in 7-10 days. And then I can place the order with them. I think 15 minutes for an 8X drive is a little much unless this is a 700 meg disk, then it sounds a little better. If you figure it at 1200 kb per second with a meg being 1024 kb. Then it should take somewhere in the neighborhood of 600 seconds which is 10 minutes plus two minutes for writing the table of contents. Which comes to 12 minutes give or take a minute. You are saying two minutes onger than that. So I am wondering if it dropped down to 6X at some point. Can you try a 700 disk and let us know the results. Asuming what you did try was not a 700 disk. thanks