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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:05:37 GMT, jennifer.eccles7@virgin.net
(Jennifer Eccles) wrote:

>Buy Verbatim CDRs at your peril !!!

Rubbish.

Use verbatim media cd media all the time.
Never had one fail not even the latest.

Maybe your cd burner has a fault?

I use a liteon 48x cd burner.

>
>I went through several hundred 48x / 700mb / Data Life discs without
>trouble. Then all of a sudden they changed the specification and now
>they don't work! The new 48x / 700mb / Data Life items look very
>similar, but now it says "compatible" under the 48, in small writing. 
>
>Compatible with what?! I've tried recording at 48x and at slower
>speeds too. I've tried data. I've tried music. Not one disc in the
>pack works! Nothing's changed with my hardware or software. (I had a
>few of the old type left, and they still work fine).
>
>I gave one each to two workmates, and they couldn't get them to work
>on their (different) hardware and software either.
>
>Contact Verbatim, you think? Don't waste your time. They don't even
>give you the courtesy of a reply!
>
>Take them back to the shop? No can do. The company who distribute
>Verbatim won't refund the wholesalers unless the returned item is
>"complete". As my workmates binned their USELESS discs
>(understandable), the pack is no longer complete.
>
>Thanks for wasting my money, Verbatim! I've since looked around and
>found many other brands - reputable names too - whose CDRs are the
>same price if not cheaper than yours, so rest assured I won't be
>buying any more of your crap!