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In article <1993Jan8.150304.29897@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Mike.Chang@launchpad.unc.edu (Mike Chang) writes...
>In article <7JAN199321332076@utarlg.uta.edu> b912dieg@utarlg.uta.edu (DOUG WITMER) writes:
>>In a recent posting I offered to pay $1.00 for working RLL and IDE drives.
>>I have received offers to sell for more than twice that amount.  The fact
>>is I can buy brand new drives here in Dallas for $1.60/meg and I've bought
>>used ones for $0.66/meg.  So keep those offers coming, but lets be
>>realistic.
>>Doug Witmer
>>b912dieg@utarlg.uta.edu
> 
> 
>I can't believe this kind of posting -- the unit prices for a 40MB and
>a 1.2GB drive are quite different. For example, some one recently posted
>that some CA firms are selling some made in Taiwan 1.2GB drive for $850
>or something. That works out less than $1/MB and they are new with
>3 months warranty, if you really wants to go after that. On the other hand,
>I would be VERY surprized if you can find new Conner 40MB drives for $64
>or something. 
> 
>And you don't offer the same price for a one month old Honda Civic EX that
>some one can't keep up the payments and a 5 years old Yugo, do you? Someone
>might laugh at you if you offer him $500 for his almost new Honda.
> 
>If you really want to buy cheap, I am sure some one something has something
>in his guarage that can sell you what you are asking. I gave a friend for
>free a 5 years old 60MB MFM drive a couple weeks ago.  That is a full
>height drive, heavy and consume quite some of your "watts" at startup. 
>And, worse, that drive died about 10days after he got the drive -- 
>fortunately he does not have any valuables on it.
> 
>Happy hunting for the hard drives. If I read you post earlier, you
>probably can have .50/MB for that drive. And let me know if you get
>many offers for those a couple weeks old 200MB to 500MB drives that
>works out to be less than $1/meg -- I will be very interested.
> 
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The $1.60 per meg drives are Conners.  They start at 170 Megs and are 
brand new.  They carry a one year warranty.  By the way, I've had
pretty good success with my $0.66 cent per meg Segate RLL's.
Doug Witmer
b912dieg@utarlg.uta.edu