OT: Verbatim 50-pk 16x DVD-R for -$7.00?

Coursedesign wrote on 4/5/2005, 9:44 AM

Supermediastore has an unusual offer for the above.

If you order qty 50, you get 2 cake boxes of 25 each and you pay $13.00 per the shopping cart. Now print out the $20 rebate and send it in. Looks like -$7.00. YMMV.

These discs come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty, I guess that means that they are guaranteed to last only for a limited time :O).

Comments

B_JM wrote on 4/5/2005, 10:30 AM

does seem to be a great deal ..

Laurence wrote on 4/5/2005, 11:10 AM

Verbatim, like all the disc companies, gets their discs from one of about five manufacturers. Originally they were using the best quality discs, then to save money they went to using the worst, then after many complaints went back to using the best again. This special may be on some of the ones during their low quality period so be careful.

Check out this quote from midway down the following linked page:

http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

"Verbatim became infamous by switching from high-quality MCC to ultra-cheap CMC (CMC Magnetics) media, although they have since returned to using MCC. Companies like Memorex, Fuji and Imation all outsource to media vendors."

scottshackrock wrote on 4/5/2005, 11:48 AM

still, if you're paying me 7 bucks to take 50 dvd-rs from you, ....then i'm cool with it. ha

Laurence wrote on 4/5/2005, 11:57 AM

I disagree. I've got some ultra cheap DVD-Rs sitting on a shelf taking up space right now. I'll never use them because they suck so bad. Having more useless discs on my shelf isn't wort seven dollars to me.

Laurence wrote on 4/5/2005, 12:45 PM

Of course it is also quite probable that these are top quality recent Verbatim discs. In that case this would be quite a deal!

Rednroll wrote on 4/5/2005, 12:52 PM

I hate rebates. I stopped shopping at Best Buy, because their prices really aren't the "Best Buy" unless you send in the rebate. I think they should really rename the store to "Best Rebate". I'm still waiting on my $25 rebate from when I bought some PNY CD-R's about 4 years ago. Maybe it's still going through processing huh? Oh yeah, and I still need to send in my $75 rebate offer, when I purchased my Linksys wireless network and Wireless laptop PCM card combo. Well, I guess that's what rebates are all about, lurer you in with a good price offer and expect the majority of people won't send the crap in or if you do......you get the ole' "It's still being processed" for the first reply and the second reply of "oh, it must have gotten lost in the processing, do you have a copy of the information you sent in?"

baysidebas wrote on 4/5/2005, 1:07 PM

Hey coursedesign, wake up! The $13 price is AFTER the rebate. The shopping cart rings up as $33 for the 50 DVDs.

B_JM wrote on 4/5/2005, 1:14 PM

i hate rebates also -- Best Buy has announced they are are doing away with them - i hope others folow suit ...

Chienworks wrote on 4/5/2005, 1:19 PM

Red, same experience here. I've probably submitted at dozen or two rebates and never seen a penny from any of them yet.

johnmeyer wrote on 4/5/2005, 5:31 PM

I've never lost a rebate (knock on wood) and would hate to see them disappear. Only 10% (or less) of people ever attempt to redeem their rebates, and by failing to make their claim, they end up subsidizing my purchase (thank you very much). I would hate to see that go away.

Coursedesign wrote on 4/5/2005, 5:40 PM

I have never lost a rebate either (and I keep track of them). This out of perhaps 25-30 rebates in the last few years, including several at Best Buy for drives and monitors.

When I checked the Supermedia this morning, my shopping cart total for 50 disks came to $13.00. Before rebate.

I suspected it was an error, so I said YMMV.

How did Best Buy advise that they were dropping rebates? That seems hard to believe.

B_JM wrote on 4/5/2005, 6:03 PM

see here
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050404.gtbestbuyapr4/BNStory/Technology/

p@mast3rs wrote on 4/5/2005, 6:04 PM

It was in the news WRT Best Buy dropping rebates. People are sick of waiting 6 months or more, sometimes never getting money they are owed.

Coursedesign wrote on 4/5/2005, 6:15 PM

So in 2 years time (per the article) they'll have no more rebates.

Unless the other vendors keep them, in which case they'll have to go back...

johnmeyer wrote on 4/5/2005, 11:52 PM

I dug a little deeper and found out what is really going on here.

About a month ago, the FTC and CompUSA settled a complaint, brought by the FTC against CompUSA, alleging that CompUSA did not honor rebates. Even though the rebates were from the manufacturer, the FTC held CompUSA liable!!

If this ruling stands, I can see how retailers would have no choice but to bail out of the rebate business, because they have no control over the fulfillment mechanisms employed by the manufacturers. In essence, the retailer -- Best Buy, CompUSA, etc. -- is being held liable for the actions of another party. Not very fair, and a pretty stupid enforcement method (your government at work).

Rednroll wrote on 4/6/2005, 12:19 AM

"If this ruling stands, I can see how retailers would have no choice but to bail out of the rebate business, because they have no control over the fulfillment mechanisms employed by the manufacturers."

Well, there is a way. I think most of us have seen "Instant Rebates" right? Well this to me makes sense. You purchase the product, you get the automatic discount at the time of purchase. Then it's up to the retail store to get the money from the manufacturer. Well, I guess if the manufacturer then decides not to honor the retail store with the rebate money they're entiled too, then the retail store has some serious leverage. "Ok, you won't honor you're rebate offer that we promoted, then we don't carry your product in our store." You get enough retail stores using their leverage with the manufacturer then you got a good check and balance activity happening. It's good ole safety in numbers. If you got 100 individuals complaining you owe them money, this is no swet to the manufacturer, you've already purchased the product and they have you between a rock and a hard place. You get a retail store selling 10's of thousands of their product, and extra leverage of saying.......hmmmm, that last shipment you sent of your product, we're just going deduct the money we owe you from the money you owe us for the rebates you haven't paid.......then after this we will consider ending our business relationship and no longer carry your products in our store. Where me as an individual, I'm sure it didn't hurt PNY that much that I make a conscience effort to not buy their products any longer.......that didn't hurt them too much. Now if Best Buy says, we're no longer going to sell your product because you don't honor your rebates, then this might have more of an effect on their sales.

Rebates are a scam. How many loans have you taken out, where you can hold their money for 6 months interest free? Then on top of that, you say.....you know what I lost your loan papers in my processing department, so unless you can come up with the original documents you sent me.....I'm just not going to pay you the money. Yeah, try that out and see where your credit scores go.