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Postby tazdevl on Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:42 pm

Thanks Ian. Be interested to hear what they have to say.

If you do swap an email or two, it might not be a bad idea to bring up the Sony 500A/X and 2.0F. Hopefully they will see the light.
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Postby MadBurner on Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:28 am

VEFF wrote:Please let us know how you make out.
Two people on another forum complained recently about problems with LiveWarehouse orders.
Their recent resellerratings.com comments are mostly 'Very Satisfied' though, so it could just be bad luck for those two people.


VEFF you were right!! Too many problems trying to place an order with them and so I ordered it through TitanLogic.com for $268.54 shipped! All their reveiws were good and so we'll see what happens 8)
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Postby VEFF on Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:02 pm

MadBurner wrote:
VEFF wrote:Please let us know how you make out.
Two people on another forum complained recently about problems with LiveWarehouse orders.
Their recent resellerratings.com comments are mostly 'Very Satisfied' though, so it could just be bad luck for those two people.


VEFF you were right!! Too many problems trying to place an order with them and so I ordered it through TitanLogic.com for $268.54 shipped! All their reveiws were good and so we'll see what happens 8)


Nice!
That is the best price since I got mine before a few places raised/changed prices.

Let us know how you like it!!!
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Postby MadBurner on Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:52 pm

Got my email confirmation today from them explaining that it will ship out this evening so hopefully I'll have it this week 8)

Thanks again for your help VEFF!!

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Postby VEFF on Mon Sep 08, 2003 2:38 pm

You're welcome Mad Burner!
Enjoy the drive. I am sure you will :)
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Postby aviationwiz on Wed Sep 10, 2003 5:08 pm

Newegg has it back down at $270 now.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.a ... 6827131310

They probably realized that they were the most expensive online store that carried it and decided to lower thier price.
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Postby MadBurner on Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:48 pm

I just noticed that today as well. I wonder how many sales they lost because of it 8)
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Postby aviationwiz on Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:57 pm

Well, I know they lost quite a few just from CDRLabs, so probably many.
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Postby MadBurner on Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:46 pm

They lost me that's for sure :P
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Postby VEFF on Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:29 pm

It is now $253 with free shipping from newegg.
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Postby MadBurner on Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:10 pm

and the black bezel version is now $262 shipped :o
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$245 @ Essencompu.com

Postby mwgordon on Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:43 am

Just ordered one from Essencompu.com this past weekend for $245. Arrives tomorrow.

http://www.essencompu.com/nupplysingar.asp?ID=4791

I looked first at NewEgg, but it was $30 more and Essencompu.com has a 9+ rating at RessellerRatings.com. No brainer.
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Postby MadBurner on Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:21 pm

According to their website (essencompu.com) it's $245 plus $9 freight which totals $254.

NewEgg has it at $253 shipped which is still cheaper 8)
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Yep

Postby mwgordon on Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:51 am

Oh well. It was $270 (free ship) from NewEgg last weekend, so at the time, I came out ahead. Anyway, looking forward to my new drive which I should get today.
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Postby VEFF on Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:28 pm

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Plextor PX-716A same TLA

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LiteOn 52246S (another)
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Postby Misa on Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:50 am

I wonder why it is dropping in price so quickly? I have been meaning to order one but the price droping seems to scare me for some reason.
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Postby VEFF on Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:12 am

Misa wrote:I wonder why it is dropping in price so quickly? I have been meaning to order one but the price droping seems to scare me for some reason.


Don't worry!
DVD burner prices have been dropping dramatically (on and off) for a while now.
Some reasons the price of the X-708A is dropping:

A NEC 1300A 4X dual burner for for $125 shipped, so the Plextor was double that, with the main benefit/difference being 8X +R burning.
In addition, other 8X burners are coming to the market as we speak.
Plextor would obviously like to sell as many drives as possible before the other 8X drives start eating into Plextor's piece of the pie, which is currently 100% of the 8X market...
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Postby MadBurner on Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:30 pm

Why is it considered a "BLOWOUT" though :o

Sounds to me like a new model is on the horizon with 8x DVD-R recording capabilities perhaps :(
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package

Postby chubz9 on Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:21 pm

hello ppl, to those ppl who already have the retail packaged px-708a, can somebody please tell me if the drive inside the box is supported by the foam-support, like the premium drives, or is it the plastic-bubble-thing like the px-504a and the 48x burner? tnx.
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Postby chubz9 on Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:25 pm

for mwgordon, i would love to hear your experience with essencompu.com... i have bought items from them in the past, and i did not like their packaging, well they shipped it fedex 2 day and used the boxes of fedex to ship a hard drive, and my hard drive had only papers and stuff supporting it inside the box, and still it was not filled entirely, so my drive probably bounced all over the box before it got here to me... i don't want that happening to my devices :P hehe..

also, i hated that there are no ways to select faster shipping options on essencompu's px-708a... it just says ships via UPS, is it ground? whew..

tnx.
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Ordered!

Postby chubz9 on Sat Sep 27, 2003 1:42 am

I just submitted my order for PX-708A! got it for $229.46, no tax for me, it offers free ground shipping too, but I selected the $12 2-day shipping, it's ok... :) whew!!! :) excited!
gOoDlUcK! :)


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Re: Ordered!

Postby VEFF on Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:00 pm

chubz9 wrote:I just submitted my order for PX-708A! got it for $229.46, no tax for me, it offers free ground shipping too, but I selected the $12 2-day shipping, it's ok... :) whew!!! :) excited!


Congrats!

If you sign up for ebates, you can currently get an extra 4% off (about $9) by mail.
It is much better than a rebate, because once you log in and buy through the ebates link, the rebate is sent automatically at the end of their 'quarter'; there is no paperwork to fill out etc.

It was actually $218 on Thursday before the ebate, but they raised it by 11.46 to $229.46 on Friday.
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Plextor PX-716A same TLA

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LiteOn 52246S (another)
LiteOn 52327S 52X CD-RW
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Postby chubz9 on Mon Sep 29, 2003 11:18 pm

:-?
was it $218, exactly last thursday, cause i can call them for a price match... pls verify... :) hehe.... ok, i'll try that ebates... tnx.
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Postby VEFF on Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:30 am

chubz9 wrote::-?
was it $218, exactly last thursday, cause i can call them for a price match... pls verify... :) hehe.... ok, i'll try that ebates... tnx.


I am pretty sure, but I don't have a printout.


Now with a 20% off coupon it is $204 at Dell Small Business, but
they charge tax.
It comes out to $216 including tax tonight, before only 2% in ebates (Dell SB is only 2%, Dell Home is 4% for S&P - Software and Peripherals).
I will probably wait for the price to come down more since I already own one.
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Pioneer DVR-111D
Plextor PX-716A TLA0304
Plextor PX-716A same TLA

LiteOn 52246S 52X CD-RW
LiteOn 52246S (another)
LiteOn 52327S 52X CD-RW
TDK 40X USB 2.0 CD-RW
TEAC CD-W540E 40X CD-RW
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