My, my Phil. Got up on the wrong side of bed this morning? Feeling a bit testy?
I just suggested you might have made the understandable mistake of confusing Mitsubishi Chemicals with Mitsui. I don't recall saying that if I haven't personally seen something, it cannot be.
Of course, in your case I may be willing to make an exception.
We all know that brands are constantly switching actual manufacturers. And Mitsui has made discs for other brands in the past, including Yamaha, Philips, Sony and Teac. In addition, while Verbatim makes it own CD-Rs it also sells CD-Rs made by CMC. So it wouldn't be out of the question for Verbatim to contract with Mitsui for CD-Rs as well.
But you lost me when you claimed that you are holding an AZO disc made by Mitsui. Mitsui uses its own patented phythalocyanine dye. Mitsubishi Chemicals uses its own patented AZO (now Super AZO) dye. The two aren't anything alike.
As for your "frosted look on the top" evidence, it doesn't mean much. Genuine Verbatim (Mitsubishi Chemicals, that is) discs are coated with a pebbly finish lacquer that very much resembles the finish on genuine Mitsui discs.
The fact that you bought these at a computer fair doesn't help your cause either. As dolphinius_rex stated, one is more likely to get goods of questionable origin at a computer fair.
So, I guess I will make an exception in this case and not believe your story. You're just a tad too defensive in presenting your case. It makes we wonder why. I'll believe that Mitsui makes CD-Rs for Verbatim when I hear it from a source that doesn't have such a high personal stake in justifying who makes the CD-Rs he buys.
cfitz