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Best Buy- 50 Fuji Spindle -$5

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:09 am
by aviationwiz
Best Buy has a 50 pack of Fuji media for $5. I'd stop by your local store, and take a look and see if they are TY, if they are TY, I would recomend stocking up before you have to start buying TY online.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:42 pm
by aviationwiz
I just got back from my local BestBuy. They had the TY disks, so I picked up 100 CD's.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:53 pm
by burninfool

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:56 pm
by aviationwiz
Best Buy is just behind the times, they are 48x.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:58 pm
by jjones
I picked up a couple of spindles at BB.

Interestingly, I stopped by OfficeMax on my way to BB and they only had "Made in Taiwan" Fuji CDRs (50-pack and 100-pack).

It seems like when the current supply of TY Fuji's are gone, we'll be out of luck finding them in B&M stores.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:22 pm
by UALOneKPlus
CompUSA only had Made In Taiwan Fuji CD-R's too... :(

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:49 pm
by thetiger
thanks for the heads up I got some at best buy today. a 50 pack of TY. I noticed all the 100 pack spindles of fuji were the made in taiwan prodisc kind. :cry:

PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 12:23 am
by BuddhaTB
Made in Taiwan Fuji disc?!?!? :o

When did this all happen? I must have away from the CD-R world for far too long. I guess I better stop off at Best Buy and pick up a spindle.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:22 am
by airtommy
BuddhaTB wrote:Made in Taiwan Fuji disc?!?!? :o

When did this all happen? I must have away from the CD-R world for far too long. I guess I better stop off at Best Buy and pick up a spindle.


http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=12100

PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:29 pm
by VEFF
Very nice deal for TY, with no rebates!

I would have been all over this in the past, but I have 800 or so blank
CD-Rs just withering away in my closet from deals a while ago.
I have been focusing on DVD burning for a while now.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:54 pm
by aviationwiz
Wow, 800 CD-R's. You could make a small fortune selling those on ebay.

I have about 200-250 CD-R's. I will probably use them in around 4-5 months. Depends on how much stuff I have to burn.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:48 am
by UALOneKPlus
VEFF wrote:Very nice deal for TY, with no rebates!

I would have been all over this in the past, but I have 800 or so blank
CD-Rs just withering away in my closet from deals a while ago.
I have been focusing on DVD burning for a while now.


There is a $8 rebate.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:29 pm
by VEFF
aviationwiz wrote:Wow, 800 CD-R's. You could make a small fortune selling those on ebay.

I have about 200-250 CD-R's. I will probably use them in around 4-5 months. Depends on how much stuff I have to burn.


That might not be a bad idea :)
I had someone here interested a while back in buying my old spindles (aka bee hives, which are sold online), of which I have a bunch (15 maybe?). I wasn't selling them (at the time), but I mentioned I had a bunch.
Now that I use albums for my CD/DVD discs, I don't need the spindles for anything.
I could probably get a nice chunk of change for the 800 blanks (almost all of them are 40X and above) and the extra 'bee hives'.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:35 pm
by VEFF
UALOneKPlus wrote:
VEFF wrote:Very nice deal for TY, with no rebates!

I would have been all over this in the past, but I have 800 or so blank
CD-Rs just withering away in my closet from deals a while ago.
I have been focusing on DVD burning for a while now.


There is a $8 rebate.


Oh, thanks for clarifying that since it wasn't mentioned.
Then it is still a good deal for TY, but not as hot as I originally thought :)

In any case, I believe the last CD-Rs I bought were 100 Maxell 650 MB 40X. They were only $4.94 after coupon (shipped free) from Staples with NO rebate. I didn't have much need for them, but couldn't resist.
I figured I would eventually use them...

They were out of the Optimum, and were subbing the Maxell and giving an instant rebate.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:29 am
by CDRecorder
Thanks for posting this deal! My BestBuy store had the TY Fujis (rated 48x), so I bought a spindle! :D

PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:36 pm
by Leon75
Hi, I was wondering what TY stood for and how do you check for it?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 4:15 pm
by aviationwiz
TY stands for Taiyo Yuden and you can check to see if your disks are TY in Nero CD Speed.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 12:28 am
by BillyG
I know this is an old thread - but does the Made in Taiwan come in the same cakebox that the Made in Japan TY does?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:02 am
by CDRecorder
I haven't seen the Made in Taiwan discs, but I've heard that they come in a package that looks much more like the packages used for CMC discs.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:55 am
by BillyG
CDRecorder wrote:I haven't seen the Made in Taiwan discs, but I've heard that they come in a package that looks much more like the packages used for CMC discs.


Thanks - I will avoid them like the plague! I bet they'll have the thin ridge at the top like Imation's cakeboxes do.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:56 pm
by redk9258
Has any checked the status of their rebate at www.myrewards.info ? I sent mine in a month ago and it still says new. (I registered for the fast cash back in 20 days deal).

PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:08 pm
by Ian
www.myrewards.info is a sham. You never get your rebate in 20 days.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:12 pm
by aviationwiz
Yeah, mine still says new as well, and it has been a month. I hope I get my rebate at all.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:18 pm
by vsekh
Same here. After 2 months, it finally says that they are processing the rebate. I guess it doesn't hurt to try to get it sooner by registering.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 1:13 am
by CDRecorder
I've never done a rebate through myrewards.info, but the one Fuji rebate which I have received (the others were sent recently) took 2 or 3 months.