CD-r's are supposed to get 350% more expensive. soon.

[Gayowulf]

I ran across an article ( http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,49504,00.asp ) That suggests cdrs will rise in price as much 350%, for various reasons. Buy tons now and sell them to your friends later :)

[Edited by Gayowulf on 05-12-2001 at 03:50 AM]

[Haze]

Yeah, its just great isnt it? Time to through away the old cd burner.

[Epgs]

i already have about a years worth

[GameSource]

Darn back to Zip disks, hmm first i need a zip drive, darn.
Hmm guess im gonna have to hurry up and buy some CD-Rs hmm maybe CR-RWs for back up. This sucks now im gonna need to get a job, sucks to be a teen.

[Coolin]

I just bought 20 CD-R's for $16 Canadian a week ago. They come in these neon colors and thin cases. Nice :cool:

[Gayowulf]

Verbatim?

i got 100 off ebay for 25 US. they were kinda shi*ty and i kept complianing. buddy gave my money back so i would give him good feedback. think i should?

[Epgs]

i got 50 for free from office depot and once 50 for 15 bucks on outpost.com

[Giancarlo]

I could 100 off Dalco.com for $35... I think.. should buy another set.

[Epgs]

i personally don't think the story is accurate but that is my prediction. i am no psychic

no one said anything about psyco though

[Neo_Mitochondrian]

No matter how much Sony and others increase their prices, you will always find Imation CD-Rs for 29 cents

[Koolguy]

Yeah, first napster now cd-r's becoming more expensive... ----.. im outta buisness

[Giancarlo]

Sorry... but the price is in affect now. Each average price for each one of those CD-Rs are now between 28 Cents - 32 Cents each on most sites I shop on.

[Ted S]

If you live in an urban area and have a frys, best buy or anything similar near, you should be able to get a 100 stack of cdr's for like $25 (no shipping either). If you buy bluk, you can get them for a few cents a piece.

[Epgs]

and get them free after mail in rebate at any superstore

[GameSource]

I once got a 200 pack of CD-R's from um.... Office Max for like $20. Good price if you ask me.

[Gayowulf]

Originally posted by Epgs
i personally don't think the story is accurate but that is my prediction. i am no psychic



What are you on about?

Sometimes when CD-Rs are cheap you have to worry about the quality. If you are just selling them to other people it probably doesnt matter as much as if they are for yourself. believe me i have more coasters than i need for any occasion as a result of cheap cdrs. Buffer underrun errors suck too.

[Rodie]

Originally posted by GameSource
Darn back to Zip disks, hmm first i need a zip drive, darn.
Hmm guess im gonna have to hurry up and buy some CD-Rs hmm maybe CR-RWs for back up. This sucks now im gonna need to get a job, sucks to be a teen.

Why bother with Zip disks? Their prices are a lot worse. Even when you buy them in bulk (i.e. a ten pack or something), they typically cost $10+ per disk! And that's just for a 100MB disk!

Even at 28 cents a pop, the capacity of a CD-R is still 550MB more than a zip disk, and about 1/40th the price of the ZIP. Of course you can also get some CD-RW's for a buck if you want to be able to re-use them.

Plus CD's are optical media instead of magnetic. They're likely to be more durable and last longer than ZIP disks.

And you can burn your pirated music on them! you can't beat that!!

[Coolin]

Argh, I thought I bought CD's cheap when I got 20 of them for $16, now people are getting them for 20 cents each. :(

[Koolguy]

Thats american prices dude

[Coolin]

Originally posted by Koolguy
Thats american prices dude
So? I knew that already.

I got them for 80 cents Canadian. They got it for 20 cents American. 20 cents american is 30 cents canadian. See my point?