>... so I went to Tower Records downtown and found the same Sony 4-pack deal.
>I decided to root around, and found within the bowels of Tower a 5 pack of
>TDKs
>for $12.99! Now that is a good price, but I still only wanted one, so I
>bought
>1 TDK at the counter for $5. They had another single disc at the counter: a
>Sony for $11.99! Clearly, MD in the US is the bastard child when it comes to
>blanks; no one even knows how to price them. But next time I need blanks, I'm
>buying those super-cheap TDKs, which sounded great :-)
Well I've e-mailed the buyer for Tower records a few times. Basically,
his answer is he sees no great future in MD, and has said flat out he will
make no effort to stock more MD or try to get better prices. Soudns like
the old chicken and egg. Unless sales go up, they won't make the
investment, and at $10 per disc, no one is gonna buy anything.
- J
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John McLachlan
Draper Laboratory
Cambridge, MA 02139-3563
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