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"Today, a top 52X/24X/52X CD-RW drive costs less than $300. . . "

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 02:06:53 +1200, GraB <> wrote:

>http://www.reseller.co.nz/Reseller/R...3?OpenDocument
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>"Today, a top 52X/24X/52X CD-RW drive costs less than $300. . . "

Date: Mar 3, 2003

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 03:17:08 +1200, Gurble <> wrote:

>On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 02:06:53 +1200, GraB <> wrote:
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>>http://www.reseller.co.nz/Reseller/R...3?OpenDocument
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>>"Today, a top 52X/24X/52X CD-RW drive costs less than $300. . . "
>
>Date: Mar 3, 2003

But even then they would've been closer to $150, if that.

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 02:06:53 +1200, GraB <> wrote:

>http://www.reseller.co.nz/Reseller/R...3?OpenDocument
>
>"Today, a top 52X/24X/52X CD-RW drive costs less than $300. . . "

I wish people/websites would date more articles - sometimes knowing
when something was written is important.

Gurble <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 02:06:53 +1200, GraB <> wrote:
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> >http://www.reseller.co.nz/Reseller/R...3?OpenDocument
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> >"Today, a top 52X/24X/52X CD-RW drive costs less than $300. . . "
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> Date: Mar 3, 2003

I'm guessing the pricing was not from pricespy.

The journalist probably plagiarised an outdated article he found on the net.

On 6 Jun 2004 17:55:12 -0700, (Roger Ramjet)
wrote:

>Gurble <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
>> On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 02:06:53 +1200, GraB <> wrote:
>>
>> >http://www.reseller.co.nz/Reseller/R...3?OpenDocument
>> >
>> >"Today, a top 52X/24X/52X CD-RW drive costs less than $300. . . "
>>
>> Date: Mar 3, 2003
>
>I'm guessing the pricing was not from pricespy.
>
>The journalist probably plagiarised an outdated article he found on the net.

Could be though CD burners of that speed are not that old and I have
never seen them at anywhere near that price and "pay $400 more for a
DVD burner"!

In article <>,
says...
> http://www.reseller.co.nz/Reseller/R...3?OpenDocument
>
> "Today, a top 52X/24X/52X CD-RW drive costs less than $300. . . "

It does, about $69 at the moment

Gurble wrote:
>>"Today, a top 52X/24X/52X CD-RW drive costs less than $300. . . "

> Date: Mar 3, 2003

Still... I paid ~$145 for my CDRW of those specs over a year ago... dont
know the exact date, but it was prior to april.

--
Dave Hall
http://www.dave.net.nz
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 12:40:32 +1200, "Dave - Dave.net.nz"
<dave@no_spam_here_please.dave.net.nz> wrote:

>Gurble wrote:
>>>"Today, a top 52X/24X/52X CD-RW drive costs less than $300. . . "
>
>> Date: Mar 3, 2003
>
>Still... I paid ~$145 for my CDRW of those specs over a year ago... dont
>know the exact date, but it was prior to april.

When I bought my Ricoh 20x 10x 40x it was $160.