Tom Walker wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

->  TW> First a small Local Chain, PC Club has a Coupon in a Free Computer
->  TW> Rag for a Antistatic Bag Bulk Bare Maxtor Drive for $99.99

-> Do they do mail-order?  :-)

TW> No, that is a Cash Coupon Walk in Price. 

Bummer.  But I've been doing a bit of browsing today and the prices still
seem to be coming down!

-> TW> Then it gets better but Rebates are involved.

-> :-(

-> TW> Office Depot has a Maxtor retail Box for $79.84, after $20 Instant
-> TW> Rebate and $30 Mail in Rebate.

-> TW> It gets even better.
-> TW> CompUSA has a CompUSA brand(usualy Maxtor or Western Digital)For
-> TW> $59.99 after a $50 Instant Rebate and a $40 mail in rebate.

I tried,  numerous times,  to get on their site this afternoon.  The idiot
who decided that a color scheme involving a dark blue background and
lighter blue lettering should be locked in a closet somewhere and given
only a 300 baud modem!  I tried and tried,  multiple times,  and never
could get their page to finish loading.  So these people wanna sell me
stuff?  :-) 

-> TW> And here I am all tapped out!!!  :-(  :-(  :-(

-> You don't mention sizes on those last two.  But the first one is 
-> definitely of interest...                           

TW> All three were 120 gig Drives

From what I can see this afternoon,  that seems to be the "sweet
spot" at this point in time.

-> I just looked through a bunch of stuff from the sunday paper,  and 
-> saw what was out there,  but the whole rebate thing puts a bad taste 
-> in my mouth.

-> Gotta find somebody like that first place you mention that I can 
-> just get a straight deal.

TW>  I think I would sweat out the rebate for the difference between 
TW> $59 and $99 purchase price. REmbember the CompUSA deal was $50 OFF
TW> at the Cash Register(Instant Rebate) and even if you Never get the 
TW> Mail in you have matched the First deal in price.

True.

TW> I going somewhere else drove by my Local CompUSA. The place was 
TW> crawling with customers. I suspect my Store is Sold out on that 
TW> deal. IF you have one near buy it might be worth a call.

We don't have one anywhere in this area as far as I know.  I think there
*used to* be one,  years ago...

TW> Rembembering that not all stores have the same local bargans that 
TW> come in the sunday ads. As a side Note despite the Name CompUSA 
TW> they are owned by a Foreign Firm. A Mexican Corporation in this
TW> case. Dosen't bother me but it does to some.

In our Sunday paper I found ads for Office Max,  Staples,  Circuit City, 
Best Buy,  and that's about it.  Dunno if there are other places out there
which might have 'em around here...

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