on 4/2/02 6:32 PM, (G-Books) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think I ordered my VST expansion drive from Shoplet the same day you did > (last Sunday 3/24?). I got a call from Shoplet on Thursday saying that they > would be shipping my drive. I got them to overnight it to me at their > expense (an upgrade from the Fed Ex 2 day service I already had). Got my > drive Friday and it works great under 9 and X. > > I think we've seen the last of these drives at the sub-$60 price. Any > vendors that still have them--like OfficeDepot.com--are selling them at the > old retail prices (~200 bucks). As many of you have probably noticed, > several of these drives have shown up on ebay in the last couple of weeks, > all them being sold in the $125 area. Bet they are some of the one's from > the Smartdisk Yahoo store. > > Jim R.
They were great prices, but unfortunately it seems as though the likes of Shoplet and Sparco (who also had the drives) not only sold Smartdisk's products, they also took customer service lessons from them too (i.e., I've not had super service from Smartdisk in the past). I had my order for a 10GB exp bay HD and a 250MB Zip exp bay done and confirmed by Shoplet on the 22nd, though I got an email from Shoplet a couple days later saying the exp bay HD was permanently out of stock; same deal with Sparco, whose real-time availability updating system showed 6 exp bay HD's still available when I placed my order. They too emailed me a couple days later saying the item was out of stock. The only thing I can think of is that mine was an international order, which usually takes longer to process, though you'd think/hope the store would hold the items on your order till they got the cc approved. I guess you can't have everything though: i.e. both low prices and half decent customer service. The irony is that when I found the exp bay HD's available at Shoplet, I did make sure I got my order thru before informing the list, precisely because there were only a few left. Oh well. Not the end of the world. Now keeping the eyes open for breaking deals on the web... if anyone gets a whiff, let us know ;-) Chris H -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
