Richard Anderson wrote:
> Due to the constantly falling price of MD media ( hurrah !) I doubt anyone
> would be foolish to sit on stock for any long period of time, as it's value
> would have dropped 50% in the last year at market prices.
As MDs are classed as non-perishabvle items, it is common for warehousing
groups not to stocj rotate the items. This means that when the stock is renewed,
the old stock stays at the back, and is only distributed if the stock level
drops low enough for sll the newer stock (now in front of the old stock) to have
run out. In the case of media like floppy discs, cassettes and even CDR, it is
not uncommon for stock to arrive being mixed in age from brand new to months or
even sometimes years old.
I apologise if I snapped at Arnaud for his posting, but I've heard "It's not
our fault" from manufacturers so many times I think a few of them should have it
inscribed in stone as their company motto on the side of every building. I
cannot say whether the stock is or is not manufactured by a specific company -
no longer having the discs I am unable to provide any information that would
enable somebody to do that. As I was the owner of the discs and I don't have
that information, I find it amazing a manufacturer could find a way to tell the
batch details and age of any piece of media without even having seen more than a
scan on a web page not even originating in the same area. If they can then I
would love to know how to do this, it could make me a fortune in the warehousing
industry!
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