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as for there not being much stuff at best buy, my local best buy has 5
different portable ones, and at least 3 different home units. a ton of
blanks, and many md wallet's.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Person" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "MiniDisc List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 10:54 AM
Subject: MD: Best buy, phasing out MD equip ??
>
> Well everyone -- I think we're fighting a losing battle. While I
> personally love MD, I think it's dying out here in the US. The
manufacturers
> didn't do enough in the advertising department to begin with, and now many
> manufacturers are pulling out of MD all together! Can you believe blank
> cassettes STILL out-sell MD's and even CD-R's ??? Don't these people
realize
> that MD is the ONLY replacement for cassette because of the ease-of-use
and
> re-recordability?? (But all of us know that already.)
> Anyhow -- I went to BestBuy last week. Their MD equipment line has
been
> reduced to practically nothing. I saw a couple of Sony MD bundles and a
> Sharp portable.. THAT'S IT!! I was very disappointed, and decided to just
> buy blanks and a new MD wallet. Walked to the aisle with blank CD's and
> cassettes and there they were: A VERY SMALL and OVERPRICED selection of
> blank MiniDiscs. I just bought a 10-pack and went searchng for the wallet.
> It seems that Best Buy was out of stock of the MD wallets... And had
> been for 5 months. They never re-ordered them. I asked if I could make an
> order request if I purchased so many of the wallets, and they told me: "
All
> re-stocking is computer generated. The computer hasn't re-ordered the
> wallets, and I don't know when we're getting any more in.." That's it !!!
> This is so bloody ridiculous!! MD is far better than CD-R or CD-RW!
Now
> there are NO stores in the Albany, NY area that carry a good selection!!
> Should I give up on the format or what? I don't want to, because it's so
> handy to have a portable digital recorder.. BUT what can I do if they stop
> selling the good stuff??
> Anyone else having this problem??
>
> -Don
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