September 27th, 2007, 03:18 PM
Quoting DurkaDurka
I've actualy got the mail in rebate on two Lynksys air cards. $15.00 each time.
I tend to avoid buying anything that comes with a "mail in rebate"... scams
Bright Spark
Posts: 313 
Location: Atikokan, Ontario
Location: Atikokan, Ontario
September 28th, 2007, 12:58 PM
Thanks, it's been a busy time for me; just bought a house, started a new job, moved back to my old stomping ground, and have a baby on the way. That, coupled with the idiotic discourse coming from a few of the peanut gallery here (most of which have luckily since been banned or banished) sent me in other directions. I'm sporadic, but such is my nature
I`ll prolly just linger around the technology section from time to time, as the political threads just get me riled up.
$40 or less for 2gB seems alright. Though with school in, you can get them much cheaper around, I've seen the Kingston ones (pretty cheap but work alright) for $20 for 2gB at Future Shop, and $9.99 for 1gB. My mum bought a Sandisk for about $40 for a 4gB, which seems alright.
Though I would say the best place to buy them is off of somewhere like ncix. They go no sale there for much better prices, and because they're so lightweight, the shipping is next to nothing. You could probably pay less than $30 for 2gB, and $12 of that would be shipping and taxes.
I have to say, despite the majority of the stuff Radioshack (or the Source) sells being poor quality, the Dan-Elec usb keys are surprisingly well built and sturdy because of their stubbiness. It's about $50 for a 2gB, but often go on sale for $30-$35.
Thanks, it's been a busy time for me; just bought a house, started a new job, moved back to my old stomping ground, and have a baby on the way. That, coupled with the idiotic discourse coming from a few of the peanut gallery here (most of which have luckily since been banned or banished) sent me in other directions. I'm sporadic, but such is my nature
I`ll prolly just linger around the technology section from time to time, as the political threads just get me riled up.$40 or less for 2gB seems alright. Though with school in, you can get them much cheaper around, I've seen the Kingston ones (pretty cheap but work alright) for $20 for 2gB at Future Shop, and $9.99 for 1gB. My mum bought a Sandisk for about $40 for a 4gB, which seems alright.
Though I would say the best place to buy them is off of somewhere like ncix. They go no sale there for much better prices, and because they're so lightweight, the shipping is next to nothing. You could probably pay less than $30 for 2gB, and $12 of that would be shipping and taxes.
I have to say, despite the majority of the stuff Radioshack (or the Source) sells being poor quality, the Dan-Elec usb keys are surprisingly well built and sturdy because of their stubbiness. It's about $50 for a 2gB, but often go on sale for $30-$35.
Bright Spark
Posts: 313
Location: Atikokan, Ontario
Location: Atikokan, Ontario
September 28th, 2007, 01:01 PM
From experience, 80% of the time we would forget to give them out, 5% of the time the store would not have any of them to give out, 5% of the time we`d give out the wrong one, 5% of the time the customer would get tired of waiting for us to find them one and just say forget it, and of the other 15% of people, at least 2 out of 3 of them would never send them out.
From what I remember reading, only about 5-8% of people actually end up getting the rebate that they`ve centered their purchase around, because of all of the hoops involved. More $$$ for the company though.
Quoting eh1eh
The problem with mail in rebates is that they favour the company too often.
I've actualy got the mail in rebate on two Lynksys air cards. $15.00 each time.
From experience, 80% of the time we would forget to give them out, 5% of the time the store would not have any of them to give out, 5% of the time we`d give out the wrong one, 5% of the time the customer would get tired of waiting for us to find them one and just say forget it, and of the other 15% of people, at least 2 out of 3 of them would never send them out.
From what I remember reading, only about 5-8% of people actually end up getting the rebate that they`ve centered their purchase around, because of all of the hoops involved. More $$$ for the company though.
Chief Mogrifier
Posts: 8,476 
September 28th, 2007, 01:15 PM
In the late sixties UBC bought an IBM 360. I can't remember how much they paid for it but I think it was about a quarter of a million dollars. At the time I was working for the Department of Transport, construction branch who had a terminal to that machine. One of the things I remember was a hand held calculator that was hooked to the terminal by a thick cable and about a seventy pin cannon plug. Apart from having a twelve digit LED display, that calculator would do almost everything my twenty dollar Radio Shack calculator will do.
In the late sixties UBC bought an IBM 360. I can't remember how much they paid for it but I think it was about a quarter of a million dollars. At the time I was working for the Department of Transport, construction branch who had a terminal to that machine. One of the things I remember was a hand held calculator that was hooked to the terminal by a thick cable and about a seventy pin cannon plug. Apart from having a twelve digit LED display, that calculator would do almost everything my twenty dollar Radio Shack calculator will do.
Chief Mogrifier
Posts: 8,476
September 28th, 2007, 03:39 PM
Quoting snowles
I believe one of the students eventually got the 360. All he had to do was haul it away .....in a pickup truck. They also had a couple dozen reel to reel tape machines that went for free as well.......I don't know, but I always assumed they were for memory.
Ain`t it great, there`s more technology now in one of our coat pockets than used to take up an entire building 30 years ago. Amazing...
