MicroDirect have an offer on at the moment, http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...ProductID=6872

Pretty good at just over £1.11 a disc.

Are you sure its 5 as it says single at the top...

It says SINGLE at the top, but in the table "Media Included Qty 5"
Confusing ...
And it's get even more confusing; In the table they have this "Native Capacity 8.5 GB ( single-sided )"

Dosent that mean that it is a single pack of 5 dvd +r DL and they are single sided (you may get confused between single sided and single layer)

I think it is for a single disc - I got misled with the picture showing they come in a box of 5




but the 2nd pics shows this;



So maybe it is just for 1 disc. Wish they would be more accurate.

looks like someone should sacrifice their five bucks so the rest of the freaks here can benefit!!

I cant wait for these to drop in price here in the Sates.

Your wish is my command. Well this time anyway . . .

. . . ones in the post give me a few days and we shall all see the light . . .

hmm, its 5 jewel cases in that thing, that's probably why they show the single jewel case.

BTW, do they ship to the U.S. or just the U.K?

Uh buddy, you obviously know nothing about shipping costs or exchange rates. There is no possible way that verbatim would be that cheap at this point. That would work out to about $10 for 5 discs or $2 a disc. it is about 6 pounds per disc or approximately $10 per disc. It's almost a 2:1 exchange rate so once you factor in shipping costs and import charges you would end up paying about 2x what you would pay here in the US. There is a mandatory 17.5% VAT tax cost factored into each sale (even online) in the UK, so do the math. It doesn't add up as there is no way Verbatim could make a profit at this point off of something like that. BTW after factoring in VAT and shipping costs it is over 8 pounds and it says (single) once again when you go to checkout. What they are probably doing is selling it as a 5 pack but breaking it down and listing the cost by individual disc. So you are getting the per disc cost versus the total cost. Just a thought. I can't go through all of the motions to find out for sure since I don't have a valid UK addy.

well i recon their a single disc & not a pk of 5 tryed to email them last week no reply from the yet so i recon they have made it like that so to fool people if they don't try to clear things up when you email them then you can't trust them

Try svp in the uk they have Datasafe Double Layer 2.4x DVD+R in Spindle Tubs of 10 for £22.98 / Euro 33.64. Prices include VAT.

svp

sent another email to finally got a reply

This is a single disk.

There seems to be a mistake on our website, sorry

Odd 'cos just like you i decided to contact the website and to quote them said:
So as i've ordered one and its not the 5 disc's i shall be asking for a refund or just cancelling the credit card payment 'cos of fraud but i'm still hoping its a pricing mistake but will have to wait and see

Does the word "E-NET" mean anything to you? Anyways, they are almost certainly B-Grade or C-Grade Ritek D/L media. Given the results that "A" Grade Ritek gives, I don't even wanna think about the results that this stuff would produce. You might as well donate the money to charity as it would give you more for your money than these discs would.

Results look good to me

well fills me full of confidence that they don't know what they are selling tell one person one thing tell another thing to someone else

o just checked the web page & all i see is (This product is unavailable
Please press back on your browser)


message i got from them

This is a single disk.

There seems to be a mistake on our website, sorry.


-----Original Message-----
From:
Posted At: 12 April 2005 23:40
Posted To: Sales
Conversation: I would like to enquire about a product
Subject: I would like to enquire about a product

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...ProductID=6872

is it a single disc or a pack of 5 cos you give conflicting info on
you'r web site could you please confirm what you a selling thank you

Andrew@microdirect.co.uk

or may be it was a 5 pk & they removed it & you'r just a
JAMY B*****D so if it was a 5 pk don't tell me if it was a single you can tell me

Uh, I just checked the results at that site you mentioned and they are pretty much mixed for all sorts of applications. That and two reviews with very limited information is hardly conclusive.

in cace people think i was being rude ( JAMY B*****D ) means very lucky ie very lucky to get a 5 pk
don't know if the phrase is used in the u.s

Nope.

Well the results on that respected site for the datasafe were better than any other disc, they may be inconclusive but give better info than your blind slating of the discs.

Blind slating? Check down in the media forum about the E-net labels. there is nothing blind about my comments on E-net products. In addition the other discs have the exact same Ritek media code and they certainly have mixed reviews. So pardon me if I am skeptical about your conclusions from two uninformative reviews.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=131841

I have read the post stated and the reults asked for were for E-net B/C grade/defective media (datwrite/bulkpaq/ritekG05 ++), user results wanted

I have had no problems with svp`s datasafe dvd-r 4x g.04 dye, I use these due to the speed of my dvdrw.I have also used datasafe cd-r with no problems, so my experience so far with datasafe has been good.

I have heard about problems with the g.05 dye but this is widespread amongst all types of disc as far as i am aware.

product unavailable...

It's not just the G05, it is the E-net labels as a whole and all of the dyes that they are using. Anyways, the fact of the matter is that the other media that has been more extensively reviewed and carries the exact same media code has had very mixed results. One guy who posted that Datasafe (Ritek) D/L DVD+R worked, didn't even bother posting which DVD Player he got it working on.