HOT! Imation DVD +/- R 100 for $69.67 + TAX at Office Depot

[quincy2002]

Sal - your recall is good. Roughly 30 minutes for a 2x speed for me. About 15 min for 4x. Your 38 minutes for a disk is whacked. I wrote an 8x disk yesterday, it took about 8 minutes.

 

[SimMike2]

Originally posted by: quincy2002
Sal - your recall is good. Roughly 30 minutes for a 2x speed for me. About 15 min for 4x. Your 38 minutes for a disk is whacked. I wrote an 8x disk yesterday, it took about 8 minutes.

If your burn has problems, and burnproof kicks in, so the burn pauses and starts again, the burn time can increase dramatically. I suspect that with 8X speed, people with marginal computers without extra memory and fast hard drives are going to encounter this problem.

 

[Salvador]

Ok.. Something is really wrong here. For the heck of it, I just popped in a 2.4x Verbatim (MMC) disc that says that it burns at 2.4x in Nero and DVDinfo and burned the same file only it took 18 minutes. What gives? Why is the Imation 4x (Ricoh) burning so slow in my drive? 18 minutes for 2.4x media that says that it's burning at 2.4x in Nero (and DVDinfo) and 38 minutes for 4x media that says that it's burning at 8x.

BTW.. The system is fine. It's an Epox 333 board (can't remember the model -- Alphabet soup.. 8ks52+h12 or something like that), 2000+ AMD processor, Seagate 80gb 8mb cache with 512 mb's of PC2700 RAM.

Sal

 

[cbrsurfr]

Ordered +R's and they sent -R's. Anyone else have the same problem? I guess its no big deal because my dvd players can handle both formats.

 

[SimMike2]

Originally posted by: cbrsurfr
Ordered +R's and they sent -R's. Anyone else have the same problem? I guess its no big deal because my dvd players can handle both formats.

Originally the +Rs were in-store only, so maybe that is why they sent you -R. On the negative side, the +R appear to be 4X Ricoh, which are supposed to be fantastic disks, whereas the -R are usually 2X.

 

[papaschtroumpf]

Originally posted by: Salvador
Got in on the +R's. $74.xx with tax!! What a deal!! Thanks!!

FWIW.. FYI.. The links at Techbargains and Ebates aren't working. I had to pull a code from the Grande' Wallet forums. Just run a search for Office Depot and you'll find the coupon thread for a $25 off $75 coupon.

Also.. The deal is dead online for me. I HAD to choose in-store pick up because it wasn't adding it to my cart otherwise. Insufficient stock for online ordering. You guys probably knew that though.

Sal

can't find the $25 off $75
Edit: I ended up doing $20 off $75 from the FW thread and it worked, so it's 75 cents per media for me after tax, not too shabby...

 

[Maximus96]

search 'office depot' in fat walllet

 

[papaschtroumpf]

I did, there is a thread with tons of OD coupons, I went through all 5 pages of the thread but the best I could find was $20 off $75, not $25 off $75...

 

[papaschtroumpf]

Picked them up this morning.
Confirmed 4x, I'm at work so I can't confirm they're Ricoh yet.
0.75 a piece for 4x media is pretty good even though the "price mistake" explained at the start of the thread didn't work.
Note that the B1G1 price mistake seem to only apply if you live in CA (or at least the west coast), which is why you have to log in, so that they have your zip code.

 

[phvo2k]

This did not work for me!!!!

I made the online order for in-store pickup via e-bates using the $20 coupon and
the 2-for-1 coupon on OD website. When I came to pick up, the cashier told me
that I needed a printout of the coupon. I asked them to allow me to log into
my OD account, but could not figure out how to print out the coupon. I talked to
the store manager and he said OD requires a printout of the coupon, and at
the sametime, does not accept stackable coupon, and they have no affiliation
with E-bates.

Originally posted by: Richard98
Office Depot has the Imation DVD 50 packs on sale this week for $89.67 and buy 1 get 1 free:
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1) Add 2 of either to your cart:
DVD-R 906-895
DVD+R 906-913

2) Select in-store pickup

3) Apply the B1G1F coupon code: 78479819 (it's posted on their website)

4) Find the $20 off $75 coupon code and apply it to your order - they emailed it to me.

Total should be $69.67 + Tax. Not sure about the quality of the media. I think I read in a previous hot deal that the +R are Ricoh and the -R may be CMC Magnetics. IMO, this is a hot price on media considering there are no rebates.

 

[Richard98]

This did not work for me!!!!

My store has never asked to see the coupon. Just out of curiousity, did you pay for them on-line? Maybe selecting cash or check as the payment method triggers more scrutiny.

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: phvo2k
This did not work for me!!!!

I made the online order for in-store pickup via e-bates using the $20 coupon and
the 2-for-1 coupon on OD website. When I came to pick up, the cashier told me
that I needed a printout of the coupon. I asked them to allow me to log into
my OD account, but could not figure out how to print out the coupon. I talked to
the store manager and he said OD requires a printout of the coupon, and at
the sametime, does not accept stackable coupon, and they have no affiliation
with E-bates.

[/quote]The manager who helped me was suspicious of the discount, too. $109 off can do that, I guess. He's the same guy who rejected the Philips DVD+R deal the week before (double B1G1 free glitch).

Just print out the ebates page and pop up window and go back. Unless he's going to be a jerk about stacking the 2 discounts, you should get it. Wait for the shift change and try again.

I'll keep buying at OD even with problems. The coupons they send me in the mail come in handy at OM. Same for Staples, too.

 

[papaschtroumpf]

How do you "sign up" for the coupons? I've had an account with OD for a while but have never gotten a coupon from them.

With regard to having to print the coupons, they may give you trouble if you try to pay with cash or another credit card than the one you used online (because they will then consider that you're buying instore, not online). If you paid online, they should accept whatever price showed up online, unless your order was cancelled before you showed up.
If you have trouble, wait for shift change or lunch break...

 

[Pinan]

I just scored another 200 for $88 total!

Go Anandtech!

 

[Richard98]

Originally posted by: Pinan
I just scored another 200 for $88 total!

Go Anandtech!

lucky californians!

 

[Pinan]

Heh.

 

[Maximus96]

how do you get 200 for $88?

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: zaku
how do you get 200 for $88?

Some local stores are listing the price for a 50 spindle at 1/2 price (~$44) online when you select in-store pickup.

Add 2 of the Imation DVD+R or DVD-R 50 pack spindles to your cart and change it to store pick up. Apply the B1G1 free code and it's $44 for 100. It doesn't work in many areas because not all stores are showing the price glitch.

 

[Salvador]

Some local stores are listing the price for a 50 spindle at 1/2 price (~$44) online when you select in-store pickup.

That sucks. First you have Fry's and now this.. No wonder Mother Nature hates you guys.

Sal

 

[Pinan]

Originally posted by: pxc

Originally posted by: zaku
how do you get 200 for $88?

Add 2 of the Imation DVD+R or DVD-R 50 pack spindles to your cart and change it to store pick up. Apply the B1G1 free code and it's $44 for 100. It doesn't work in many areas because not all stores are showing the price glitch.

Yup. Then I simply asked for another set once I got to the store. CSR said "no problem".

I don't think that this is a glitch or booboo really, as they would have fixed it by now if it was. What is it?? Who knows, but I love it.

 

[TeflonMan1]

Yea i ordered mine and selected in store pickup and before I came they called me and wanted me to bring the coupon. Does anyone know how I would either go about printing this coupon or could someone email me their coupon that they recieved at teflonwhiz@hotmail.com

 

[Richard98]

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[coomarlin]

I just bought 100 +R's for $73.83 after tax. I need to wait 4 hours to pick them up. I hope they don't give me any sh!t. If they are indeed RICOHJPNR01 I will be burning them at 8X in my Optorite. Their website says RICOHJPNR01 will burn at 8X no problem. I'll let you know how things go.

 

[pxc]

I did the LiteOn 411S->811S hack last night and the RICOHJPNR01 Imation DVD+R 4x media burned 2 discs perfectly at 8x. Very nice.

 

[Richard98]

Originally posted by: pxc
I did the LiteOn 411S->811S hack last night and the RICOHJPNR01 Imation DVD+R 4x media burned 2 discs perfectly at 8x. Very nice.

I think I have the files to do the mod, but haven't used them yet. Did you use the "polish" mod? Any problems burning DVD-R discs - I think I read there may be an issue with -R.