HOT!!!Rebadged Lite-On 24x10x40 $56.91 atSam's

[Brodequin]

I picked up this drive on Saturday at my Sam's (Richmond, VA). Thought it was a local, one-time only deal though. I walked in just looking around and this was the last drive of its kind on the shelf.

 

[Yig42]

Has anyone checked on these in the D/FW Texas area?

 

[unclebud]

"Don't call Sam's!" you got THAT right...
true story... last october, i look online and see the 12x for $50 or something. go into store next day... where are the drives? there's not even a display box. so i ask employees, they are no help (we need a sku man!) so i resign myself to going back home to write down sku. drown my sorrows in the $2.25 pizza drink combo, and walk around a bit to let it settle. see 64mb sm for $28.91--woot! trip might not be a waste after all. go to counter to buy sku and i realize that the display boxes are in the case also. ask clerk "hey do you sell a twelve speed cdrw?" she checks the boxes and i'm like "yes! that's the one!" goes over to the sytem and looks it up... says we are showing TEN in the system... let me go back and see if i can find any... she is gone a LONG TIME (at least 15--feels like 30) tell her before she leaves--if you find any--i'd like three at least...
comes back with three. i buy three with separate receipts and beat feet

DON'T call ANY store, just go or just LEAVE THE DEAL ALONE...

 

[chrisjor]

Are all speeds of Pacific Digital drives rebadged Lite On? Circuit City carries thes drives. Most of the CC drives have at least $40 dollar rebates, the 8x can be had for 39.00 after MIR.

I will be checking local Sams!!!

 

[unclebud]

no, those are samsung 208 (they even have the samsung 208 manual) i checked an open-box i spied at cc friday night for info in cases like that
still much better than the creative 8438E (a lot of hoops to use samsung firmware)
but you can also read about it here...
good luck!

 

[thejammy]

just to let everyone know when you see a XX.91 price at Sam's Club, it means it is going be discontinued.

 

[jTek]

chrisjor - No, not all are Lite-on. I purchased a 16x at Staples the day after Thanksgiving and it was a Cyberdrive.

 

[overclock]

I went to Sam's and there were no CD-RW drives at all. 32x here we come!

 

[KiddyKong]

can i go into sams and get a 1 visit membership?

 

[maxcom]

no

 

[XFreebie]

"I just wet to Sam's Club...."

oh man u guys crack me up

 

[XFreebie]

"I just wet to Sam's Club...."

oh man u guys crack me up

 

[XFreebie]

oops double post, i actually tried to post it for the forth time but my isp (yes, fry's!) kept hanging so i didnt know if it got posted, looks like 1 outta 2

 

[unclebud]

hahaha
happy new year's!

 

[Hardballpete]

Went to my Sam's in Sunrise, Florida and I didn't see ANY CD Burners. Never have seen any in this store. Where in the store do they have them?

 

[bigcheez]

My sams actually has 13 of them, but they are still 99 dollars. Any ideas on a possible price match or policy with Sams club? I would really like this sucker

 

[iamme]

Man, nice price if you can find it

Does a 24X burn CD's exactly twice as fast as a 12X?

 

[tigerbait]

<< Does a 24X burn CD's exactly twice as fast as a 12X? >>



nope
This is from CDR-info for the Lite-On

Zone CLV. The data read/write rate keeps constant within a zone at the inner track then increases to higher constant rate at outer track as another zone. For example at 24X(Z-CLV) writing speed, the drive starts burning inner from 16X(CLV), switch to 20X(CLV) at 6min and switches to 24X(CLV) at 16min, this is so called Zone-CLV, 3 zone total.

 

[jTek]

My Sam's never has any good deals. They still have 17 of these at the $99.99 price, of course.

 

[whitesoxaddict]

go to the customer service desk and tell them that you were told by a friend that their Sam's club has the drives for $56.91.

I got the last one at Champaign by doing this, it was a returned unopened drive, and they had a price of $74.91 on it. I told the manager that my friend in Chicago (I live in Champaign, IL) had told me about the $56 price in one of the sam's clubs there, she spent about 10 min looking at a computer screen (checking other stores' inventory/prices?) to see if I was lieing to her, then gave me the drive for $56.91

by the way, I got the last drive at the Champagin Sam's Club (thanks to whoever returned it)

 

[chrisjor]

Got one here at Cincinnati Sam's. Had to pay 74.91. I spoke with store manager about a "friend" in New Jersey who emailed me about these being 56.91. He checked around in computer awhile, then told me sorry, 74.91 was price and there were none to be had locally. I suppose if they did not sell real fast in other regions they were able to drop price to 56.91 to move them. They were able to sell them all for 74.91 around here, so they most likely would never drop to 56.91.

I will wait until Circuit City gets more of these in stock, then I will take this drive and receipt to store and try to get them to price match and use rebates. They won't, but I will try. I guess 74.91 is not that bad for a 24x Lite On drive. I recently ordered one from Newegg for 86.00 plus s&h. This is Lite On, I opened box and checked.

 

[garfieldking]

I also couldn't find the burner in Maryland. It seems Sam doesn't have any CD_Rw at all.

 

[WingsOverVirginia]

KiddyKong
Yes you can get a one day pass at Sam's. Go into the store to the Customer Service desk and ask. My store always has the coupons sitting on the CS counter. They have two parts to the coupon, one half is a one day pass, the other is good for a $10 gift card when you get an advantage membership. Also one day passes are in the sunday paper every month or so.

 

[dogmir]

i have the 24102b.......i bought it from newegg for $80.......wish i could have got in on this deal cause it is a great burner...had reservations about the switch lite-on made from burn-proof to smartburn but havent had a single prob or complaint yet!!! great find...

 

[ghouldini]

Questions about Liteons,

Does this have Nero in the box?
And I heard the 24x is supposed to be pretty good, is the 12x Iomega rebadge Liteon good too?

Almost forgot, what would the non-member price for this be or does it matter on clearance items?
I also have a free "pass" from Walmart I never used 3 years ago that had no expiration date. Would that make a difference?