IOMAgic 24x10x40x CDRW for $54 at CC

[Tokar]

Though i have no intentions on buying it, the deal is worth mentioning...

In the new CC circular, one will notice that after $50 in rebates its $80...that means it is $130 before rebates (no duh)...

BUT...Microcenter has the SAME burner for $104 before rebates (that is because there is a 20% price reduction on it)...pricematch the $104 at Circuit City, and using the $50 in rebates, it comes out to $54...

 

[Tokar]

http://www.microcenter.com/monthly_specials.html

Go there to see the price of the IOMagic CDRW price at microcenter...
It says $74 after 20% off of $130 and rebate...just letting everyone know, it will come up as $104, not $130 - $26...

(i purchased the drive before, but i returned it b/c of the TDK deal at CC/BB)...

 

[highme]

FWIW- A guy in my office got an IOMagic 16x drive from his wife for christmas, and it was a rebadged Lite On. Don't know if the 24x's are as well, but it could be another good deal.

 

[Danzilla]

Tokar, I know you enjoy posting and all, but you also have the ability to 'edit' your post. Instead of just replying to your own thread, choose 'edit' and add the extra information. Getting over 100 posts in less than one week is fine, but how about trying for quality instead of quantity. Also, it's helpfull to mention certain things about the deal in the subject, like PM and MIR to let people know they will have to deal with a pricematch and a mail-in rebate.

D.

 

[RockOn123]

IOMAGIC SUXS A$$ for rebates--just my $0.02

 

[jTek]

I bought a I/O Magic at CC before Christmas when it was $59 after rebate (had a gift card too). Turned out to be an Acer. Works ok, though. You're right about those I/O Magic rebates. The CC rebate had a reasonable time period to submit but the I/O magic had to be postmarked on the last day of the promotion - a Sunday! If you bought it on Sunday, there would be no way to postmark it it time! Typical I/O Magic.

 

[wasssup]

when i got one of these a few months ago (buy a 80gig 7200rpm, get a free 24x cdrw drive) it turned out to be a lite-on...guess i was one of the lucky ones.

 

[WT]

Upgraded a friends PC with an 80 gig WD and a 24X I/O Magic CDRW he purchased in early December. I initially told him he couldn't have bought a worse burner, but since he had it already and had sent off for the rebate, he had no option but to go ahead with it. I was rather stunned to find it was a Lite-On, and I remember when Lite-On usta be one of the brands to ignore, but having researched them more, I find out that they are the preferred budget burner now. Best of luck, as its hit or miss it seems.

 

[UncleJohn]

Your liable to get anything in the box when you get a IOMagic also had the same thing with slow rebate..

I noticed the same thing yesterday about another Tokar post, that person above said and felt like saying something then but let it go..Seems like thats how you get people with 1,000+ posts that don,t seem to know what there talking about...