Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihu1g!fish From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Mail-order Stereo Message-ID: <182@ihu1g.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Feb-84 14:48:54 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1g.182 Posted: Fri Feb 3 14:48:54 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 04:18:45 EST References: <216@pyuxdd.UUCP>, <401@hound.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 18 Mail order can indeed be an excellent value. I've been buying my blank tapes (cassettes, open reels, and T-120's) from an outfit called Tape World, in Butler, PA. Their prices are the lowest I've seen anywhere, but their best feature is a $3.50 shipping charge for any size order. Almost all other mail order tape dealers have a 5% "handling" charge, which can be substantial. I usually buy tape about $200 worth at a time, by pooling orders with my friends. In this way, I avoid exhorbitant Illinois sales tax. They usually ship right away, if you give them a credit card number, with stuff arriving via UPS in a week or less. They have a TINY ad in the classified section of Stereo Review every month. They're worth looking for, but beware of other ads in the same section. Some have lower prices on some selections, but they all have that 5% handling charge, with a $3.50 minimum. Tape World's $3.50 flat rate charge is what makes them a bargain. -- Bob Fishell ihnp4!ihu1g!fish