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Technology Stocks : WDC/Sandisk Corporation -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ausdauer who wrote (13757)	8/9/2000 12:35:49 PM
From: Andre Williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Aus, IMO this new announcement is very big for digital photography. I follow consumer trends for work, and this smacks of convenience and value. If the technology delivers this could be huge. Not on the scale of ATMs, but one in every neighborhood, anyway. :) I think this is especially true since the alternatives (for digital photo prints) are either having your prints mailed (at a shipping cost) with a fairly long wait, or printing them at home on a costly and/or lesser quality system. (I haven't looked extensively, but I haven't seen any personal solutions for printing photographs that compare in cost and quality to the photo-mart. But I'm all ears for real solutions.) * Personally, and obviously it's just one data point, in the past I never bothered to take photos. I have a good 35mm camera that I would pull out once a year, if that often, generally to find a half-shot roll of film in it. Finishing rolls and the double visits to the photo store just weren't worth it for me. Now with CF and a fast Internet connection, it's a different world altogether. I'm a huge fan for all the reasons you know. * Part II of my CF card problem. SanDisk CS called me back the next day, but I missed the call so I called them back. After talking to a rep, they referred me to Big City Express, presumably their outsourcer for returns. I called BCE and they indicated that the person responsible for SanDisk returns was at lunch, and they took my info. I still hadn't heard back by the next day, so I called and caught the person myself. She gave me an RMA number and an address to ship to, and said when they got my card in the mail they'd ship me a new one. All in all, pretty much a hassle but a reasonable solution. What it taught me was not to shop at retailers without blanket return policies. Which means in most cases to go through the net. *** And finally, thanks to the person who identified this weeks' SanDisk + Circuit City deal. I bought an extra 16MB CF card for $22, tax included. I paid $42 for the card on the Circuit City site, for local pickup, and will return the $20 rebate form. I went by the local Circuit City last night and picked up the card, total time elapsed about 25 min. Andre