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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: d-fndr who wrote (39908)	12/15/1997 9:16:00 AM
From: David Colvin	Respond to of 58324

d-fndr, Regarding your previous post (see below) about Zip disks not being included with refurbished Zip drives: "Excellent post, Dale. It's more innovative IOM marketing in the broadest sense: the margins are probably good to IOM with equally good margins to the retailers; the retailers can use the low price to pull more people into their stores (as KE noted re: Zip off-MAP in last CC). IOM is giving the consumer, particularly current Zip owners, a low, low price (I don't think the refurbs come w/ a disk)at which they can obtain another drive at $69-$89; a full Zip w/ disk for $109-$129; and Zip+ for $199 (haven't seen that discounted anywhere, despite SparQ; of course, don't know how that's selling). This, it seems to me, keeps IOM as the retailer's best friend (as opposed to LS or SyQ)." A few weeks ago a friend of mine bought a refurbished parallel port external Zip drive from PC Mall (Torrence, CA)for $89 ($10 mail-in rebate). It came with the latest Zip tools on a Zip disk, along with the floppy installation disk. This is the third Zip drive he has purchased. Dave in St. Louis