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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (7082)	2/5/1999 9:58:00 AM
From: Philip J. Davis	Respond to of 10072

Rocky, >>At rec.photo.digital, the Flop! drive is widely regarded as an unsafe mechanical device that will not be allowed to come into the mix.<< That's funny...I read rec.photo.digital every day and haven't seen any posts that say this. Could you post a link or cut and paste the text? If anything, all of the posts that I see regarding Clik! are from people curious about this new product or from people that have purchased it and are quite happy with it. regards, Lipo

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (7082)	2/5/1999 10:58:00 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

>>Your prices are horrible. I easily found (at www.pricewatch.com) 4MB Smartmedia for $16 and 8MB for $23. This brings your picture cost down to $1.21.<< Rocky - Your math is horrible. Reseller said that the 4MB card that came with the camera allowed him to store 5 hi-res pictures. Thus, at $16 for a 4MB card, the cost per picture is $3.20. The 8MB card for $23 bucks would give you $2.30. Don't forget to add the shipping charges to whatever prices you find on pricewatch, too. - Allen

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (7082)	2/5/1999 1:32:00 PM
From: Reseller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Rocky go fly a kite, your persona has no regard for the truth or respect from any, your position is always against Iomega so what else is new. Not every one will go on to the net and buy from some distant unfamiliar company. Many will support local operations because it is those operations that give the support that consumers need. In fact a good number of people will not buy at the cheapest place because of concerns over warranty replacement, tech support, availability of product, and location proximity. The prices I quoted in my post were from buycomp.com. There were lower prices and there were higher prices. But that aside even at the lowest, the very cheapest prices that could be found the Clik cost advantage is still a compelling incentive to purchase. Further at a 5 hi-res pictures per 4 meg equation my estimated need for a party of 7 on a 9 day trip to Hawaii will be in the 150- 160 picture range that's 2 ½ pictures per person per day. The 120 megs of needed storage at $25. Per 16 meg increment will cost $187. In card media or $30. In equivalent Clik storage. The costs after the initial purchase of camera etc is nominal so in reality we'll probably take double the number of pictures, There in lyes the promise of the digital camera, I can take as many pictures as I want without regard to processing or film costs.