Imation 100 DVD-R writable for $14.88 @ Target

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Imation 100 DVD-R writable for $14.88 @ Target

Obs on 21/03/2010 - 14:51 (upload.ozbargain.com)

Imation 100 spindle DVD-R writable disc for $14.88. That’s < $0.15 a disc!

These are no where near the quality of Verbatims but are great value in standalone DVD/DivX players and as giveaways. I wouldn’t recommend you back up your important data using them though!

The photo I took shows the shelf price of $19.88, however they are scanning at $14.88 using the price checker and at the counter. Considering the same 100 CD-R spindle is selling for $29.95, this is a bargain.

Not sure if this is at all Targets, however Highpoint in Melb had over 20 spindles remaining when I purchased mine earlier today.

andykillz on 21/03/2010 - 15:27 ¶

Nice find

ragflan on 21/03/2010 - 15:33 ¶

Everytime I pass up on one of these offers thinking I won’t require discs for my media, I end up requiring one, mostly to try new Linux distros. Good find.

michaelliberty on 22/03/2010 - 22:58 ¶

Linux Distro’s can be booted/installed via USB isntead of CD/DVD nowdays.

jared444 on 23/03/2010 - 08:29 ¶

USB is a pain in the rear for installing Linux distros, Live DVD/CD’s are a lot easier to use.

-1 vote

michaelliberty on 23/03/2010 - 11:50 ¶

Nowdays good Linux OS’s (like Ubuntu) make this VERY easy.
Insert your USB, run this program, and select your ISO from the file system and your done.

See screenshot for this simplicity
http://allmyapps.com/data/u/s/usb-creator-usb-startup-disk-c...

jared444 on 21/03/2010 - 15:39 ¶

Imation are poor? I thought they were quite decent, something close to the Sony DVD’s. Oh well.

quislor on 21/03/2010 - 15:53 ¶

Weird. I bought the exact same pack from my local Target (Point Cook) several weeks ago. The one I got was the last, marked down from about ~$35 to $19.88 with “damaged packaging” as the cited reason. What surprises me more is that there are 20 spindles left at a Target with as exposure as the one at Highpoint! Nonetheless, good find.

+1 vote

fufufu on 21/03/2010 - 16:03 ¶

Definitely a great buy.

Nowhere near as good as MCC Verbs but at LESS THAN half the price it’s great for unimportant and/or rarely accessed stuff that you don’t want to waste the disk space on but would still like to keep.

Kranbone on 21/03/2010 - 18:16 ¶

Darn I bought 2 packs of the 50 for like 8ish last time, wish I had waited a few weeks. Either way, good bargain :)

YesPleaseThankYou on 21/03/2010 - 18:24 ¶

I bought another brand in this sort of shrink wrap packaging from Officeworks — what I found is that dust gets inbetween the DVDs — I guess in transit. I’ll never buy that sort again.

imp on 21/03/2010 - 20:18 ¶

I got the last one of these from Target in Fremantle. Didnt post because it was the last one and I thought it was probably just a clearance at the one store.

Josh81 on 22/03/2010 - 00:11 ¶

Imation are pretty crappy. I bought a 5 pack of DVD-RW’s a couple of weeks ago, for use in my DVD recorder, and they have been very troublesome. 2 out of the 5 wouldn’t work at all. The other 3 were tempremental, so i kept missing recordings. Back to the security of Verbatim, they’ve been the best with my DVD Recorder (Pioneer), less failure than Sony. I mean long term use failure, not instant failure like the Imation.

Anyway, these DVD-R might be ok for burning DVD movies via your PC, but i wouldn’t trust them with much else.