Posted by DH on 02/13/06 18:50

higgy wrote:
> DH wrote:
>
>
>>Ello,
>>
>>Just had a couple of bad 25 piece cakes of Titanium 16x DVD-R
>>Printables.
>>
>>Scatches on the very edge of the disc, some with dents in the same
>>place, often impinging onto the dye area, rendering the discs useless
>>for a full 4.35GB burn.
>>
>>I am getting a refund from my suppler, who sadly don't have any more
>>in stock. Before I buy any more from eBay's BigMaggot, has anyone else
>>experienced this problem ??
>>
>>I *do* like these discs, as does my Pioneer 108 & Canon iP5000 .... I
>>dont really want to change to another brand, unless the overwhelming
>>concensus says I should.
>>
>>TIA
>
>
> I had a plastic-wrapped pack of Tuffdisc DVD-RW's from SVP that were
> very scuffed around the edges. They were cheap so I pretty much wrote
> them off, but I wouldn't buy anymore.
>
> It is a concern to hear of another brand shipping discs like this,
> though. Were your discs in a proper tub or just a shrink-wrapped pack? I
> wondered if the packaging was to blame in my case.
>
>
> higgy.

Thats the problem - they were fully shrink wrapped new cakes in proper cake tub
containers - nowt wrong with the packaging .... Obviously a manufacturing batch
fault (well, obvious to me anyway). Definitely didnt happen during transit.

Any more comments gang ? I need to place an order fairly soon.

DH

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