Some retailers really need to know their merch.
One guy at the Computer Fairs who always sits by the entrance / exit and only sells media and storage cases for the media has been claiming to sell [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiyo_Yuden]Taiyo Yuden[/url] that’s been rebadged and marketed by another company.
Except for that… [url=http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=187324]it’s not Taiyo Yuden[/url].
Oh sure, it says it is in the disc info box, but that can be forged.
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Surprisingly, the idiots manufacturing the media haven’t forged the codes on the bottom indicating what it is.
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[i]However smart you think I am and however good you think I am with computers, I still have absolutely no idea how to interpret a disc analysis graph.[/i]
Which is good for me because I now have an overpriced spindle of 50 discs I’ll probably use when I burn my movie for friends since the data isn’t overly critical.
And it’s also bad for me because I wasted 25 bucks on media that was supposed to be good for critical data and is now more a form of dog food for my computer which I’ll only use when burning forms of DVD-Video.
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[i]JanQ media. Pretend Taiyo Yuden. Wanted Dead or Alive.[/i]
I wonder if this is a case for the ACCC or whoever it is makes sure companies can’t sell fake merchandise.
Mind you, since there are no details on the pack for the company — no phone, address, nothing — nor anything on the web other than a few other people complaining that their JanQ discs aren’t authentic Taiyo Yuden either, this makes any sort of formal complaint a hell of a lot harder.
Damnit.