[Web4lib] RE: Selling USB Drives to the public

[HAZEL Margaret E]

Do you give a disclaimer as to whether they will work with your
computers or not? 

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kozlowski,Brendon
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:22 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] RE: Selling USB Drives to the public

We've decided to stop selling floppy disks and have also purchased new
computers to replace our slightly out-dated models, in doing so we've
completely removed support for floppy disks (sans a USB floppy drive or
two at the clerk's desk).  Due to continued problems with CDs (people
think that dragging and dropping files to the CD will always work, or
wonder why they can't add more later, etc...) we always strongly suggest
patrons purchase a USB "thumb" drive (memory stick).
 
We sell basically at-cost for whatever the best prices we find at any
given time that we need to resupply our stock.  Typical sites we look
for sales on are edealinfo.com, newegg, pricewatch.com, and
pricegrabber.com.  We factor in the price of shipping to the cost of the
drives and average it out.  All in all, we end up selling 512MB - 1GB
drives depending on sale prices and they usually run for about $11 each
for patrons.
 
 
 
Brendon Kozlowski
Web Administrator
Saratoga Springs Public Library
49 Henry Street
Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
[518] 584-7860 x217