buslink 52x burner for $20 after mir

by **hojman** on Tue Feb 04, 2003 2:06 am

started today and going on for 3 days
i believe it is a lite-on so this is a pretty good deal
[url]http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0148661[/url]

by **cfitz** on Tue Feb 04, 2003 2:34 am

It looks like that is a variation on the deal Reg-da-Ripper told us about:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... buslink%2A

If hojman and I read it correctly, it looks like they have knocked the price down to $19.99 after $30 MIR. That certainly is a very hot deal if it is a LiteOn. The copy says "SMART-BURN" which is a LiteOn trademark, and BusLink has been known to ship LiteOn drives, so there is a chance you will get a LiteOn. However, lately BusLink has also been shipping AOpen drives, so understand that there is a chance you will get an AOpen instead of a LiteOn. However, an AOpen for $19.99 is quite a hot deal in and of itself.

cfitz

by **UALOneKPlus** on Tue Feb 04, 2003 4:12 am

This is a great deal, thanks!

The only thing is the rebate must be postmarked within 10 days of purchase :evil:

This means I have to pay for overnight shipping $11.99 to ensure I get it in time so that the rebate can be used.

Normal shipping is $5.99, and the product states normally ships in 1-3 business days. 2 day shipping is $8.99.

Too bad there's no Microcenter store near my house!

by **daHeck** on Tue Feb 04, 2003 2:57 pm

Yep,Of course, picture shows Smart-Burn but in stores I've seen only Justlink Justspeed instead lately,even though the picture in their website remains Smart-Burn,maybe they need to update website more often,it's enermously misrepresented :evil:

no matter how fast they are,they all're exactly AOpen

by **Reg-da-Ripper** on Tue Feb 04, 2003 10:07 pm

UALOneKPlus wrote:....Too bad there's no Microcenter store near my house!

You don't need to worry about having a MicroCenter near where you live as this three-day special is an online special only. Act fast if you want this burner and the deal.

Even if one doesn't take advantage of the mail-in rebate, the $49.99 price [= $79.99 regular price - $30 (three-day) instant rebate from MicroCenter] is nothing to thumb your nose at.

By the way, all the BUSLink RW5252 burners at my local MicroCenter are Lite-On LTR-52246S.

YMMV.

by **jmbrown12** on Tue Feb 04, 2003 10:19 pm

I ordered one online today with in-store pick up and will pick it up tomorrow. LiteOn or AOpen, $23.59 after tax is a pretty good deal.

by **cfitz** on Tue Feb 04, 2003 11:32 pm

jmbrown12 wrote:LiteOn or AOpen, $23.59 after tax is a pretty good deal.

Seconded!

Great first post, hojman.

cfitz

by **jmbrown12** on Wed Feb 05, 2003 4:30 pm

hojman, thank you very much for the post. I just picked up the drive in the Denver store and it is a LiteOn LTR-52246S. I checked the drives they had on the shelves and all of the BUSlink 52x24x52 drives were LiteOns. All of the BUSlink 48x12x48 drives were marked JustLink and Justspeed.

by **UALOneKPlus** on Wed Feb 05, 2003 7:23 pm

Reg-da-Ripper wrote:You don't need to worry about having a MicroCenter near where you live as this three-day special is an online special only. Act fast if you want this burner and the deal.

Even if one doesn't take advantage of the mail-in rebate, the $49.99 price [= $79.99 regular price - $30 (three-day) instant rebate from MicroCenter] is nothing to thumb your nose at.

By the way, all the BUSLink RW5252 burners at my local MicroCenter are Lite-On LTR-52246S. YMMV.

Alright, my Buslink arrived today (I ordered early 2/4/03), and whoila, it's a LTR-52246S!!!

I called MicroCenter customer service yesterday, and they said they had plenty of these in stock. Too bad the rebate is only one per name/family/address. I'd get more!

BTW, how do you know the deal is only 3 days?? I can't find anywhere it says that on the webpage...

by **jmbrown12** on Wed Feb 05, 2003 10:55 pm

BTW, how do you know the deal is only 3 days?? I can't find anywhere it says that on the webpage...

http://www.microcenter.com/index.html

by **daHeck** on Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:27 pm

Oh! that's cool if u guys got Lite-On drives,which are unavailable at my Best Buy and Compusa local stores,just all AOpen,unfortunately

by **BangBang** on Thu Feb 06, 2003 5:27 pm

UALOneKPlus wrote:
Reg-da-Ripper wrote:
Alright, my Buslink arrived today (I ordered early 2/4/03), and whoila, it's a LTR-52246S!!!

I called MicroCenter customer service yesterday, and they said they had plenty of these in stock. Too bad the rebate is only one per name/family/address. I'd get more!

BTW, how do you know the deal is only 3 days?? I can't find anywhere it says that on the webpage...

I got my buslink today and its a Aopen Justlink drive. I called em up and they were baffled. Called me back an hr later and told me their entire stock is all Justlink drives.

by **hojman** on Thu Feb 06, 2003 11:15 pm

man i just got my drive and its an aopen.
how much difference is there between the two?
i think i'll probably end up keeping it so hope its not that much worse.

by **TheWizard** on Fri Feb 07, 2003 4:00 am

The Aopen drive is not that bad, give it a shot.

by **shock** on Fri Feb 07, 2003 11:03 am

Not that it matters much anymore, but a co-worker and I both ordered this
drive with in-store pick up (Minnesota) and we both received the Lite-on
drive. Very, very nice.

Thanks for posting the hot deal!

This is my first post. I joined just to thank you.

by **hojman** on Fri Feb 07, 2003 1:20 pm

yeah but it kinda sucks that i was the person to list it and it seems to me that i am the only one that got an aopen so far.

but its all good.
hope to ave better luck next time.

by **UALOneKPlus** on Fri Feb 07, 2003 1:39 pm

hojman wrote:yeah but it kinda sucks that i was the person to list it and it seems to me that i am the only one that got an aopen so far.
but its all good.
hope to ave better luck next time.

Yes thanks hojman for the geat deal! I'm really sorry you didn't get a Lite-On :cry:

by **Bonesdad** on Sat Feb 15, 2003 12:49 am

52X24x52x drive....Liteon? For $20 I'm gonna hafta look...

Link below...

http://instorespecials.staples.com/staples/circular_browse_listing_detail.asp?storeid=2278265&pagenumber=3&rapid=4725&listingid=-2098682179&mapareaid=63921&

by **BangBang** on Sat Feb 15, 2003 12:59 am

Bonesdad wrote:52X24x52x drive....Liteon? For $20 I'm gonna hafta look... Link below...

http://instorespecials.staples.com/staples/circular_browse_listing_detail.asp?storeid=2278265&pagenumber=3&rapid=4725&listingid=-2098682179&mapareaid=63921&

Make sure the box says Smart-burn since some staples are carrying both Aopen/Justlink and Lite-on/Smartburn in same RW5252 box

by **Bonesdad** on Sat Feb 15, 2003 6:08 pm

Well, I did look at the local Staples today (Saturday) and they had a boatload of these 52X CDRW...they were ALL Justlink. Damn...seems like LiteOn are harder and harder to find unless u get OEM...

by **ScooterBoy** on Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:24 pm

I just returned from Staples. There were a stack of the Buslink 52x drives with both Smart Burn and Just Link... I picked up the Smart Burn. I really don't have any idea what the difference is, but from what I've been reading on this board, apparently Lite-On is better? Anyway, I stumbled on this board about 2 weeks ago, just like to thank everyone who finds these deals, I probably never would have noticed this $20 deal otherwise

by **hojman** on Mon Feb 17, 2003 3:09 pm

if you wanna try to get it online you can try using this code 30007 to get $10 off to get it for a total of $10. staples has been know to cancel orders nowadays on orders wit coupons though.

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