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Cheapest DVD dual format burner.....

Postby pranav81 on Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:27 am

Hi guys,
Can anybody tell me which is the cheapest DVD dual format burner and how can I get it here in India?
Waiting for some replies,


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Postby Kennyshin on Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:42 am

Tell me some Indian versions of PriceWatch and PriceGrabber that are also serviced in English and I will find some cheap(est) DVD writers for you. :D
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Postby pranav81 on Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:51 am

Thanks for a fast reply Kennyshin,
But to be frank I dont know what you are asking for as online trading is not common here in India.Even if people here have CC's they prefer shopping in markets,giving out cash money.
Also I am not sure if major players like LG,Samsung,Sony,Lite-On have launched DVD recorders in India.
Also 1US $=47 Indian rupees.So if you give me price in US $ I will be able to ask some of my relatives in the US to bring a dual format DVD Burner for me.
thanks a lot,


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Postby Bhairav on Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:51 am

Pranav, here you go:
All Mumbai prices:

Pioneer 106: 21000 rupees.
Sony DRU500AX: 21500 rupees.
LG GSA-4040B: Checking up on that tomorrow.
Lite-On 411S: not released here yet.. should be here in a week or so.

That's pretty much all the drives available here right now. Too damn expensive.. stupid Govt. puts 80% tax on DVD writers, NO TAX on CD-Writers.. what the F^^* are they thinking??!! :evil:

Anyways, I'm going to Lamington Road tomorrow (Kennyshin:This is India's equivalent of Akihabara in Tokyo :wink:). I'll post the latest prices here later.

Hope this helps :)
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Postby Bhairav on Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:57 am

Kennyshin:
Thanks for your offer to help! Unfortunately, as Pranav explained, the concept of webstores eg. Newegg selling stuff to us over the 'Net is a relatively new one here, with most of these sites doubling as auction sites. Examples: www.baazee.com.
It's a good business idea though.. Pranav, you with me on implementing it? :o :wink: ?
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Postby pranav81 on Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:46 am

Thanks a lot Bhairav for the prices.But as you said the charges here are veryyyyyyyy high.I saw the price for LG GSA-4040B on some site with shipping in the US was 156 dollars,which when converted in Indian currency comes close to Rs.7500/- and when I see your price they are alomost two times to three times.So whats the catch in taking so much tax ONLY on DVD-Writers?
Sure would be happy to purchase computer goods online,only if they are cheap.By the way I dont think I will buy a DVD writer for this high price.I think I will ask my brother to bring it from US when he comes to India next time,but I dont know when he will be able to come.
See ya guys later,


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Postby dolphinius_rex on Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:48 am

The LG-4040B goes for about $170-$180 CDN over here in Vancouver :D
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Postby Bhairav on Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:57 am

Thanks for the heads-up,dolphinus. 170-180 CDN.. that's about 6800-7200 rupees, right in line with the American prices. Is there a LOT of difference in hardware prices between Canada and the US?

@Pranav: Better to wait. Stupid Govt. policies.. at least they are implementing a 0% duty structure by 2005. Guess the WTO has SOME uses after all :D
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Postby Robotnik on Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:55 am

dolphinius_rex wrote:The LG-4040B goes for about $170-$180 CDN over here in Vancouver :D


Is that including or excluding GST? Guess which commonwealth country your government got the idea of GST from! :lol:
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:48 am

That was listed before taxes.

It's kind of weird, I think almost all of the drive we have up here are imported from the US, but often our prices come out a little cheaper when you work in the conversion.... but never initially. When a drive is FIRST released, it's more expensive in Canada, but it seems to get cheaper quicker.
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Postby BMR on Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:17 am

I would agree with Dolphinius, prices only initially are high when a product debuts in Canada, but then drop very fast. I suspect this has to do with the mom and pop shops getting a hold of grey market versions of the drive from the US, and an initiall attempt of Canadian retailers to take advantange of their customers due to lack of competition on the scale that US retailers must deal with.

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I can get you the LG-4040b OEM

Postby akito925 on Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:18 pm

anyone want my Lg-4040B OEM DVD writer?? Brand New?

159 + %15 Tax, Ontario Tax.

and

181 with tax.


anyone interested ??
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Postby akito925 on Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:21 pm

159CAD = 121.545 US Dollars

181 CAD= 138.360 US Dollars
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:05 pm

only $20 off of the price for a brand new LG4040B??

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