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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 04:32:45 -0700
From: Dan Spam Garcia <ddgarcia@cs.berkeley.edu>
To: net.cool@ginsberg.cs.berkeley.edu
Subject: from Wired 2.03 - for those of us still using floppies

What To Do With Those Bad Disks

   Practically every box of "branded" floppy disk you buy says "Lifetime
   Warranty" on the side. But the companies don't make it easy to cash-in
   your bad disks, because they don't print the address to send the bad
   disks for warranty claims. And in tracking down the address, you can
   easily run up a phone bill many times the value of any disk that you
   could get replaced.

   Over the past few years, I've been collecting those addresses and
   keeping them in my address-book program. Whenever I get a disk with a
   media error, I throw it in an envelope with a note that says "bad
   sectors; please replace." For 29 cents I get a new disk; some
   companies, like BASF, usually throw in a few extra disks for my
   trouble.

   - Simson L. Garfinkel

   (Note: This only applies to "branded" disks, or disks that clearly and
   prominently display the manufacturer name.)

   3M Data Storage Products, PO Box 709, Weatherford, OK 73096-0709,
   (800) 328 9438, +1 (405) 772 5500.

   BASF Corporation Information Systems, Computer Media Warranty Claims,
   Crosby Dr., Bedford, MA 01730-1471, (800) 356 9006, +1 (617) 271 4000.

   Fuji Computer Products Division, Fuji Photo Film USA, 555 Taxter Rd.,
   Elmsford, NY 10523, (800) 755 3854, +1 (914) 789 8390.

   Sony Magnetic Products Customer Relations, Sony Corporation, 1 Sony
   Dr., Park Ridge, NJ 07656-8003, (800) 222 7669, +1 (201) 930 1000.

   Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., Floppy Disk Warrantee
   Claims, 1 Parkway North, Ste. 500, Deerfield, IL 60015, (800) 843
   2108, +1 (708) 945 1500.

   Simson L. Garfinkel (simsong@nextworld.com) is a computer consultant,
   science writer, and a senior editor at Nextworld magazine.