UK deal on New Quantegy 406 Pancakes

[trancedental]

Looks to me like he's selling the whole box of of 7 pancakes for that price? So I bought one for myself!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUANTEGY-406-M...QQcmdZViewItem

[jpmorris]

Nice catch. I've just grabbed one myself.

[TheReeler]

It's a pitty that it's 1/2" tape instead of 1/4"

[jpmorris]

Originally Posted by TheReeler

It's a pitty that it's 1/2" tape instead of 1/4"

Ah, well if you want 1/4", I think you'll find this stuff is 406-equivalent, and it's about the same price:
http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/86-313.aspx

[TheReeler]

Originally Posted by jpmorris

Ah, well if you want 1/4", I think you'll find this stuff is 406-equivalent, and it's about the same price:
http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/86-313.aspx

Thanks for the link, but at 17.51 euros each tape isn't as good deal as the one posted for 1/2 tape... or maybe I'm worng, but I understood £14.99 for SEVEN tapes, not one. If it's just one, then it's not a bargain

[jpmorris]

Originally Posted by TheReeler

Thanks for the link, but at 17.51 euros each tape isn't as good deal as the one posted for 1/2 tape... or maybe I'm worng, but I understood £14.99 for SEVEN tapes, not one. If it's just one, then it's not a bargain

I assumed he was selling the contents of the box off, one at a time, though I'm happy to be surprised. £27 (15+delivery) is pretty good for a single hub of 1/2" tape. For seven tapes, you're getting into too-good-to-be-true territory.

[trancedental]

He's charging well over £12.00 for Ist Class Delivery which is the price that RM charges for 8 Kilos according to their website which I checked earlier, that's why I assumed the auction was for the box?

And that is virtually the same weight as a box of 7 406 1/2" tapes........?

http://tapestock.stores.yahoo.net/qu406maauta2.html

If I get one tape I want my £7.00 postal refund!!!!!! LOL!!!!

[jpmorris]

Originally Posted by trancedental

If I get one tape I want my £7.00 postal refund!!!!!! LOL!!!!

Heh. Well, I reasoned it was still a pretty good price even if he was gouging for delivery - which some people do.

[trancedental]

Got a reply back from the seller!!!!!!!!!!!

So just bought another box of tapes, what a deal!!!!!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUANTEGY-406-M...QQcmdZViewItem

[jpmorris]

Originally Posted by trancedental

Got a reply back from the seller!!!!!!!!!!!
So just bought another box of tapes, what a deal!!!!!!!!!

(Runs back and snags another box)

The only problem is that I don't have that many spare spools. I'm sure I can fix that, though...

[cjacek]

Man, that's like $30 for seven 1/2" pancakes + shipping! A steal of a deal!!

[trancedental]

Still one left!!!!!!!!!!!

Usually the US guys get the deals like this as most stuff is overpriced here

Would snap up the last box but I already have more than enough to last!!!!

[trancedental]

1st box of 7 arrived today batch serial 2004147 so I assume 2004?

Another one on its way.....................!

[jpmorris]

Yes, that's 2004 stuff. No sign of mine yet, but here's hoping...

[jpmorris]

Dunno what happened, but I now have 14 rolls of 406! I just have no idea where I'm going to put them...

[sweetbeats]

I'm simultaneously elated for you guys!

[trancedental]

Bump!!!!!!!!!

Bad news for me & JPM but that seller is back with more boxes of 1/2" 406 (7 per carton)

So hopefully some of you guys can snap 'em up before we get the maddening urge to buy more tape!!!!!!!!!

[cjacek]

Oh my .. and, additionally, each of those pancakes seems to reside in one of those neat plastic cases. Way cool and cheap too!!

[trancedental]

They do come in the plastic tapecare boxes!!!

If any of you guys over the pond need some tape let us know & I'll resend it over if it still works out as a good deal for you.

£43 USA & £53 Canada is the best I can find!!!!!!! Plus the £12.00 delivery So that would be about £10-11 approx per tape? About $16 - 18.00 US

Maybe the seller might send it straight over if you ask him, that way you save the £12.00 www.interparcel.com is usually cheaper over here? That would be around $13 a tape!!!!!!!

I'm getting around $65 for 406 1/2" NAB version in searches so assume that the pancakes would be around $45 but can't find any?

[cjacek]

Nice of you to offer, trancedental and although still a good deal, it's a killer of a deal for those of you in the UK. Jealous here..

[trancedental]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUANTEGY-406-M...QQcmdZViewItem

Still no takers, maybe worth European buyers EMailing him perhaps?

[cjacek]

One would have to be nuts not to grab a deal like this, especially being in the UK.

[jpmorris]

Originally Posted by cjacek

One would have to be nuts not to grab a deal like this, especially being in the UK.

I'm running out of space and I now have about 3 years worth of 406, but if the stuff is still going I might grab another one anyway.

[Beck]

Crimeny!!!

That's a deal I wouldn't pass up no matter how much tape I had.

2004 is an excellent year of manufacture... pre-bankruptcy. I can't believe that stuff is still sitting there at that price. 406 is an excellent tape for tracking and mastering.

[cjacek]

Ah, yes.. 406 - the undervalued tape. Hey Tim.