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Re: [Digital BW] Better Storage, was Better Scans

2001-11-15 by SKID Photography

I think it was over the summer.

Did a quick Google search:

http://www.idg.net/idgns/2001/04/13/IomegaSettlesLawsuitWithRebateOffer.shtml

Good luck!

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC

Carolyn Frayn wrote:

> I did not know this... do you know when this happened? I threw mine out a
> few years back.... agreed, self serving.
>
> My disk drive never screamed, I did!
>
> Carolyn
>
>
> Harvey:
> > As a side note:  In the U.S. (Carolyn is in Canada) there was a class action
> > lawsuit, and Iomega lost....But
> > the remedy wasn't worth the effort.  Like discounts on a new Zip drive (like
> > you would want *another* zip that
> > will die), or discounts on disks.  IMO, seemed a bit self serving.
> >
> Jack:
> > I have tossed two Iomega's and one other brand into the trash. That type of
> > media saving does not seem to last, esp.. if you are saving photographs. I
> > called it the scream of death, a click would not have been so unnerving.
>





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