I placed an order the last time they had the TYs in stock but forgot to apply the coupon so I called in and had the order canceled. I reordered and they shipped those out and everything is fine until a month later when i see my billing statement. They had charged me for the first order and never credited me back the amount even though I called to cancel the order and emailed them to be sure the order was canceled. So I called up and asked them why I was charged and that said well do chargebacks on canceled orders blah blah blah.. and i asked well how long does it take to do a charge back?.. if i haddent called I doubt they would have ever done a chargeback and Im glad i noticed it because the first time i looked over my statement and i saw a charge from Shop4tech i thought everything was fine.. until i looked again and saw the 2nd charge. I may order from them in the future but I dunno.. seem kinda shady charging you for items before they have even processed the order... its fine to do a temp authorization to check to see if you got enough to cover the order but to outright charge you before the order is even processed is a little crazy. anyways im sure there are tons of others who have had no problems ordering from them but this is just my experience.

japaninator said:Can you write on these w/ a magic marker w/o problems? I had a spindle of cheap silver thermals and I noticed that it was only opaque, and light showed through. I did some tests and if I wrote too much over recorded areas, there were some problems reading the discs. Do they recommend not writing directly on these?

UNLIKE CDs, the substrate on a DVD is sandwiched between two layers of plastic. You'd have to work at it to mess up a DVD from the top.

...and I wonder if anyone knows that alot of these Taiyo Yudens aren't prime grade. TY NA saying that these internet sellers are selling discs destined for Mexico, etc.

...and I SERIOUSLY question anyone paying less than 20 cents (not meaning this deal) a disc for TY 8x discs. It's a known problem that some places sell forged TYs, and as always, you get what you pay for. I prefer loss-leader deals at B&M stores. $30 or so a 100 is where I jump, and I like to have it in-hand. The discs for private use, so I'm not running a business off this.

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