Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!panix!cmcl2!jpmorgan.com!jpmorgan.com!icculus.ny.jpmorgan.com!not-for-mail From: cae@icculus.ny.jpmorgan.com (Caleb Epstein) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: to buy cd roms in n york Date: 15 Mar 1994 11:31:18 -0500 Organization: J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated Lines: 33 Message-ID: <2m4nsm$9v9@icculus.ny.jpmorgan.com> References: Reply-To: cae@jpmorgan.com NNTP-Posting-Host: icculus.ny.jpmorgan.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] marc talenton (chowchow@email.teaser.com) wrote: : I'll be in n york on vacation for one month- where to buy cd-roms anddrives? : What public libraries 've got what cd-roms? First, I am assuming "n york" is New York, NY, and not North York, England. If I'm wrong, you can safely press 'n' now. I have found the best CD-ROM prices in NYC to be at J&R Computer World on Park Row South in Manhattan. You can get there via the number 4, 5, or 6 trains (Brooklyn Bridge stop) or the 2, 3, A, B, C, D, J, M, N, Q, R, or Z trains (Broadway-Nassau/Fulton St. stop). Its right across the street from the City Hall complex. J&R is usually (not always) a few dollars cheaper than Egghead Software, even if you have an Egghead "Cue" card (a 5% discount card which you can get in-store at the cash register; no fee for the card). This being said, neither of these places have what I'd call bargain basement prices. I'd love to hear about other places in the New York area that are cheaper. Anyone? As far as computer hardware goes (i.e. CD-ROM drives), you'll do much better price-wise by buying a copy of Computer Shopper and looking for the cheapest prices in there. You say you'll be in the area for a month, so track down a reputable distributor with good prices and buy mail-order. You'll save a bundle compared to any place I've seen in the city. You might even get a deal which bundles several CD titles along with the drive. I don't visit the Public Libraries that often, but I'd be very suprised if they carried *any* CD-ROM titles. -- [ cae@jpmorgan.com ][ Caleb Epstein ][ JP Morgan & Co. Incorporated ]