Thanks Abelnwill, Avi and darklord.
@Ablenwill: The prices you mentioned are on bit higher side. MBI is available for 25/-, that too single piece. For 5 and more you can bargain.
@Avi: Yes..you lucky dude...get Japanese stuff from Japan. So no wonder, you are a 'satisfied customer'.
. Also, do you know of any inexpensive MP3 player with rewind/fast forward funtionality ?
@darklord: that was some good info. Regarding Sony media( atleast the CDRs) were from CMC Magnetics and not original Sony. So I stopped using them. Also Imation media has the same media id. Guess, I will stick with MBI (and take chances with quality variations).
@mykey: I am in Hyderabad (sincle last 10 months...so no surprises, I guess
. Y!/MSN are not allowed..so not much online.