I understand about rebate apprehension...but like I said, for those folks undaunted by rebates, the Newegg deal is pretty decent...even more so if you're not in CA since you won't have to pay sales tax.
Are those Verbatim DL disks the ones that are rated at 2.4x DL but can burn as high as 8x? At least that's what I've read about them, in which case the Verbatims are the ones to get, for now...