Archival Gold CD-Rs worth the cost?

I was in a local photo shop yesterday and the owner was really hammering me about backing up my photos. I do quarterly backus to CD or DVD and I periodically copy my entire iPhoto library to an external drive.
He recommended Archival Gold eFilm CD-Rs. Said they are 24k gold coated and will last 300yrs. He also recommened that I print my pics from a photo lab. All of this is good advice but I wasn't sure if he was just trying to sell me stuff. The CD-Rs are over $1 each, so they aren't cheap.
Does anyone have any opinions (or facts) on if we should be spending a bit more on high quality CD-Rs? Or are these things just the same as standard CD-Rs I buy at Best Buy or CompUSA? I'm willing to spend the extra if it will help preserve my photos longer.
Here is a link with info on the discs:
http://www.archivalgold.com/
Thanks.

Brian:
I've no info on those or similar discs but you might post the question over at the iDVD or DVD StudioPro forums. Some very knowledgeable professionals frequent them and will definitely have an opinion.
Generally it's reported that we can expect 30 years life expectancywith proper care. Personally, I don't think I'd go for them. I backup each years worth of photos on iDVD via slideshows and the source files on data DVD disks and then distribute to my kids. So I've got 3 copies out there at any one time. I've read that putting a copy into a safe deposit box is a good idea, controlled environment and all. Light is an enemy of discs. I'm like you I also have backups on my external HDs so do have redundancy.
One thing I did go away from was putting paper labels on disks. Although I've not had any problems with them yet, as time goes on and they dry out I don't know what to expect. I know use printable discs and print the info on it with an Epson R200.

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