[SunRescue] UK Viewers

[Mike Meredith]

Hi

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> --- Shadow Man <edenhouse at hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi
> > just wondering for an in-formal straw poll on how
> > many people here are in 
> > the UK. 
> 
> Well there's little me in Southampton, previously
> London. :)  I know of a couple of others 

I'm in Portsmouth.

> > I realise that the market for Sun equipment
> > rescued from skip diving 
> > is not as big as in the States but there is probably
> > a fair amount of stuff 
> > which will be reaching the end of it's City life
> > span ( if any one can 
> > recommend any good skips in London/UK, just shout ).

Personally I've never come across anything decent in skips :(

> > I want to rationalise my server room, just wondering
> > whether to offer stuff 
> > here, or on E-Bay UK, or whether to phone a
> > secondhand retailer.
> 
> NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Please offer stuff here first!  Many of

Seconded.

> www.acara.co.uk !!!! 500 quid for a sparc2??????  Even
> with a TGX its about 10x over priced!

I've heard Mr Acara (can't remember his name) explain that they're really
catering to the corporate market for 2nd hand stuff, and they're stuff is more
reconditioned than 2nd hand. Still irritating though.

There's www.speedie.co.uk which isn't quite as bad; I suspect they don't update
their prices on the web too often though.