[SunRescue] Ultra 5

[Ken Hansen]

Did anyone here win one of these pairs of systems? I see that many of the 2
system sets went for the minimum bid ($630), for system prices arond $375,
before shipping...

Not bad, if you are local...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Blake" <rogerblake at btinternet.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:50 PM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Ultra 5


> oops - ignore my last mail.  I didn't look closely enough
> to see that the $1575 bids were for lots of 5 systems !!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Blake [mailto:rogerblake at btinternet.com]
> Sent: 23 May 2001 17:48
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Ultra 5
>
>
> I think that if you look closely you'll see that the
> reserve price hasn't been met even for the bid's reaching $1575
>
> Roger Blake
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Ken Hansen
> Sent: 23 May 2001 15:13
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Ultra 5
>
>
> These will most likely cost you over $1,000 for the pair, when all is said
> and done.
>
> Assume a $700 winning bid, then there is a 10% buyers fee, now you are at
> $770.
>
> Add in sales tax, at 8.25% (ouch), and you are at about $835 (based on
quick
> math).
>
> Then, add in the cost of getting th units boxed up, and shipped back to
> you - I think these are sitting on a pallet in SF warehouse - you would
need
> toget someone to drive there, pack them up, at say a mailboxes, etc., and
> then ship it back to you.
>
> At $500/each, are you really saving that much?
>
> Now if I lived near there, and could swing by and pick them up myself, it
> starts to get more attractive to me...
>
> Just my thoughts,
>
> Ken
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Haavik" <shaavik at soc.lib.md.us>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:15 AM
> Subject: [SunRescue] Ultra 5
>
>
> > There are 60 Ultra 5s for auction on bid4assets.
> >
> > http://www.bid4assets.com/Auction/index.cfm?auctionid=27633
> >
> > Is $630 a good deal for "2 Sun Ultra 5s with a minimum of 128 Megs RAM,
> > single 270Mhz CPU, single NIC Card, single 4GB Hard Drive"?
> >
> > I ask because I'm tempted to push my boss to put in a bid.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Haavik
> > Sailor Operations Center
> > http://www.sailor.lib.md.us
> > shaavik at soc.lib.md.us
> >
> >
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