[rescue] Re: Finally got my first Ultra

[Robert Novak]

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Ido Dubrawsky wrote:

> Okay, it's an Ultra 1 167MHz, 128MB RAM and no keyboard/mouse.  But
> hey, I've finally got an UltraSPARC and it was only $66.00.  Does
> anyone know if that's a good price for one of these?  I have to say
> the guy did have shipping set at $35.00 which I think may be a bit
> steep...any ideas on the cost of shipping one of these?

That's a pretty good price. My first Ultra was a Ultra 1 170E Creator3d,
128meg, no disk or keyboard or mouse, $600 two years ago next month or so.

When I shipped Ultra 2s they ran around $30 for ground shipping as I
recall, and MBE charged $30 to wrap them up the one time I had them wrap
one up I think (or maybe that was the Indigo2s). 

If the person has to buy the packing materials, $35 is probably fair if
it's done well. If it's just peanuts and duct tape, it probably isn't. Had
a friend ship me a 1400VA desktop UPS with one sheet of bubble wrap and a
lot of peanuts... the front still doesn't go on right. :)


--Rob

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