[SPARCbook] Tadpole 3000XT

[Len Rose]

I didn't say that lightly.. I can typically buy equipment for usually half
of what Rave sells for, and this has been based on years of buying used
equipment.


On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 09:08:34AM -0500, Bill Strange wrote:

> 
> That makes for dramatic editorial, to be certain.  As a general rule,
> though, they are very competitive.  Competitive does not mean selling
> retail inventory for less than the cost of storing it, as in the case of
> the units sold by Ross Pennington [bless his soul].  If the idea is that
> Ross's  sale fixed the pricing index for the sparcbooks in general, then
> you may be right.  What I believe happened is that a few of us were
> fortunate to ante into a game which is otherwise exclusive.  The boxes
> they are selling now are vastly superior to the 3GX, and not vastly more
> costly.
> 
> Before slamming these guys too much, try to keep in mind that they are
> very negotiable.  They start high and take what they can get.  Sounds
> like good business to me.  I always negotiate with them, check their
> offers and negotiate again.  There's a shred of reality....