[SPARCbook] Tadpole 3000XT

[Ken Hansen]

I think Bill's point was that Rave does deal down from their price
list, but you have to call and negotiate for the deal. If you look
at their price list and decide not to give them the chance to come
down, is it really their fault?

Just pretend each price they quote has the word "Asking" in front
of it and go from there...

Just trying to help,

Ken
n2vip at bellatlantic.net

> 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....