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To: speedskier who wrote (980)4/1/2001 6:14:07 PM
From: pat mudge  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3294
 
Thanks for the good explanation of resell prices.

Now if you could tell me how to fix this orbital sander, I'd be a happy camper. :)

Pat



To: speedskier who wrote (980)4/2/2001 12:54:17 AM
From: robbie_nw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3294
 
I thought he said 30% OF list not 30% OFF list....ie: 30% OF = 70% OFF.



To: speedskier who wrote (980)4/2/2001 7:11:29 PM
From: BDR  Respond to of 3294
 
<<Nobody pays list price for this stuff, so used hardware at 30% off list isn't a very good deal. >>

Looks like 10 cents on the dollar is the going rate:

upside.com

Dotcoms dump like-new hardware
April 02, 2001 12:00 AM ET
by Michelle Rushlo

For sale: servers, storage, other tech equipment. Low
mileage. Fully loaded. Like new. Must sell immediately.

Just a year ago, dotcom fever was fueling otherworldly
growth and investment in all kinds of high-tech
equipment. But with the death toll rising among
dotcoms, it appears an increasing number of
barely-out-of-the-box servers and storage units are
hitting the market -- raising questions about how they
might affect manufacturers.

"The market is flooded for sure. The price has come
down significantly in the last couple of months," said
Brian Temple, president of Grapevine, Texas-based M.I.S. Resource Group, a
company that sells refurbished equipment from Hewlett-Packard (HWP), Sun
Microsystems (SUNW), EMC (EMC) and Hitachi (HIT).

Deep discounts

As recently as a couple of weeks ago, Temple purchased equipment from three
bankrupt dotcoms for 10 cents on the dollar. Much of the equipment was purchased
between September and January, he said.