What's an RX01 drive worth to a commercial user? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Oct 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Ethan Dicks &lt;ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: What's an RX01 drive worth to a commercial user?

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--- Mike Ford &lt;mikeford(a)socal.rr.com&gt; wrote:
  I just got
a call from a place I used to work (Lucent).  They have a bad
RX01 drive and want to buy a replacement. 
 Why would you want to charge Lucent a "reasonable" price? ;) 
Well... reasonable cuts both ways.  Perhaps I should have said, "I want to
gouge them, but not so much they buy one from someone else... how bad can
I make it hurt?"  Is that better?  ;-)

I wonder if they will make YOU *hurt* when they go to get rid of the
equipment they have. I have always dealt with people and companies in a very
reasonable manner not to gouge or hurt them as good sales to a company in
need has usually brought excellent returns. As for individuals, nothing can
yield more vintage systems than not gouging or taking advatnage of a person
in need.

I am still getting MANY offers to purchase  transistors computers today
because I chose not to gouge these same factories/companies in the past.

I have put many systems in schools (never museums) even up to some recent
donations which included a Singer mini from the 50's with acoustic memory --
in return I have received 1130 stuff (which I scrapped for $$) and many
other mini parts.

Companies and people will only treat you as well as you have treated them...

john

...
   I would call a
few of the legacy support outfits, then cut their price by
 whatever percent feels right to you. 
In progress.  I've sent several mails out to various places I do business
with.  I don't have phone numbers handy.

  You're not exactly doing a "small"
service for them either. 
Very much true.  I did mention that installation would be available for
an hourly rate.

-ethan

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