[HECnet] Hello

[Chris Kurowicki]

Even shipping costs would be many hundreds of dollars less than the starting bids I'm seeing. I get what you are saying, the original price on this stuff was pretty far up there.

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> On Jul 18, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 07/18/2015 03:16 PM, Chris Kurowicki wrote:
>> I really appreciate helping me narrow down my search! I gave the local
>> resale shop a ring and they had no idea what I meant by "Alpha", oh
>> well. The search continues! Ebay is the only place I've found Alphas,
>> but the prices are outrageous.
> 
>  Resale shops won't often get high-end enterprise gear like this, and
> most of them wouldn't recognize it if they did.
> 
>  The prices you'll see on eBay are actually quite reasonable when you
> compare them to what the hardware cost when it was new, and what vendors
> are selling them for.  A lot of organizations are running these machines
> and have to keep them functional.
> 
>  Your best bet is probably to find someone local to hook you up.  If
> you weren't on the wrong coast, I'd have an Alpha or two with your name
> on 'em!
> 
>                -Dave
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA