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[Dave McGuire]

  Well yeah...when a machine cost $80,000 new...

           -Dave

On 07/18/2015 06:53 PM, Chris Kurowicki wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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


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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA