[TriLUG] OT: Retail Sharks

[staylor at openfieldsolutions.com]

Are you kidding, I think your selling yourself short.

They sell wide variety of stuff, you could burn through 500 k in no time.

I say 50k/year w/ a 100k/year rebate...

Just think of the most big daddy PM w/ YDL on it w/ a huge wall mount 
HDTV...

There goes the next two years of rebate!

Shawn





"Aaron S. Joyner" <aaron at joyner.ws>
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Lee wrote:

> staylor at openfieldsolutions.com wrote:
>
>> Having worked in retail the intrex cable is probably used, armor 
>> all'ed and resold in an 'intrex box'
>>
>> Shawn
>> 
>>
> I'm sure this was a jest, but the actual reason is more likely that 
> the Intrex cable was a bulk no-name cable and the CompUSA was a retail 
> packaged Belkin cable. So you have markup for brand AND packaging. Not 
> only is the bulk cable saving you money, but it is helping to save the 
> environment. DOWN WITH RETAIL PACKAGING!!!! 8^D

A bit of insight into the Intrex power cable pricing (speaking as 
someone directly familiar with the place).  There are two funny things 
to note about the cables.  First, yes, they are bulk.  They come in a 
big box, and are individually tie-wrapped, not individually boxed.  :) 
They are not used, as Shawn suggested.  For what it's worth, in my days 
working with computers, I don't think I've ever seen a bad computer 
power cord that wasn't visibly physically mangled.

Another side note, without much relevance on this list, but of great 
humor value.  Microsoft's licensing states that you can not sell an OEM 
copy of Windows (or Office) with out a "critical piece of hardware".  A 
critical piece of hardware is defined as something required for the 
computer to boot, such as a motherboard, processor, ram, hard drive, ide 
cable, power cable...  Thus, the cheapest way to buy a copy of M$ 
software at Intrex is to purchase an OEM copy of the OS with a power 
cord to meet the OEM requirement.  :)  This is also no secret, any of 
the guys in the store will be glad to suggest it to you should you come 
in asking for a copy of Windows.  Microsoft is just happy that you're 
buying some form of the OS, instead of copying someone else's.

The day I see that type of helpful rule-bending (or heck, even knowledge 
of what the rules are - hell, even an OEM software option!) at CompUSA, 
I'll go over and administer their network for $50,000 / year, with a 
$500,000 / decade rebate (please allow 6-8 millenia for delivery).

Aaron S. Joyner
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