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Article #532Re: DECstation 2100 versus SPARCstation 1
From: Bill Elgie
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1989 04:13
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1989 04:13
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In article <18816@mimsy.UUCP>, steve@fnord.umiacs.umd.edu (Steve D. Miller) writes: > > I don't remember the way the different purchase-time warranty options > work. I know that 'standard' pricing implies a one-year on-site warranty; I > had thought that maybe 'list' pricing implied no warranty at all, or maybe a > one-year return-to-factory warranty..... > > So what's the real scoop? > I didn't see the original posting. But: the base DECStation 2100 is "adver- tised" to have a list price of $2100. If one gets a formal quote from DEC (I have one in front of me), the "UNIT PRICE" will be listed as $8670. Be- low, after all the model description verbiage, will be another line, called "Extended Warranty Option", together with the difference in price ($720, which is equal to 8670-7950). In DEC's Brave New World, the one-year warranty is a return-to-wherever war- ranty; one pays extra (via the EWO) for on-site service. greg pavlov (unde borrowed account), FSTRF, Amherst, NY
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!gatech!udel!rochester!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!sunybcs!canisius!elgie From: elgie@canisius.UUCP (Bill Elgie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: DECstation 2100 versus SPARCstation 1 Message-ID: <2414@canisius.UUCP> Date: 31 Jul 89 04:13:17 GMT References: <18784@mimsy.UUCP> <1408@riscy.dec.com> <18816@mimsy.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208 Lines: 21