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Posted by timepixdc on 10/10/06 20:42
In article <1160505066.551075.177780@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
"Mr. Tapeguy" <mr.tapeguy@pro-tape.com> wrote:
> I'm going to end this because you clearly have a mindset.
As do you. Yours is the profit motive, mine is an attempt to save
someone money.
> It takes
> more than ten minutes to register for a class and order multiple items
> from multiple vendors.
That's because you're taking things out of context. It took ten minutes
to find all the information. Registering for class would take you
another 10-15 minutes. Ordering on line another 15 for a total of...
Wow... 30-40 minutes.
> It's not a huge difference but it's something.
40 minutes of effort to save at least $1000. Sounds like time well spent.
> > Which is why there are forums like this one in which knowledge is shared
> > openly.
>
> Also time consuming. More than ten minutes.
Okay. Let's say it took him 3 minutes to write the original posting and
another 2 minutes to read. It's all still less than an hour.
> > > .but there is little to be gained by going the education route IMHO.
> >
> > The gain of a few grand IMHO.
>
> Where is this "few grand?" The difference between your choice and
> APPLE RETAIL was only $1300
Okay. A couple grand if you want to be picky. Closer to $1700 for an
external drive close to the quality of the OWC.
> and I made it clear that we would narrow
> the gap substantially.
You've never actually presented exact figures did you?
> math is math
> and particularly after I said I'd sell the system for 5K
Which is $300 more than the figure I came up with.
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