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MaddMatt · 06-19-2008, 02:43 AM

Your 4400 is still on less than $180 with 15 hrs to go!
I couldn't do it Andy, I hope it goes up real fast at the end for you...!

As a sales guy I have been exposed to this many times over...

Back in 1989 when the snap came out I used to get "why would I buy a server that didn't have a monitor or a keyboard?" or "8GB! do you have anything smaller?" (even though a decent new server at the time cost upwards of $10k, and had half the disk space and the Meridian Data 8GB Snap Cost $4k, slightly slower processor but twice the HDD space)

5 years back when USB HDD's became easily available... I would take a call from a "Reseller" with "how much for a Snap2200 320GB" my reply AUD $1698ex RRP $2154.... The reply was "I can get a 200GB USB HDD for $420 from XXXXX.... I would ask "don't you need this on the network?" and the reply "I can share it from one of the workstations!" my reply "I'm glad I won't be the bunny on that workstation dude... enjoy your USB Drive!"

Even a few years ago when SATA drives were really new I would get the same thing on a snap4500 640GB inquiry... I tell tell them the price and get in reply "I can buy a XXX workstation and put 4x 160G HDD's in it for half that"... (I would think I hope those XXX cheapskates have more than 2x IDE ports in that sucker, if not your going to have a hard time getting the OS on that puppy!)

So I don't even try to explain these days, if they don't understand NAS i.e. how to make more time for themselves to make more money elsewhere, well... they are not worth my efforts... on that point - If they have all day to ring up scumbag sales guys like me to argue about prices I wouldn't expect them to be around to long enough to assist me with my monthly budget on a continual basis anyway...

The only guys who have an excuse are the Service provider guys who supply decent self built NAS system, load WSS (that the client pays for too) so they can then charge the client "to billy-O" to manage each of them on a monthly basis - That's called; sweet talking them into making your own private market...

Talk about ebay; This one is a little strange;

http://cgi.ebay.com/320-GB-Snap-Serv...QQcmdZViewItem

It is a 4100 that looks suspiciously like a 4000...?

06-19-2008, 02:43 AM	#5
MaddMatt Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 65	Re: Frustrated with 4400's Your 4400 is still on less than $180 with 15 hrs to go! I couldn't do it Andy, I hope it goes up real fast at the end for you...! As a sales guy I have been exposed to this many times over... Back in 1989 when the snap came out I used to get "why would I buy a server that didn't have a monitor or a keyboard?" or "8GB! do you have anything smaller?" (even though a decent new server at the time cost upwards of $10k, and had half the disk space and the Meridian Data 8GB Snap Cost $4k, slightly slower processor but twice the HDD space) 5 years back when USB HDD's became easily available... I would take a call from a "Reseller" with "how much for a Snap2200 320GB" my reply AUD $1698ex RRP $2154.... The reply was "I can get a 200GB USB HDD for $420 from XXXXX.... I would ask "don't you need this on the network?" and the reply "I can share it from one of the workstations!" my reply "I'm glad I won't be the bunny on that workstation dude... enjoy your USB Drive!" Even a few years ago when SATA drives were really new I would get the same thing on a snap4500 640GB inquiry... I tell tell them the price and get in reply "I can buy a XXX workstation and put 4x 160G HDD's in it for half that"... (I would think I hope those XXX cheapskates have more than 2x IDE ports in that sucker, if not your going to have a hard time getting the OS on that puppy!) So I don't even try to explain these days, if they don't understand NAS i.e. how to make more time for themselves to make more money elsewhere, well... they are not worth my efforts... on that point - If they have all day to ring up scumbag sales guys like me to argue about prices I wouldn't expect them to be around to long enough to assist me with my monthly budget on a continual basis anyway... The only guys who have an excuse are the Service provider guys who supply decent self built NAS system, load WSS (that the client pays for too) so they can then charge the client "to billy-O" to manage each of them on a monthly basis - That's called; sweet talking them into making your own private market... Talk about ebay; This one is a little strange; http://cgi.ebay.com/320-GB-Snap-Serv...QQcmdZViewItem It is a 4100 that looks suspiciously like a 4000...?