XPC Bare case Power buy

[mikehotel]

OK,
there have been several threads dealing with this issue on www.sfftech.com; basically Hoojam guts the shuttle SB61G2 chassis and SN45 Chassis to make their own SFF PC’s. What becomes of the leftovers? Well, they are resold by the company. The parts included in this power buy are: listed here by DaveinDebt [S=Link]https://http://forums.sudhian.com/messageview.cfm?catid=48&threadid=56711[/S] Basically, Chassis, ICE, Case Cover, Drive bays, front panel, bezel, and nuts/bolts, manuels ect. Not every case package is the same, nor can they guarantee what you’ll get.
I have negotiated a power buy of 30 XPC’s with the manufacturer @ 15 GBP’s per unit and 100 GBP’s for shipping, and of course since this is Europe, 16% Value added Tax. So here is a little spread sheet I have developed to figure out the end cost to the SFF Tech crowd:

Units: Base Line Costs:
30 @ 15 GBP’s each 450 GBP’s

Shipping cost to me: 100 GBP’s

Value added TAX 16% against goods and shipping 550*.17=93.50 or total order cost of 643.5 GBP’s (depending on exchange rates) as of today =1194.2073 USD TOTAL cost of order. United States Dollar
1 USD = 0.5389 GBP

US Priority mail reship cost:
(From me to you) Go here to figure it out: My zip code is 09050 use the DOMESTIC RATE!
http://postcalc.usps.gov/
most cases =3.85 without insurance

Paypal cost would be 3% as well
1194.00* .03= 35.83
or 1229.83 USD’s

Packaging for reshipment: 13 USD dollars (box/bubble wrap ect)

My Fee: 10 USD’s

Average Cost per unit will be: 64 USD’s delivered cost

1. For sale as is…no warrantee is implied or given
2. I ship US priority mail only; but I’ll ship anywhere US priority mail will send the package to
3. I take paypal only
4. I prefer to answer any questions via e-mail. mheistan@hotmail.com I am in Frankfurt Germany, so the time difference might cause a delay in response to e-mail, but I will get back to you within 6 hours.
5. The manner in which this power buy is going to move forward is this, I am going to have people sign up via e-mail, for my 30 units, the first 30 people that reserve a case will have first crack at these machines. As I receive names I will post them in this thread so people know were they stand. I will continue to take names until interest dies down, or we have enough names for a second power buy. Once I get 30 names, I will ask for payment in full of 64 US dollars via Paypal, if the GB pound to dollar rate flops or improves, I will adjust the prices accordingly. Once I have the money, I will place the order and reship when I get the units. If you can’t pay at the time of the order (within 12 hours), I will have to move on to the next name. So if you reserve a unit, you might want to transfer the money into the account when you reserve, so it is available to pull the trigger. This will also delay the process for the other members of the power buy, so don’t reserve unless you are ready to pony up the money. I have the ability to absorb some of the losses, but not unlimited funds. This might be a 2-week or longer deal, so prepare to be patient.

I reposted this here, because I tought some of you guys might want to use these boxes/chassis for external water cooling set-ups
-MKH