RE: Greenstreak vs. Lease

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greenstreak is 50% discount on hardware, 38% on software (I think).

It's on certain models.  The 270 with 1070 CPW is on there.  A customer 
recently purchased one, lots of disk and comm lines, was 52K
out the door.

We bought a similar machine (1070 CPW) under that partner world promo that was 
discussed recently here for 10K, 0% financing, and we
own it when we're done paying.   It's a used machine direct from IBM, with lots 
of software including Websphere and MQ series.
There's been talk that it's sold out, but check into it.

_________________
Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:04 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Greenstreak vs. Lease
>
>
> I'm just looking for input here.  I've been leasing a model 270 under the
> developer's program for a little while now, and I just got a call from a
> nice lady at IBM who wanted to tell me about Greenstreak.
>
> I'm just wondering what everyone considers the pros and cons of the two
> programs.  Is it worth it to move from the developer program to Greenstreak?
> Which machine is covered under Greenstreak?  I've got a little 270-2250,
> which it seems to me would still be cheaper to buy straight up than go to
> the Greenstreak model, even after the discount.
>
> What I'm considering is possibly buying a machine on Greenstreak, using it
> to get current on V5R2, and then returning the other box when the lease runs
> out.  From a cashflow perspective, this is the worst of all worlds, but it's
> got the benefit of a short-term duplication of resources and a clean
> migration path to V5R2.
>
> Joe
>
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