New Hardware Announcement

                                                                                
      
                                                                                
      
                                                                                
      
                                                                     I''m 
wondering   
                                                                     if we're 
the     
                                                                     only 
customer    
                                                                     
experiencing     
                                                                     this 
"sticker    
                                                                     shock" 
problem.  
                                                                     One of our 
      
                                                                     machines 
is an   
                                                                     820 with 
CPW of  
                                                                     1100/35. 
We do   
                                                                     most of 
our      
                                                                     mailing 
list     
                                                                     processing 
on it 
                                                                     and there 
are    
                                                                     only two 
IS      
                                                                     people who 
use   
                                                                     it for     
      
                                                                     
interactive      
                                                                     work, the 
rest   
                                                                     is batch. 
Since  
                                                                     it is in 
serious 
                                                                     need of an 
      
                                                                     upgrade I 
got    
                                                                     pricing 
for what 
                                                                     I deemed a 
      
                                                                     logical 
upgrade  
                                                                     path. The  
      
                                                                     result, 
were I   
                                                                     to take it 
to my 
                                                                     boss, 
would      
                                                                     result in 
me     
                                                                     being 
thrown out 
                                                                     of his 
office.   
                                                                     Originally 
I got 
                                                                     a price of 
$146K 
                                                                     for an 
upgrade   
                                                                     to an 820 
with   
                                                                     CPW of 
2350/35.  
                                                                     The price 
for    
                                                                     the 
equivalent   
                                                                     810 with 
CPW of  
                                                                     2700/2700 
is     
                                                                     $239K.     
      
                                                                     Please 
tell me   
                                                                     there is 
an      
                                                                     error 
somewhere  
                                                                     and I'm 
not      
                                                                     being 
charged    
                                                                     $93K for 
an      
                                                                     extra 350 
CPW!   
                                                                     In 
addition,     
                                                                     there is 
no      
                                                                     upgrade 
path for 
                                                                     the 810. I 
don't 
                                                                     see the 
goodness 
                                                                     that is 
being    
                                                                     spread 
around    
                                                                     for this   
      
                                                                     
announcement.    
                                                                                
      
                                                                                
      
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Paul Fenstermacher AS/400 Certified System Administrator
Bass Pro Shops
417-873-5424
paulf@basspro.com