RE: Anyone ever had an iSeries stolen?

[Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My suspicion is that IBM will be very happy to sell them a new one, and not
much else.  The used marketplace is SO shady, that they won't want to open
that can of worms.  IBM will be happy to take their money for the
replacement (and would likely break sequential delivery - although it's my
understanding that models 800/810 are readily available), and take their
money when the stolen one goes on maintenance.

Whomever stole it likely has no idea of what they have, and will likely
never use it.

Al

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will IBM help by putting the system serial number on some sort of watch
list?   As in someone buys the system then calls IBM to put it on
maintenance?

-Steve

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wills, Mike N. (TC)
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:45 PM
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Subject: RE: Anyone ever had an iSeries stolen?


Okay... I have a question. HOW do you steal an iSeries? (I know it can be
done) I don't know what size an 800 is, but our 810 still is quite heavy
and
I would think would be noticable if two people were loading it into a
car/truck. If it is the size of our 720, wouldn't they need a forklift?

Mike Wills
Lawson Programmer/Administrator
Taylor Corporation
Email: mnwills AT taylorcorpNOSPAM DOT com
AIM: iSeriesCodePoet


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Rich
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:18 PM
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Subject: Re: Anyone ever had an iSeries stolen?

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Pete Helgren wrote:

> Our Model 800 was stolen last night. Anybody ever had this happen to
them?
> I am guessing an iSeries is relatively hard to peddle.  I am wondering
> if there was ever a recovery if yours WAS stolen.
>
> Just wondered if anyone had had this wonderful experience and whether
> they ever saw their iSeries again....
>
> BTW if you see a smoking deal on a model 800 and you have to pay
> shipping from Utah, let me know....

Yup.  One of our customers had theirs stolen.  Never saw it again.  We
bought them another quick that we found cheap used.  After a while (after
getting the insurance claims together) they bought a new one.  We can't
imagine they were able to do much with it and we suspect it ended up in a
dumpster somewhere.

btw, are you in Utah?  Our customer that had theirs stolen is also in Utah.
Maybe Utah is having an outbreak of iSeries thefts?

James Rich

"As for security, being lectured by Microsoft is like receiving wise words
on the subject of compassion from Stalin."
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