Re: iSeries Weekly Update-content

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

I am willing to bet that IBM had promotions in the past for 436's and the 
like.  And these were ignored because these people thought the machine was 
'good enough'.  Meanwhile:
- the customers competition grew, but they didn't
- they moved more and more stuff off to other servers
- their machine depreciated rapidly
- they trashed their $5,000 PC-AT because no one would give them a trade 
in for a $1,200 new PC running XP

Rob Berendt
-- 
"Good enough, never is"  Debbie Fields





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Does IBM really want back in the SMB market?
I've got customers who used to say they were IBM "for life"
until IBM started ignoring them (and BP's ignore them even more
for lack of a margin and changing bp programs).
They get a once a year call from an ibm telesales announcing promos
for everyone else.
jim
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> Beats me,  The chart at
> http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/hardware/life.html
>
> shows that they still plan on new 800 sales beyond the end of April 
2004.
> Perhaps the sliding scale on what they'd give you on a 7xx box for an 
800
> would be considered an insult by some?  And if the low end of the scale
> for a 7xx box on an 810 is $10,000 what do you expect for a 436 on a 
800?
> A case of returnable empty bottles?
>
> Sounds like a car dealership.  I knew one guy who was not going for the
> deal because (my numbers are off but the theory is sound) he didn't get
> enough of a trade in for his truck
> new car   25,000
> trade in  -1,500
> total     23,500
>
> So the dealer cut him a new offer and he was pleased as punch, and 
signed
> the contract
> new car  27,000
> trade in -3,500
> total    23,500
>
>
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> Rob Berendt
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> Why does there never seem to be a promotion at the
> low end - the model 800's?   Lot's of 720's, 270's 236, 436, 200, 400, 
Sxx
> servers fit more in the 800 range, yet IBM makes no trade in offer?
> jim
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> From: "Vern Hamberg" <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > I'd say try it again. Worked for me. Gist is $50,000 trade-in value 
for
> any
> > 720/730/740 on an 825. $10,000 - 30,000 on various 810s.
> >
> > Vern
> >
> > At 08:16 AM 4/29/2004, you wrote:
> > >I get this iSeries Weekly Update enewsletter from IBM.  In it are 
some
> > >marketing promotions, educational opportunities, etc.
> > >
> > >Just ONCE I'd like to get it and have the link to the special 
promotion
> > >actually WORK!
> > >
> > >Like the following:
> > >
> > >IBM marketing, promotions and special offers
> > >
> > >   o  U.S.: AS/400 eServer trade-in offer
> > >      http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=usa5hw0445
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> > >Rob Berendt
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