>Dealers that buy systems don't pay enuf, IMO. Lets not beat up on dealers here. If you sell it yourself, say on the swap list, your expenses are basically the paypal fee, the packing and shipping and travel to the shipper. The advertising is basically free, no cost for email access, no testing the machine because you know the condition and a quick turnaround.
A dealer has the following costs: Purchase inventory advertising retail space ( a small store in a major metropolitan area can easily run 1500-2000/month before utilities) Testing the equipment credit card fees warehousing- how long is that beige going to sit on their shelf? sales staff tech support staff office staff TAXES Disposal of out of date stock( I see a lot of projects that have old pcs, 486s even, stacked up in the store room and when you buy the recent ones you have to make the old ones go away. Monitors are a big deal to dispose of because of hazmat rules. How many people want a 14" fixed frequency monitor with poor focus anyway) And many more, not to forget something leftover for profit. I am not a used computer dealer, I sell used office furniture, but the issues are basically the same. You can not expect a dealer to pay the same price for things as an end user would. While I think the 6 week turnaround is not reasonable, the dealer is offering you store credit of basically the full retail price of the machines. An original iMac and 2 bottom end beige G3s for 395 is pretty close to what you can get on the Swap list. Remember, what the dealer is doing is not rocket science. If you work with them and are reasonable, you may be able to get the hold time under 4 weeks, in which case you can put the 395 on a credit card, to be refunded to you once the Macs check out good. They will check out good, won't they? </rant> Len -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
