Here's a rubric for all your future buying decisions. Take cost of a good quality/known vendor that you have a relationship with. Subtract the lowest price you can find buy typically googling around. If that result is less than the cost of downtime, great, buy from the preferred vendor. If that amount is greater than the cost of downtime, buy from the preferred vendor.
In other words, I'm of the mind that having a good relationship with a quality vendor is worth more than trying to squeeze pennies and deal with unknowns. I have good relationship with my Dell and CDW reps. I typically review those options first, give alternatives a cursory glance, and then proceed with Dell and CDW. There are times I've been able to indicate to my rep I can get a better deal elsewhere, and I can wring a concession out of them. You can't do that unless you build a relationship. In the long run, the business runs more efficiently, which equals more $$$. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:38 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected] > wrote: > The power supply in our ASA died overnight. Management doesn't believe in > SmartNet, so I'm having to replace the power supply myself. Having verified > that the power supply is, in fact dead, I'm looking for a replacement. The > ONLY big reseller I have been able to verify that sells these is CDW. I'd > like to have some options. I did use Froogle, but most of the folks there > are "noname" or ebay vendors... That's not necessarily something I"d want > to > buy off ebay. :-) > > Wondering if any of you have a preferred vendor for something like this? > I'll continue searching the web while waiting for a response. > > Thanks > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
