Thanks, Jonathan. I do have a pretty good relationship with my Dell rep, and he has confirmed they can sell me the part. I've also found that our AS/400 maintenance guys can provide it too, for about $50 more than I can get it from at a Froogle vendor with a large number of positive ratings. I will wait for my Dell rep to get back with me on a price and then see if I can't talk to Dell and the AS/400 maintenance guys and see if I can't get a small concession out of 'em. :-)
Very good advice. I appreciate it and will definitely keep it *all* in mind in the future. That's one reason I typically get my Cisco stuff from the guys who wrote and maintain our ERP/CRM software -- not to mention that if the network goes down, our remote office won't be able to do anything. Hmm... that might be good enough reason to convince management to let me keep a spare power supply on the shelf.... From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ASA power supply 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 ~ 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
