From: Howard C. Berkowitz (hcb@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Feb 09 2002 - 17:04:24 GMT-3
At 9:46 AM -0800 2/9/02, Brian Dennis wrote:
>Todd,
>Okay lets see. If you liked their service so much why did you purchase these
>items for half the price of what they sell them for?
>
>ccbootcamp's price
>25xx Rackmount Kit - $25
>
>Auction you won on eBay for $9.95.
>Cisco Rack Mount Kit for 2500 series router Item # 1295010740
>
>Auction you won on eBay for $14.00.
>****CISCO 2500 SERIES ROUTER RACK MOUNTS**** Item # 1295235366
>
>
>I thought you wanted to as you said "avoid the hassle" ;-)
>
>All I'm saying is that you can save a lot of money by using eBay and we both
>know that.
>
>Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S)(ISP/Dial)
Somewhere in this there ought to be a commercial:
Rackmount kit $9.95
Rackmount kit $14.00
Emotional factors Priceless
For everything else, there's Mastercard.
>
>
>
>
>On Saturday 09 February 2002 08:57 am, Todd Carswell wrote:
>> Brian,
>>
>> You are right. It is possible to find a 2501 on Ebay for about $350.00. I
>> actually bought a couple of 2503's on Ebay and I got fair prices. When it
>> was all said and done, though, I ended up spending about 2 weeks
>> hemming-and-hawwing over that one purchase. The seller forgot to send me
>> the rack mount kits that were promised in the listing and I NEVER received
>> the documentation CD that was shown in the ad.
>>
>> I needed a lot more equipment and I did not want to invest all the time it
>> would take to put a home lab together in a piecemeal fashion.
>>
>> To avoid the hassle, I went to ccbootcamp and followed the link to
>> Optimized Systems. I went to the "PayPal Only" store and selected all of
>> the equipment I needed. I ended up paying $419.00 for each 2501 I needed.
>> I sent 1 paypal payment to Network Learning for all of the equipment I
>> need. In about 5 days, the UPS guy showed up on my doorstep with all my
>> stuff. Nice and easy.
>>
>> When my routers arrived from ccbootcamp, they had IOS 12.1 installed and
>> 16M of RAM and 16M of flash. You'll have to search through a lot of
>> listings on ebay to find something like that. In addition, all of the
>> stuff I ordered was in the box. They've really got their stuff together
>> over at NLI.
>>
>> All-in-all, the money I MIGHT have saved at Ebay was no worth the time that
>> I would have invested.
>>
>> Disclaimer: I do NOT work for Network Learning, Inc. or Optimized Systems.
>> I'm just pleased with my interaction with the folks over there and I'm
>> passing the word to my fellow CCIE candidates.
>>
>> That's my take on the situation, anyway.
>>
>> Take care.
>>
>> Todd
>>
>>
>>
>> Going the Ebay route
>>
>> The problem with
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brian Dennis" <brian@5g.net>
>> To: "Todd Carswell" <acarswell@nc.rr.com>; "Fred Quan" <qfgccie@yahoo.com>;
>> "Nick Shah" <nshah@connect.com.au>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:36 AM
>> Subject: Re: purchase home Lab equipment
>>
>> > Todd,
>> > Not to take anything away from ccbootcamp but you should be able to get a
>> > 2501 with 16/16 for about $350 on eBay. If you can't let me know and
>> > I'll sell them too you all day for $350 with 16/16 ;-)
>> >
>> > Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S)(ISP/Dial)
>> >
>> > On Friday 08 February 2002 08:59 pm, Todd Carswell wrote:
>> > > Go to ccbootcamp.com. They have partnered with optimized systems to
>>
>> sell
>>
>> > > cisco hardware. I bought my stuff from them and it was CHEAPER than
>> > > anything I've found on Ebay. (i.e. You can get a 2501 for $419.00. If
>>
>> you
>>
>> > > look it up on ebay, you'll be hard pressed to find a price that low.)
>> > >
>> > > Good luck!
>> > >
>> > > Todd
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "Fred Quan" <qfgccie@yahoo.com>
>> > > To: "Nick Shah" <nshah@connect.com.au>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>> > > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 11:32 PM
>> > > Subject: Re: purchase home Lab equipment
>> > >
>> > > > Nick,
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks for your advice.
>> > > > I don't like to buy individually, it spend many time and energy, I'm
> > > > > lacking for time and energy.
>> > > > I would like to setup my home lab quickly .
>> > > > Do you know who can resell his home lab to me?
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks,
>> > > >
>> > > > -Fred
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > > From: "Nick Shah" <nshah@connect.com.au>
>> > > > To: "Fred Quan" <qfgccie@yahoo.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:42 PM
>> > > > Subject: Re: purchase home Lab equipment
>> > > >
>> > > > > I would suggest buying off ebay, you could end up saving heaps of
>>
>> $$$.
>>
>> > > > > I actually bought stuff for almost half the price(albeit, I spent
>>
>> 3-4
>>
>> > > > weeks
>> > > >
>> > > > > shopping around), of what I was quoted when I went for *single full
>>
>> lab
>>
>> > > > > deals*. Of course if you are short of time (or dont want to shop
>> > > > > around) look out for people who have just got their CCIE's (there
>>
>> were
>>
>> > > > > atleast 2 guys in the last 3-4 days) and wanted to sell their
>> > > > > equipment.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Nick
>> > > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > > From: Fred Quan <qfgccie@yahoo.com>
>> > > > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>> > > > > Date: Friday, 8 February 2002 4:26
>> > > > > Subject: purchase home Lab equipment
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >Dear all,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >I'd like to purchase cisco equipment to setup home lab .
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >If someone have home lab to sell, please free feel to contact me.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >Mail: qfgccie@yahoo.com
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >Thanks,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >- Fred
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