Conference 7.286::digital

What catalog are you looking at?  Digital's catalog price for a 540MB
IDE disk (FR-PCXAR-CL) is $399.  Sure, that's higher than Computer City -
Digital doesn't adjust its prices as often as the stores do - but it was
not a bad price in September.

					Steve

    Plus, if you are purchasing this thru your cost center doesn't IEG give
    a 70% discount? 70% off of $399 give you a price of 119.70. Sounds like
    a pretty good deal to me.
    
    Of course if this is a personal purchase then you only get the 20% off.
    
    Debbie
    

>What catalog are you looking at?  Digital's catalog price for a 540MB
>IDE disk (FR-PCXAR-CL) is $399.  Sure, that's higher than Computer City -
>Digital doesn't adjust its prices as often as the stores do - but it was
>not a bad price in September.

yikes!  I just looked again and it's the PCatalog (not DECdirect), Sept 1994. 
Same part number but I stand by the $898 price tag.  it's on page 41. 

How can the same part number differ by that much in 2 catalogs from the same
month?

-mark

    Try checking VTX IEG for ordering and pricing information. Internal
    orders are
    discounted at 40% off list. Also, The pricing for storage devices has
    dropped considerably. Check the US Systems Price list to find out
    current list
    for options. The latest PC catalog lists a 540 MB IDE drive for $399
    and with
    discount it brings the price down to under $240.
    
    Using IEG allows Digital to utilze returns, DIAL, etc., plus saves that
    hassle
    of dealing with purchasing.
    
    Regards,
    Michael
      

    When I was checking out prices for a 540 disk drive in November I
    called pcbydec and at first was given a price of $799 I believe, after
    looking it up online, the real price was $399.  Current prices are
    online, printed prices can become obsolete in a hurry.

    PJ

Just to beg to differ but I paid significantly less than $399 for a WD 540 in
July

$399 was high even in September

dave

Re: .3

The current catalog is "December 1994".  The price is $399 - verified
through VTX PRICE.

				Steve

thanks for all the feedback...  it seems like that when you apply a 40% discount
to our standard prices you then get something that's competitive.  however, I
still don't see how we're to have any credibility as a mail order business with
a price of $399 for something I can order almost ANYWHERE for under $300.

-mark

    I bought a Western Digital 850 MB disk for $389 over this Christmas
    vacation.  The 730 was listed as $329 at CompUSA, but they were out.
    
    /jim

I grabbed a Toshiba 1.2GB SCSI drive at a PC show in Marlboro a
couple of weeks ago for $440+tax.

/harley

This note seems to have strayed somewhat from one of the initial points, namely
if we want our customers to take us seriously as a component vendor, how do we
justify having such high prices for disk drives (and I assume other options as
well) in our catalogs? 

-mark

    The actual problem here seems to be how do we keep people from
    using 4 month old catalogs.  Current catalog is January.
    Also, right or wrong, remember that the PC group, as well as
    the rest of Digital, and Hewlett Packard, and others, use a
    pricing structure that provides support for resellers.  Gateway,
    Zeos, etc don't use resellers.  I don't defend the use of
    resellers; but this is why things are the way they are.
    Note also that Digital got hosed into buying a lot of hard disks
    [at now rediculous prices] from Quantum as part of the disk
    business sale.  You try and get back what you can.
    Kratz

    can anyone supply a quick summary of the steps necessary to go through
    ieg to order a disk or whatever...
    
    Thanks in advance,
    Brad.

re Note 3608.13 by NCMAIL::SMITHB:

>     can anyone supply a quick summary of the steps necessary to go through
>     ieg to order a disk or whatever...
  
        Basically, you fill out this (fairly simple) form, send it
        via Email to your CC manager, your CC manager sends it marked
        approved to IEG, and it gets shipped.

        The following is a form I recently used (I think I got it
        from VTX <something>):



INSTRUCTIONS:
_____________


Cost Center orders MUST be sent electronically from the cost center manager's
account.  If a designee's account is used, it must be accompanied by an
authorization memo from the cost center manager.

Electronic orders should be sent to INH_ORDER @ MKO or VAXmail
MKOTS4::INH_ORDER.

Ordering information and the order form are also available on VTX:

At the $ prompt, type VTX DOC.
Select #2, Business Processes
Select #6, In-house (Cost Center) Ordering Information

You will receive an electronic acknowledgment of your order.  If you have
any questions, please call DTN 264-7777.


                        FOR DIGITAL INTERNAL USE ONLY
 
U.S. Customer Administration: Direct Order Channels
 Business Processes
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 In-House (Cost Center) Ordering     	           |  Screen  2 of 2
 Information                                       |  Issue Date: 03-31-93
 Number             				   |  Review Date: 05-02-94
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

An order form is attached for your convenience.

ORDER FORM:


Contact Name: Robert J. Fleischer

DTN: 297-5780
External phone#: (508) 467-5780

Cost center to be charged: xxx

Cost center Managers Name: Tim Horgan
       or
Signatory Authority
Assigned to (if not cc mgr):

Ship-to address:  3 Results Way (MRO3-3/L16)
                  Marlboro, MA 01752

Attn.:  Robert J. Fleischer
Mail stop:  MRO3-3/L16


     Qty                Part#                  Description

      1              BC09D-03/KGR    straight SCSI connector.  3 ft
      1              BC09D-06/KGR    straight SCSI connector.  6 ft
      3              TLZ04-CB/KGR    DAT, DDS 60m, 1 GB (5/box)
      1              RRD4X-CA/KGR    Five caddies for RRD42 CD-ROM 


Badge#: xxxxxx

Project# (if applicable)

Special Instructions:


Please include your DTN and mail account information so we can contact you with
any questions.

Send order via ALL-IN-1 to INH_ORDER @MKO  or  VAXmail to MKOTS4::INH_ORDER
An order form is attached for your convenience.

                        FOR DIGITAL INTERNAL USE ONLY

    Hmm Bob -- why did you delete the part of the form where you have to
    submit notarized proof that you have in fact spun around 200 times on
    one heel while scrawling "I am an empowered employee" on each of an
    entire packet of Post-It(tm) notes (which you of course must purchase
    with your own funds)?
    
    Trying to make Management look good, are we???
                         

    
    RE: .8
    
    I don't think we're trying to be a "mail order business". 
    
    

Someone just pointed me to
http://corp.software.net/corpindex.htm/SK:ckaaebbgjfghjbjf which says 

"You are entitled to order at the Digital Equipment Corporation corporate
price. A discount off our already low prices!"

What gives? The end of that URL looks like something you might get playing
an arpeggio on an LK401. It was suggested the quoted message appears only if
accessed from .dec.com.

re Note 3608.18 by UNXA::ZASLAW:

> Someone just pointed me to
> http://corp.software.net/corpindex.htm/SK:ckaaebbgjfghjbjf which says 
> 
> "You are entitled to order at the Digital Equipment Corporation corporate
> price. A discount off our already low prices!"
> 
> What gives? The end of that URL looks like something you might get playing
> an arpeggio on an LK401. It was suggested the quoted message appears only if
> accessed from .dec.com.
  
        I know nothing about the discount, but that funny sequence in
        the URL is one way that Web servers have of tracking a given
        session through their pages -- each connect without one is
        assigned a unique ID, and the pages you are given use that ID
        in their within-site URLs, so on subsequent clicks through
        the site they know where your click-stream has been.

        (It's a little like a "cookie", except users generally don't
        see the cookies.)

        Bob

>>        (It's a little like a "cookie", except users generally don't
>>        see the cookies.)

And that web site also "sets a cookie".

bjm