Router Installation and setup from Best Buy is $149, not including the cost of the router.
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:20 AM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > This seems reasonable to me. We sell refurbished (read: used) N300 > routers from EBay for $69.95 and new AC750s for $99.95. This price > includes the service call (if applicable) and the installation and setup. > The N300s are roughly the same markup as you mentioned here. We warranty > them for 90 days. > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:15 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> we need more of that in the US >> >> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Brian McCoy <bri...@pdmnet.net> wrote: >> >>> I just read the wiki on the Shawinigan handshake, and I must say, very, >>> very entertaining. I still have a solid belly chuckle going right now. >>> Thank you good sir for the laugh this Tuesday morning. >>> >>> >>> >>> Brian McCoy >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke >>> *Sent:* Monday, August 22, 2016 10:16 PM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WISP ethics >>> >>> >>> >>> In the land of moose, maple syrup and prime ministers who aren't afraid >>> to choke out a protestor [1], my wife and I pay $130 CAD together monthly >>> for health insurance... Which covers pretty much everything. >>> >>> [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan_Handshake >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Josh Luthman < >>> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: >>> >>> You better stay away from the medical industry. >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 22, 2016 10:01 PM, "Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> This is not a WISP that competes with me in any way... >>> >>> It's actually a family member's new last mile connection, where the bill >>> looks like: >>> >>> NRC >>> >>> $several hundred dollars - CPE radio >>> >>> $165 - new customer one time installation fee >>> >>> $80 router purchase >>> >>> MRC >>> >>> $85 monthly for a reasonably high quota service >>> >>> I think that the price disparity between the actual market value of the >>> router ($11 to $15 on ebay with free shipping included in the price) and >>> what they sold it for is so wide that it's just *wrong*. >>> >>> I can see buying a $75 basic 802.11ac router and selling it for $100, or >>> even $110... But not this. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Trey Scarborough <t...@3dsc.co> wrote: >>> >>> I agree if they are selling the router along with installing it for $80 >>> and they are not selling it as a new router I don't see the problem. Its a >>> $10 plus say $10 for shipping and $60 to install it. If that was geek squad >>> the bill would probably come out to $300... >>> >>> I agree if this is a competitor just sell a better faster router for >>> less with install. >>> >>> On 8/22/2016 8:07 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: >>> >>> If this is your competition, I encourage you to forget about it. Nothing >>> productive will come of it. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016, 7:33 PM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com >>> <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>> wrote: >>> >>> That doesn't really answer the questions though. Sounds like the >>> second one kinda... >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> >>> On Aug 22, 2016 7:47 PM, "Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> A CPE radio was installed and aimed, ubnt PoE injector put in >>> place, and the router connected to the LAN side of the PoE... >>> >>> The CPE radio installation was its own installation service >>> charge and equipment fee separate from the $80 line item for the >>> router. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Josh Luthman >>> <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com >>> <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>> wrote: >>> >>> If it's sold as new? That's wrong. >>> >>> If it's sold as a service (go to house, install router, >>> leave)? That's fine. >>> >>> If it's sold as a used product? That's fine. >>> >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340> >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343> >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Eric Kuhnke >>> <eric.kuh...@gmail.com <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Many WISPs rent routers or sell home wifi routers to >>> their customers. >>> >>> Some routers are used pulls from other customers, get >>> factory defaulted and configured for new customers. >>> >>> Nothing wrong with this. >>> >>> If you saw a WISP that was taking used routers from >>> customer pulls and re-selling them to another customer >>> at $80/piece, and that router was this exact model: >>> >>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/NETGEA >>> R-WNR1000-WIRELESS-N-N150-WIRELESS-ROUTER-RANGEMAX-4-PORT- >>> SWITCH-/171392676852?hash=item27e7ccb3f4:g:D8sAAOSwKPNTzDRY >>> >>> Would you consider it to be ethically questionable? I >>> could not in good conscience sell such a feeble, >>> obsolete $10 router for $80. >>> >>> >>> This is not a 'rented' router, this was an actual >>> purchase line item on a customer invoice. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> > >
