Most of you are probably aware of this already, but just as a reminder... Be extremely CAREFUL of outside scam artists that try to solicit and try to sell you Cisco equipment (or anything for that matter) by contacting you directly. I'm constantly bidding/selling on ebay in search of good deals and occasionally I get emailed outside of auctions if I am interested in purchasing the same equipment directly. This one person emailed me the following offer and he seemed pretty innocent and professional. He offered to sell me 2514's at $450 (very good price) and 2513's at $550 (way too reasonable), all loaded with 16/16 memory. I agreed to his offer and informed him that I could deliver cash if he was in the local area, or pay via COD or escrow. He came back claiming that he supposedly "lost tons of money and equipment" through COD and didn't want to pay costs for escrow (although I offered to split the costs with him). He basically said that he could only accept payment of wire transfer and that I could "trust" him to ship out on the same day on receipt of payment. I asked why he didn't post those items on ebay and he says that he'd rather do business with people directly. (go figure) I ended up politely declining his offer. He was never rude or discourteous to me though. So in a nutshell, be really careful of these types of people. Who knows, he could've been legit and honestly been trying to sell decent equipment and fairly low prices. Maybe he doesn't want to list his name and maybe he doesn't have his own business email address, but I'm 99% sure that this guy is out to make a quick scam on some sucker who will fall for his trick. Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:30:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Cisco Equipment Subject: RE: Cisco Units To: Roger Sohn MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Greetings, I was wondering if you'd be interested in purchasing (5) Cisco 3640 Modular Routers for $10000 US Dollars. These units are in new, mint condition. They've been upgraded to 128MB of RAM and 16MB of Flash memory. If you're interested, I can configure them with any network modules / cards that you may want. I'm also offering a warranty / guarentee on everyone of our units. They are guarenteed not to arrive DOA, and if anything goes wrong with them from six months after the date of purchase, you can return it for repair or replacement at our cost. We also have many other Cisco routers, network modules, switches, hubs, etc. available at great prices. Let me know if you need anything else that isn't on the list of commonly wanted models and I can give you a price quote. All prices indicated a unit loaded with max. memory and in mint / new condition. Cisco 2500 (entire line) - $400 Cisco 3620 - $800 Cisco 3640 - $2500 Cisco 3660 - $4000 Cisco 4500 - $2000 Cisco 7200 - $2100 ALL Network Modules Available! We will offer discounts for bulk orders. Email me for quotes on other routers, catalysts, modules, etc. We will configure with any NM's and cards. You can pay by wire transfer, cashier's check, money order, personal / business check if you are interested in purchasing them. I will ship them via USPS Mail. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=10078&t=10078 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
