-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Daniel writes: > That's got to be a rough gig, APC trying to get people to upgrade > their equipment
Perhaps not as bad as you think. Most places that need UPSes aren't going to be downsizing their requirements, so having a trade-up program will get those customers buying more APC equipment rather than going to the competition. I've done that -- during a server consolidation project we traded in 16 BackUPS units for one Matrix3000 unit (with additional $$$). We might have gone to one of the other vendors, but this way we avoided paying a disposal fee for the BackUPSes, and got a slight price break on the Matrix3000 too. - --Bob. On 2016-06-20 01:35 PM, Daniel Villarreal via talk wrote: > On 06/20/2016 11:50 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:54:21AM -0400, Daniel Villarreal >> wrote: >>> Wow, by pressing the right-hand button on my APC Back-UPS >>> XS1000, I can see lots of status information, nice! >>> >>> ... Back-UPS XS900... replaced the fan... Now the >>> dual-batteries need to be replaced... I refused to buy >>> APC-branded batteries, thinking that I could save lots of >>> money... > >> Hmm this might be a helpful place (keele and steeles): >> http://excessups.ca/apc-back-ups-xs-900-900va-bx900r-battery > > After researching for RBC5 units and Vision CP 1270, both here and > in the U.S.A., your solution (CAD $45.99 + Ground CAD $12.50, or > free pick-up in North York) appears to be the best for me, Thank > you. > > For baseline comparison, APC wants 99.99 for replacement battery > unit. > > At APC's site, for selecting battery, and also for potential > trade-up, one goes to http://www.apc.com/ca/en/support/index.jsp > BATTERY REPLACEMENT FINDER > > >> They even have refurbishes APC SU1500 for $250, which I think is >> tempting. I could use one more of those. > > "APC Trade-UPS is a 1-phase UPS program that offers new and > existing customers the ability to trade in older battery backup > units for the most up-to-date 1-phase power protection models at > discounted prices." > > For the APC Power-Saving Back-UPS Pro 700 (BR700G) the Trade-up > discount looks to be about 20%, but that's probably a toy to you. > > SU1500RMX155 and SU1500RMXLX157 are discontinued at APC, hmm. > Assuming there's a newer, more-updated model, would there be a > reason to upgrade? > > That's got to be a rough gig, APC trying to get people to upgrade > their equipment. > > > --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAldoNHIACgkQuRKJsNLM5erZwACeJfLMYI11a0/QfKUHFTraH9iI rWAAoPiokUw0G02b/8lxt9nR4IwuDv/8 =hVdc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
