On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 05:41:48PM -0400, Deepak Jain wrote:

All folks seemed to think 20% was no trouble. One guy suggested 40% was possible on some equipment. Some vendors seemed to choke on that suggestion. :)

Depends on the vendor in question. Just like going to the car dealer and asking for the dealer's invoice: call up Comstor, Ingram Micro, or Tech Data and ask how much they buy the gear for. Or ask your vendor how much they pay those 3 suppliers. Some see roughly 36%-42% on the gear you are probably referring to, unless you buy 10-20 of the same box at a time, even to include the already deep discounts from bundle pricing. -Andre