[time-nuts] Datum/Symmetricom X72 Rubidium

[Bob Camp]

Hi

If they toss out the old one (because the hardware doesn't work with the new firmware) and send you a new one (at the new price) then the numbers make some sort of sense. I have a suspicion that the price quoted is pretty close to the single piece price for a brand new unit. 

Bob

On Mar 16, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Magnus Danielson <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:

> On 03/16/2013 04:41 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> The upgrade price sounds more like "we swap out the guts" than a firmware squirt. Does anybody know if the hardware in the new(er) versions is the same as the old(er) parts?
> 
> Rather, we don't want to bother with it, so we price it out of the market such that we can sell the new gear instead. This might not be the most customer friendly approach, but a business strategy that can be selected. Part of it will certainly be standard overhead anyway. It would be nice if they had a curtesy-price thought, and see it as a for of PR thing to keep customers happy.
> 
> Cheers,
> Magnus
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