Conference 7.286::digital

Same answer as the last zillion times this has been asked - not since the
PDC store closed.

				Steve

    RE: .0
    
    I recall seeing a notice in VTX Livewire recently regarding a sale of
    excess/surplus equipment/furniture at the Westfield facility. I think
    it was posted the day before the sale, and gave the details of how the
    sale would be managed, hours, directions, etc.
    
    Kevin

    Sure - A bunch of us work-from-home folks in the CSC/CS were able to
    purchase a desk, chair, table, bookcase and file cabinet for use at
    home.
    
    fyi,
    
    /jimm
    csc/cs

    not just furniture -
    
    how about PCs, desktop printers, FAX machines etc?
    

    	There was a Digital gynecological examination table, complete with
    stirrups, for sale for $100 at the Nashua site on Rt. 101A a while
    back (no, I didn't ask). I was tempted to pick it up for my office. You
    never know when such a thing might come in handy.

    From what I understand the Westfield plant will hold an inventory then
    have an auction off what ever is left in the plant.  
    

    RE: -1
    
    	do you have any other information about this?  Like the time and
    date or where it will be posted when they decide to hold this auction?
    
    Joe

  
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            Excess inventory pilot sale planned for May 20 in Woburn  
 
         Americas Multivendor Customer Services is sponsoring a pilot sale 
   of excess equipment on Saturday, May 20, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the
   Woburn, Mass. (WOO) facility, 36 Cabot Road.  
         The sale is open to all New England Digital employees.  It's an
   opportunity to purchase excess Digital and multivendor inventory secured 
   from internal groups, including PC Integration, Internal Equipment Group, 
   and Components & Peripherals.  
         All items are for sale "as is" and functional; some items may be
   in like-new condition.  
         No warranty/service is available or implied by this sale for any 
   excess equipment.  Employees may, however, want to purchase 
   Service-in-a-Box, which provides advisory-level telephone support on 
   more than 250 software products 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 
 
   Terms of sale 
 
         o Equipment is available on a first-come, first-served basis
         o Cash and carry 
         o Payment may be made by cash, VISA, MasterCard, certified      
             check, money order or personal check.  Personal checks
             will not be accepted for any amount over $2,000.
         o No reservations
         o Returns: 14 business days from purchase for non-functional 
             product only
         o No Digital warranty/service available, except 
             Service-in-a-Box
         o Digital employees must present a Digital badge to enter 
             the sale area
         o Members of the Woburn Sale Project Team are not eligible 
             for this sale
 
         For technical information about this pilot sale, contact
   CSLALL::REVELOTIS.  For general information, contact TWOBA::SCHROEDER



                       FOR DIGITAL INTERNAL USE ONLY
 

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                     Excess inventory sale cancelled  
 
         Americas Multivendor Customer Services has cancelled the excess
   computer equipment sale that was scheduled for May 20 at the Woburn 
   facility.  The group regrets the inconvenience.
         More information on future employee purchase programs will be 
   communicated as it is available via Readers Choice and LIVE WIRE.

    I got a mail message yesterday that said the sale is NOT cancelled.

    I checked with my sources, and unfortunately, the sale HAS
    been cancelled.  Sorry about raising peoples's hopes.
    
    					andrew

    My understanding was the price for some of the equipment was much
    higher than what it is on the "outside".

>    My understanding was the price for some of the equipment was much
>    higher than what it is on the "outside".


If the prices were in line with those of the now-defunce PDC store, they're 
lower  --  sometimes substantially  -- than those of used office furniture 
outlets.

skip  (a platinum card PDC customer)

<<< Note 3664.4 by SX4GTO::WANNOOR >>>

>>    not just furniture -
    
>    how about PCs, desktop printers, FAX machines etc?
    
FWIW, recycling out defective electronic equipment back through the 
"system" is not in Digital's best interests.  For example:  You buy a used 
Decmate II and decide to lump it into your "service contract" so you phone 
the local office and add it to the list.  The problem is, this particular 
piece of equipment has already been deemed scrap.  Now that equipment winds 
up back in the repair loop.  BAD BUSINESS!

It is my understanding that the folks who set up the recent sale were 
unaware of Digital's policy of destroying such equipment to prevent it from 
getting back into the repair loop and were summarily told to shut down 
their sale once the word got out.