Re: [NTLK] Who has the best 2100s?

From: Mark Faram (mfaram_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 11:53:14 EST


John,

I got mine from maceasy via an ebay auction (paid just over $100) It was a
2000 upgraded and is excellent. They ship promptly and will take credit card
over the phone.

maceasy_at_aol.com
www.maceasycomputing.com
www.maccables.com

I have now purchased a bunch of accessories from them and have been super
pleases with everything, especially the service.

Mark Faram

On 3/5/02 11:31 AM, "John Ruschmeyer" <jruschme_at_mac.com> wrote:

>
> Well, sometime in the next week, I plan to finally buy a 2100. (Just
> waiting for an eBay auction to close and the buyer to pay me.)
>
> From what I can tell, there are three main choices on ebay for cheap
> 2100s these days:
>
> Gem Electronics
> mr2ndhand
> Phillydiscounters/variety-shop
>
> The question I have is who should I buy from?
>
> From the comments I've seen, Gem has the highest prices and also the
> most draconian after-sale support.
>
> Conversely, phillydiscounters has as good a package and auctions which
> seem to go off at a lower price, but I haven't heard too many comments
> about the condition of 2100s from them. Also, it seems like one would
> need to purchase additional stuff such as the serial dongle seperately.
>
> mr2ndhand has prices which are in the middle with little possibility of
> being squeezed out. His packages do come with the connection cable, but
> with only a 4mb card. (I don't really care about the modem as I already
> have a couple.)
>
> So, thoughts, advice? Who would you trust your money with?
>
> One other question, phillydiscounters and Gem offer both upgraded 2000s
> and 2100s with the 2000s having lower opening bids. Is there any reason
> that I would *not* want a 2000U over a 2100, all else being equal?
>
> Thanks...
> <<<john>>>
>

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