Re: Moving from Used to New...

On 7 Dec 2006 08:55:41 -0800, vc94545@xxxxxxxxx wrote:


Gary G wrote:
No kidding.

The usenet person asked for my help and he got a total system for his
price bogey. I will have to ask him for permission to respond to the
group about his experience.

Wow! This sounds almost too good to be true.

Do I contact Bob Cummins to get these prices?


(As an aside, my professional experience is in network management. I
buy Cisco gear on a regular basis, and Cisco's published list prices
are rarely what I pay. On some equipment, I get discounts ranging up to
50% or more, depending on the how badly Cisco wants the business. Based
on what Gary's saying, it sounds like Olympus does similar discounts
off list price.)

Contact Bob Cummins who can then direct you to the Oly outfit that
handles your area.

Depending on how carried away you want to get, you can get a new
system at a reasonable price--like $7K-$8K, or less if you get less
items. The way Oly works is that they have new and demo items. The
demo items typically are discounted 25%. The new items can fetch 10%
discount. Oly has two generations of UIS objectives. There is UIS
and UIS2. I frankly don't see any difference between them. however,
if one place anywhere in the US has UIS, they can sell to the place
that serves you. Not so for UIS2. Demo items can also be pulled from
other locations. New items cannot.

The BX-51 is an excellent stand to start with since it supports nose
pieces that accept the DIC sliders. With the UCD-8 universal
condenser, you can have BF, DF, DIC and phase either at first or as
you add money later on. The other tradeoff is using UPlanFL fluorite
objectives rather than UPlanAPO.

Sort out what features you need and a list of what you would like.
Then get it priced by Oly. Buy what you need and as much of what you
would like based on your budget.

gg


Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com
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