[committee] Auction Items (fwd)

[Andrew Adamson]

Blah, I meant to send this to committee@, not just Felix. See below.

Andrew Adamson
bob at ucc.asn.au

|"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them."                |
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 19:56:00 +0800 (AWST)
From: Andrew Adamson <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
To: Felix von Perger <frekk at ucc.asn.au>
Subject: Re: Auction Items

Hi Committee,

I got:
Lot 61 (HP DL380 GEN 8 2 X XEON E5-2690 2.90GHZ 8 CORE CPUS 196GB) @ 
$1000 ($1150 with buyers premium)

Lot 67 (AVOCENT DSR1030 16 PORT KVM OVER IP SWITCH) @ $85 ($97.75 with 
buyers premium)

Lot 123 (2 X 4506-E SWITCHES (MP77 6132) (UNTESTED)) @23 ($26.45 with 
buyers premium)

So yeah, the servers went for a lot more than I expected. There was a 
single buyer out there snapping them all up (I'm guessing to strip for 
ebay RAM?). In conversation with Felix I elected to go higher on a single 
server so we at least got a maltair replacement. I will pick up the gear 
tomorrow morning, and I've forwarded the receipt to the treasurer for 
reimbursement.

Thanks,

Andrew Adamson
bob at ucc.asn.au

|"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them."                |
| ---Peter's Laws                                                        |

On Tue, 5 Mar 2019, Felix von Perger wrote:

> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> Thanks for your input and for getting the details on these items - it would be a shame to miss this opportunity.
> 
> We have approved the following budgets for the items you have specified, which as it so happens (having misread 15% as 10%) don't quite cover the full amount plus buyers premium. Note
> that I will pay the extra dollar or two out of pocket myself if committee does not wish to reimburse after the fact.
> 
> Auction budgets below are inclusive of any premiums / surcharges and the recommended $50 or so for drive caddies (plus a little extra just to be sure).
> 
> Item 59: $720
> Item 61 and 62: up to $820 each ($1640 total)
> Item 123: $110 total for the auction item, plus $90 for the X2 10BASE-SR module
> 
> Additionally, item 67 (16 port KVM over IP switch): $100
> 
> As for 10G SFP+ modules we will see how many we need after the auction, since between the two in item 59 (assuming we get it) and the one from dead Maltair we may not need to get any
> new ones just yet.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Felix
> 
> On 5/3/19 12:06 pm, bob wrote:
>       Hi Committee,
> 
>       Please note I'm only sending this to committee-only to prevent other randoms bidding against us.
> 
>       Attached is a list of the items I checked out at Ross's this morning and their state. I think I should bid up to the following on some of the items, keeping in mind that
>       there is an additional 15% buyers premium on whatever we bid:
> 
>       Item 59: $510
>       Item 61: $610
>       Item 62: $610
> 
>       Item 123: $30
> 
>       Note 61 and 62 are pretty much a matching pair.
>       We also need to factor in some drive caddies for them, which are about $10 each on ebay (call it $50 per server).
>       We would also need a couple of 10G SFP's at $22 each.
> 
>       Can you please approve this (or otherwise) BEFORE 4pm today - the auction closes this evening.
> 
>       Thanks, Bob
> 
> 
>