This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] ISIS replacement drive

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Re: [Avid-L2] ISIS replacement drive

Curtis,

I think you have indeed gotten the 'common pricing'. I was just quoted $1,900 for the 4TB version.

But, I'm hoping for with that kind of mark up, we get drives that have been 'broken in' for a while, compared to the ones that come straight from the factory that sometimes die after a few days/hours.

Jeff

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On May 27, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Curtis Nichols curtisn@pcsproductions.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I just got quoted $900 for "ISIS 5000 1TB cold spare drive in carrier". That's a ridiculous price.
Is that common pricing for these drives? I wasn't expecting $79, but I wasn't expecting $900 either.
I know about cost of business, professional grade, a fraction of what we paid for the system, my media depends on it... etc...
But what's the justification for a 1Tb drive costing $900? I can't believe the carrier is the cause for it. Actually, I should be able to reuse the carrier of the drive I'm replacing, right?

Curtis Nichols
PCS Production Co.
Irving, TX.