Just had a client get a hold of me a few days ago, we have been picking up from them for the last three years or so. He said he had some equipment that he would like to drop by, and that he had tried to get bids for it, but the best bid of $1000 wasn't enough to palletize and ship it out. Color me surprised that he would then call me and offer it for free!
So, yesterday he pulls up in his van and starts pulling the equipment out. 1st out, and older Dell blade server, which I've torn apart before and found very nice heat sinks. Some desktops and two Juniper switches. And at the back of the van is another blade server - dirty but looks really great. I can see stacks of SAS drives loaded up as we pull it out. (20 x 300GB 10k - I had to check)
We chat and get everything moved into our building, and he heads off to go about the rest of his day...now it's time to see what is in that chassis. He mentioned that it was around 2 years old so and that his boss wanted to give us something good since we always take their "crap". Write down some model numbers and head home to research system value because even though I would love to keep it, the wife would kill me and so would the power bill.
Let me tell you, I am absolutely blow away. This one blade chassis/servers are worth a good amount of money. I have two bids already coming in from contacts in the reseller markets, and should have some more in the next couple days.
Does anyone have good ideas about how to thank someone like this? Fruit baskets? Steak baskets?
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