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["Greg Freemyer" <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Amedee Van Gasse <amedee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, January 16, 2009 16:39, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Amedee Van Gasse <amedee@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Greg Freemyer schreef:
> > >
> > > > I can't see spending ~ $700 for an empty shell and a NIC interface to
> > > > get such poor performance.
> > >
> > > $700? That's like €200? ;-)
> >
> > Amazon has them discounted right now, but it is showing LIST prices of
> >
> > $499 for the Drobo itself and
> > $229 for the Droboshare
> >
> > Or $728 combined.  Sounds like $700 to me.
> >
> > Looks like you can save $150 off of that if you get the current sale
> > price.  That is still almost $600.   Not sure where your €200 comes
> > from.
>
> *sigh*
> It comes from the $/€ exchange rates.
> The US dollar is a weak currency compared to the euro.
> This means that importing is cheap for Europeans, but exporting is expensive.
> It was meant as a joke but you didn't "get" it. Must be a cultural thing.
> Sorry. Srsly.

I had no idea the Euro was that strong / dollar was that weak.  Last I
knew it was around $1.50 so I assumed you were being serious.

Greg
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