This is common practice for Cisco, earlier this decade they raised prices substantially on the basis of dollar changes, but when the currency came back to favorable state, Cisco keep the higher prices. Probably do the same thing in their situation and Cisco could probably justify it if their value proposition is beyond price (if it wasn't i'd assume <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre; ">Huawei would do more damage to their market share).</span><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Jay Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jay@miscreant.org">jay@miscreant.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Unfortunately it's not just Cisco. Pretty much every major
vendor I deal with regularly, has advised of up-coming price rises, with the
most common rise being in the vicinity of 20%.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">--jay</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
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<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 24 January 2009 12:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:skeeve@skeeve.org" target="_blank">skeeve@skeeve.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:nznog@list.waikato.ac.nz" target="_blank">nznog@list.waikato.ac.nz</a>; <a href="mailto:skeeve@eintellego.net" target="_blank">skeeve@eintellego.net</a>; <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Cisco Pricing.. blah</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Amazing, then Cisco wonder why
Juniper & Tellabs are picking up so much more business.<br>
<br>
Chris Fletcher.<br>
Primus Telecom.</p>
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<p>On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Skeeve Stevens <<a href="mailto:skeeve@skeeve.org" target="_blank">skeeve@skeeve.org</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p><span>Hey all,</span></p>
<p><span>Cisco had a price rise 1<sup>st</sup></span>
<span>November 08</span></p>
<p><span>Then January 9<sup>th</sup>
09 of 18%</span></p>
<p><span>Now it is going up another
18% on 30<sup>th</sup> January 09</span></p>
<p><span>Fun oh fun.</span></p>
<p><span>I assume this effects NZ as
well, but not sure to what %</span></p>
<p><span>…Skeeve</span></p>
<p><span>From:</span> <span><a href="http://www.lansystems.com.au/NewsAndEvents/News/NewsItem.asp?objid=168&contentid=1796" target="_blank">http://www.lansystems.com.au/NewsAndEvents/News/NewsItem.asp?objid=168&contentid=1796</a></span></p>
<p><b>As you are most likely aware there will be a Cisco price increase
effective close of business Friday 30th January 2009. The price increase of
approximately 18% will affect all hardware orders.</b> </p>
<p>All<b> orders</b> received by 12pm AEDST on Friday 30th January 2009 will be
processed by Westcon Group at the quoted pricing. Any orders received after
this time will need to be requoted at the new pricing. </p>
<p>All<b> quotes</b> for Cisco hardware products will only be valid until 12pm
AEDST 30th January 2009. </p>
<p>There will be no delays providing Cisco quotations following the price
increase. Westcon Group will continue to maintain our standard Cisco quoting
turnaround times. Please continue to send all quote requests to <a href="mailto:support@westcongroup.com.au" target="_blank">support@westcongroup.com.au</a>.
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<p>A friendly reminder of Westcon's purchase order requirements: </p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> </span>
<span>All Cisco orders require valid
end user information. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> </span>
<span>Any amendments received after
30th January 2009 to orders placed prior to Friday<br>
30th January 2009 will be at the new pricing. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> </span>
<span>Any orders without valid or
correct Cisco Deal ID information placed prior to the 30th January 2009 will
need to be amended at the new pricing. </span></p>
<p>No exceptions will be made to the above requirements. </p>
<p><span>--</span></p>
<p><span>Skeeve Stevens, CEO</span></p>
<p><span>eintellego Pty Ltd - The
Networking Specialists</span></p>
<p><span><a href="mailto:skeeve@eintellego.net" target="_blank">skeeve@eintellego.net</a> /
<a href="http://www.eintellego.net" target="_blank">www.eintellego.net</a></span></p>
<p><span>Phone: (+61) 1300 753 383,
Fax: (+612) 8572 9954</span></p>
<p><span>Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 /
skype://skeeve</span></p>
<p><span>--</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888">NOC, NOC,
who's there?</span><span style="color:#888888"></span></p>
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