THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: August 7, 2000 10:46 AM Monday; Rod Welch

Purchase 8 MM backup tape drive from Corporate Express.

1...Summary/Objective


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Corporate Express                    510 429 1700  800 247 4918
020101 - Mr. Ken Talksy; Account Representative
020102 - ken.talsky@cexp.com
020103 - Sales Department

SUBJECTS
Upgrade, 000806 - Mamoth LT

0403 -    ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -   ..
040501 - Follow up ref SDS 4 0000, ref SDS 3 0000.
040502 -
040503 - Will purchase Exabyte Mammoth LT tape drive.
040504 -
040505 - On 000802 Ken offered trade in on existing system. ref SDS 3 0936
040506 -
040507 - Corporate Express catalog on page 36 shows...
040508 -
040509 -    Mamoth LTSI 270004-822  Single-ended narrow internal
040510 -
040511 - Bruce with Exabyte told us on 00802 that 8 MM tapes are backward
040512 - compatible.  These tapes are not listed in CE catalog.
040513 -
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040516 -  ..
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0407 -
0408 - 1054 called Ken
0409 -
040901 - Explained problem with tapes which Bruce specified for us last week.
040902 - ref SDS 3 7383
040903 -
040904 - We got Bruce on the phone.
040905 -
040906 -     He does not know why the 8505 is rejecting tapes he specified.
040907 -
040908 -     Bruce will investigate and call Ken to let him know the results
040909 -     of the investigation.
040910 -
040911 -     Bruce advised that these tapes will definitely work with the
040912 -     newer tape drives.  He suggested the Exabyte Mammoth LT.
040913 -
040914 - Went ahead and purchased....
040915 -
040916 -    Mamoth LTSI 270004-822  Single-ended narrow internal
040917 -
040918 - Ken today indicates there is no trade in on the LT.
040919 -
040920 -    He reduced the price to $1,300 plus tax, which will be about $100,
040921 -    since it is 8.5%.
040922 -
040923 -    Freight is $20 or so.
040924 -
040925 -    Also purchased a cleaning unit.
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0412 - 1130 Ken called back
0413 -
041301 - He requested a credit application.
041302 -
041303 - I explained having just thrown it out along with other papers
041304 - received from CE.
041305 -
041306 - Paid for this transaction with MBNA credit card.
041307 -
041308 - We should be okay on this using the $20K payment made to MBNA on
041309 - 000803. ref SDS 2 5135
041310 -
041311 -     [On 000810 this transaction cleared MBNA. ref SDS 5 6880
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