It seems like this chap is inheriting some challenging budget problems, and will need reasonably serious diplomatic skills to sort out the legacy of Stuart Lynn (ad-hoc member controversy) and negotiations over non-roman letter domain names.
The prices at Dynamism are a bit on the high side in my opinion. I purchased my SL-C700 in Japan at Yodobashi Camera for about 55000 JPY which at the current spot rate is about 460.00 USD.
Presumably part of that is to recoup shipping and some of the translation costs but a lot of what you are paying is for the after-purchase Fedex replacement service should you ever break the unit.
Short of hopping on the next plane to Tokyo, one alternative is to order one from Conics for 569USD. You may then switch to SL-C700 (mostly) to English yourself by adding the line:
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Just ordered one a few hours ago.
Nice way to help a worthy cause and not a bad deal for a years t-mobile service.
There are some folks in Fort Meade and Langley with experience in this area who might be able to offer a few pointers.
It seems like this chap is inheriting some challenging budget problems, and will need reasonably serious diplomatic skills to sort out the legacy of Stuart Lynn (ad-hoc member controversy) and negotiations over non-roman letter domain names.
The prices at Dynamism are a bit on the high side in my opinion. I purchased my SL-C700 in Japan at Yodobashi Camera for about 55000 JPY which at the current spot rate is about 460.00 USD.
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Presumably part of that is to recoup shipping and some of the translation costs but a lot of what you are paying is for the after-purchase Fedex replacement service should you ever break the unit.
Short of hopping on the next plane to Tokyo, one alternative is to order one from Conics for 569USD. You may then switch to SL-C700 (mostly) to English yourself by adding the line:
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