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[Darrin]

I know what you mean.  I cancelled my order once I saw that BS shipping price!  There was no way I was going to give Elbox nearly $80 to upgrade a product I had bought new just a couple of months previously.

It's amazing that they can mail a big, heavy mediator for free, but can't send loyal customers a couple of ROM chips without demanding 3 chickens, a goat and their first born son.   :madashell:

[Trev]

Careful! Elbox doesn't like to have their online store badmouthed in online forums. They're particularly touchy when it comes to Polish monetary policies as well. Now that I'm married, however (my wife is Polish), I feel entitled to speak. In the past, Elbox's online store and their choice of payment processing system (mandated by the Polish government?) were quite misleading. Some of that may have been caused by Poland's tremulous economic situation prior to entry into the EU.

Keep this in mind: Elbox sells software packaged as hardware, primarily because no one likes paying for drivers. That's primarily what allows them to charge exorbitant prices for rebranded commodity hardware.

[Darrin]

I don't have a problem with their prices.

The FastATA4000 may be double the price of the Buddha, but it's a superior piece of hardware for Zorro 3 users (althought the Buddha is perfect for A2000 owners).  What gets me is that the ROMs alone would cost me around $80 when a new card would be $120!

Again, cost wise, a Mediator with a 10/100 card and a Radion would be far cheaper than adding a Zorro based graphics card and Ethernet.

They make great hardware (and I have several of their products), but I have to question the way they operate at times.

[Trev]

I do agree on the price. I paid quite a bit for my Mediator ZIV (~350 USD), but a NIC and Voodoo 3 combined were only 20 USD (not from Elbox). I find myself using OpenPCI drivers whenever possible, however.