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Guy brings up some good points and, just to add or clarify, asking what a
confocal costs is kind of like asking what a new car or house costs.
Initial costs and add-ons are dependant on such factors as:

1)  What kind of confocal are you getting?  (spinning disk, laser, etc.)
2)  What are your applications?
3)  What equipment do you already own (if any) that you are adding on to?
(i.e.  Computer, microscope, digital camera, software, etc.)
4)  What fluorochromes will you be using?
5)  What kind of support/ongoing maintenance will you need?

Just to name a few.  A good system integrator should be able to ask and
explain all of these and you should never purchase anything with which you
are not familiar nor comfortable, and you should have explained to you and
understand every line item on the quote.

Hope that helps,

Jim


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On 8/15/05 6:01 PM, "Guy Cox" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>
> In all honesty, I think most manufacturers would be
> pretty upset if final negotiated prices got posted
> on a public forum like this.  This is especially
> so when there are often strings attached to extra
> good prices such as agreeing to act as a demo site,
> or help with some aspect of R&D.
>
> The other point is that there are so many configuration
> options that it's very hard to make a fair comparison.
> A 561nm green laser will probably cost rather more than
> a 532nm one ... some objectives cost up to $10,000 each,
> and so on.  You could easily have $100,000 difference
> in such options between two systems both of the same
> base model.
>
>                                        Guy
>
>
>> Dear Colleagues -
>>
>> I am assisting a colleague with the evaluation of available confocal
>> microscopes and am trying to put together a list of current system prices.
>>
>> As you know, actual purchase prices can deviate greatly from "official"
>> list prices, depending on the brand, accessories, past purchases, or other
>> factors.
>>
>> Therefore, I would appreciate it if anyone who subscribes to this list,
>> and has either recently (past 2 years) purchased a confocal system or has
>> up-to-date pricing information on currently confocal systems, could
>> forward this information to me via e-mail ([log in to unmask]).
>>
>> Please include the brand, model, price, and approximate date (or year) of
>> purchase, and be assured that any information you send will be greatly
>> appreciated and regarded as confidential.
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Edwin de Feijter
>> NMX Consulting
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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