Wesley@Rectron Gigabyte Brix

[DTBA]

Why not give us the option to buy from u guys then u can get a lot of sales!

 

[Shake&Bake]

Hi

I understand you calling this spam if i just posted and left the thread, but i am here to have discussions about the product and tech behind it. Yes i am posting about a product and informing a community about it, that is why i posted in PC Hardware and Gadgets to my knowledge this would be the correct place to talk about a new product

Talking about and punting prodcuts, openly as a supplier - they're two very different things indeed.

I am Wesley, i'm from the eCommerce department at Rectron JHB

For the next couple months i shall be posting information on various products that we sell here at Rectron, Obviously i will not be able to give out information to the public about pricing and quantites of products as we do not sell to the end user

I've made this account purely to give out information on products that we have here at Rectron and new technology coming from our many vendors here

 

[Fafa]

Hi

I understand you calling this spam if i just posted and left the thread, but i am here to have discussions about the product and tech behind it. Yes i am posting about a product and informing a community about it, that is why i posted in PC Hardware and Gadgets to my knowledge this would be the correct place to talk about a new product

I have now asked you several questions regarding to product and where we can purchase it at what price. Could you please provide this information to the community.

 

[FlatspinZA]

Give the oke a break, man, he's just trying to do his job!

Wow - everyone so angry with Wesley. I missed the story about the Brix on the Interwebs and if it was not for Wesley, I would have not learned about it today. Shame - give the guy a break, it's not like he posted something for gain. There are a lot more useless threads on MyBB than this one.

+1

The more important question would be. Would it not be better to increase your clientèle by letting mybroadband customers purchase directly from you? Esquire is doing it and see what great influence that is on their business. Most of the people on the mybroadband forum are quite aware of what technology is around them. Most of them also follow the latest releases of products. Most of them all want to try out these devices at competitive prices.

What you said about us not knowing about the Gigabyte Brix is probably true (Mostly it is more a commercial type of device used in advertising screens). I am pretty sure if one were to be working in the advertising space one would be aware of it though?

TLDR: Sell directly to mybroadband

Yeah, and that attitude will put tons of people out of jobs - we have the whole channel system going so suppliers deal with manufacturers, and retailers deal with suppliers, both providing customer support to their respective downlinks. Now you want suppliers to deal with us AND the manufacturers?

I'm interested, but I can't find any online store in ZA that stocks these ( cursory glance )

I think you need to consider opening up accounts for myBB users, even if it means we pay a slight premium over businesses.

He did say that it was not in SA, yet.

What you are doing is actually spamming the South African forums. You typed up a generalised message and posted that on several different forums. This is actually seen as shameless advertising.

What we would appreciate is if you actually answer us why you wont allow mybroadband to buy direct as another reseller allows us to do? Answering this question will add value. Shameless spamming adds no value.

Esquire is not a reseller, they're just greedy effing mofos that have no respect for the channels.

 

[Fafa]

Well I'll give you points for responding calmly to the mass of hate in this thread

The mass of hate is also calmly having a discussion

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

BoB gonna have them soon? :erm:

Of course - and probably more competitive as some resellers ;-). Not quite sure why everyone screams RAS.

Although the Brix looks like an awesome device (perfect in cases where a rpi does not perform - kiosks come to mind) I would think that (considering the CPUs being used) it will sit also at around 3k - so not really something you buy and play with. m-sata drives will go alone for around R800. Don't expect a bargain here (but probably a better value proposition compared to the NUC). I would not use it as a HTPC (I rather go with a Xtreamer Ultra-2 or similar for less).

 

[Fafa]

Yeah, and that attitude will put tons of people out of jobs - we have the whole channel system going so suppliers deal with manufacturers, and retailers deal with suppliers, both providing customer support to their respective downlinks. Now you want suppliers to deal with us AND the manufacturers?

Esquire is not a reseller, they're just greedy effing mofos that have no respect for the channels.

I will respond to those two answers. I fully disagree that this would put TONS of people out of a job. Mybroadband is a select community. Most of the individuals here are in positions in companies who can actually make business decisions. Allowing these people access to certain hardware at cost effective prices (read dealer prices) will allow these people to have these devices in their homes. They would start getting used to the type of devices and would eventually recommend them to their company (same brands etc). This will allow more of these devices to go into corporate organisations. This in turn allows more ICT growth in the corporate world. It also educates the country on ICT as more and more of the devices are being sold. This also progresses us as a country.

It is very difficult for someone to recommend moving in a certain direction in an ICT sector if this person is not well aware of the products himself. Thus like I said allowing these individuals ( read mybroadband members) easy access to the products is a better for the whole. This would lead to selling more ICT equipment which leads to more job creation.

I will even provide an example. I can buy from esquire. If I need a specific piece of hardware (lets say GPU), I will go to esquire as they will have the best price for me. (I will do my research before hand). The next day I need a DVD-ROM, since the savings on this device is not that great at esquire(taking driving time into account) I will rather support the small PC shop in the mall. The next day my manager asks me what server to recommend for the company. As an organisation we only use some preferred suppliers, some of which I know who uses esquire and I will then recommend these preferred suppliers to purchase the server. This all because Esquire has supported the community and I know that standards of their service.

As far as I am aware, Esquire is doing the best out of all the resellers out there? Perhaps this is because of their active involvement with the community? Just think about this for a moment.

 

[lucifir]

Esquire is not a reseller, they're just greedy effing mofos that have no respect for the channels.

you must be a cog in the channel.
Esquire, are not greedy because they make the product available equally to everyone.
If Esquire selling direct to the public is threatening your business, then your business is obviously adding no value in the value chain, and really should not exist.
Its people like you that are greedy and trying to make sure that consumers only buy from the likes of you, so that you can make your markup, while adding no value.

 

[Fafa]

you must be a cog in the channel.
Esquire, are not greedy because they make the product available equally to everyone.
If Esquire selling direct to the public is threatening your business, then your business is obviously adding no value in the value chain, and really should not exist.
Its people like you that are greedy and trying to make sure that consumers only buy from the likes of you, so that you can make your markup, while adding no value.

+1

 

[Shake&Bake]

you must be a cog in the channel.
Esquire, are not greedy because they make the product available equally to everyone.
If Esquire selling direct to the public is threatening your business, then your business is obviously adding no value in the value chain, and really should not exist.
Its people like you that are greedy and trying to make sure that consumers only buy from the likes of you, so that you can make your markup, while adding no value.

All Hail lucifir!!!!

 

[DTBA]

you must be a cog in the channel.
Esquire, are not greedy because they make the product available equally to everyone.
If Esquire selling direct to the public is threatening your business, then your business is obviously adding no value in the value chain, and really should not exist.
Its people like you that are greedy and trying to make sure that consumers only buy from the likes of you, so that you can make your markup, while adding no value.

1+

 

[Wesley@Rectron]

You are correct, you are in the Hardware and Gadgets section. If you are not here to talk about or discuss any business of Rectrons, directly as you have said, would you please refrain from punting either your company Rectron or the associated resellers. An unbiased review would give us several options of where to purchase the specified product at the best price. You have so far just shameless punted your own business. I would love it if you now do further research in which competitors also sell the same product and provide us with a price breakdown between the competitors. This would really be useful to the mybroadband community.

But for now let us please assume that I am an advertiser and I am actually interested in the product. I am 100 % sure that there are people who are in this scenario on mybroadband. Please list at least three different resellers that are selling this product right at this moment and at what price they are selling it. Also provide direct links where we can purchase this device. Also remove the part where Rectron is supplying this device as that is of no use to us since we cannot purchase from there.

The above is what would be useful. Please try and answer the requests as accurately as you can (since you, yourself, said that this is why you are here (To promote your resellers)).

I have also already addressed the following quote from you:

Hi FaFa

Gigabyte is exclusively brought to South Africa by Rectron, As i stated in my initial post this product is not in south africa yet, therefore it is not sold by any resellers as of yet.

Also as i said i am here to discuss the product not the business of rectron or any resellers which is why i have not advertised any company, all i have done is say that i do indeed work at rectron in the eCommerce sector of the business. The service i am trying to provide to the mybb community is simply information, i understand a lot of you may know about this product or do not care about the product but there are some people that do not know about it.

 

[Wesley@Rectron]

Well I'll give you points for responding calmly to the mass of hate in this thread

I have no reason to get mad

To be honest people are answering questions, and i am doing my best to give information

 

[lived666]

Wesley is a cool dude, met him a few years back.

Pity he works for Rectum, hence the mild hostility received, but hey, we all have to put bread on the table.:wtf: :erm:

 

[Wesley@Rectron]

Talking about and punting prodcuts, openly as a supplier - they're two very different things indeed.

Hi

Yes i am talking about products from Rectron as i know them very well, and i can assist a great deal of support as a liase with a lot of people working at gigabyte/corsair etc etc

 

[TJ99]

you must be a cog in the channel.
Esquire, are not greedy because they make the product available equally to everyone.
If Esquire selling direct to the public is threatening your business, then your business is obviously adding no value in the value chain, and really should not exist.
Its people like you that are greedy and trying to make sure that consumers only buy from the likes of you, so that you can make your markup, while adding no value.

I've said this many times, in many threads. A business that just adds markup through mafia style behaviour from distributors is no business at all.

Also ZOMG YOU GUIZE LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS AWESOME PRODUCT YOU CANT BUY LOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[Wesley@Rectron]

I have now asked you several questions regarding to product and where we can purchase it at what price. Could you please provide this information to the community.

Hi again FaFa

As stated, this product is not in the country as of yet

 

[Fafa]

The specs for the three units are



BRIX Model

GB-XM1-3537

GB-XM11-3337

GB-XM12-3227

GB-XM14-1037



Intel Processor

Intel® Core™ i7-3537U

Intel® Core™ i5-3337U

Intel® Core™ i3-3227U

Intel® Celeron™ 1037U

Apart from the fact that this is just spam, I would like to highlight your copy paste errors. There are four different models, not three as you have indicated. If you were really contributing (and not just spamming) you would of at least properly rewritten the text. One can see it was probably just a bulletined list that was copy pasted. Please next time put in some effort when writing up a "contribution" (read spam) post. However, since you are representing Rectron, I can only assume that you have shown that your company is too lazy or too incompetent to correctly count and to correctly edit posts so that it makes meaningful sense.

 

[Wesley@Rectron]

Hi Flatspin

Thanks for understanding

 

[Fafa]

Hi again FaFa

As stated, this product is not in the country as of yet

Okay, Which of your opposition distributors will also stock this product? This is meaningful to us. Please provide that information.