I have been asked to post a summary of the replies I received about the relative merits of buying a maintenance contract on a sorter or saving the money in a high interest account. I received 12 responses. The general feeling is that maintenance contracts are expensive. However if there is a need to keep instrument downtime to a minimum (eg clinical lab or some such) then a contract is probably worth the expense. Of those expressing strong views 4 were for the contract and 3 were for the high interest account. Thanks again to those who replied. Ian Titley PhD Leukaemia Research Fund Centre at the Institute of Cancer Research 237 Fulham Road LONDON SW3 6JB UK Tel: +44 171 352 8133 ext5134 Fax: +44 171 352 3299 E-mail: iant@icr.ac.uk
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