Dear Alice, I think I know what is going on. The partner company has an existing contract with Luminex (to sale systems for the old cost), however Luminex is in the process of raising their prices. As soon as the "partner" company's contract period runs out, they also will increase the price. Sincerely, Jeffrey S. Haug Stowers Institute for Medical Research 1000 E. 50th Street Kansas City, Missouri 64110 816-926-4142 FAX 816-926-2022 -----Original Message----- From: Alice.L.Givan@dartmouth.edu [mailto:Alice.L.Givan@dartmouth.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 11:47 AM To: cyto-inbox Subject: luminex Hi Folks, We are starting to consider the purchase of a Luminex bead assay cytometer (for soluble analytes). I am generally pretty naive about marketing strategies --- but I am totally confused by the fact that Luminex has just quoted me about $49,000 for their system, but Hitachi (a so-called "partner" of Luminex) has quoted me $37,000 for the same system. What is going on here? Has anyone bought a Luminex system recently? >From whom did you buy it? And, BTW, are you happy with it? Alice Alice L. Givan Englert Cell Analysis Laboratory of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth Medical School Lebanon, New Hampshire NH 03756 tel 603-650-7661 fax 603-650-6130 givan@dartmouth.edu
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