[navin]

Originally Posted by Sam Kapasi

Aseem ya, what is this guru disciple stuff. Chill, we are all friends here...

Oh wise one! I told you this would happen!

[moodswings]

Sam/Navin/Aseem.....The guy I bought the 9851 from is chrging me 2750 for the kickpanels for scorpio to fix the components.......is the price competitive or shall i get it done in delhi itself...any idea

[Sam Kapasi]

Depends on the quality of the panels dude. What are they made of?

Originally Posted by navin

Oh wise one! I told you this would happen!

Buss kya Navin?

[navin]

it depends how well they are made. that is something one you can judge as we cant see them here. good, stiff, fiberglass panels would cost that much maybe more.

[navin]

BTW mood what di you pat for the 9851. i was looking at the 985x series and noticed that only the 9855 has 4V pre out. what ia Alpine doing! Sam, I think Alpine is shooting themselves in the foot!

[k_ajay]

Originally Posted by aseem

Did you enquire if he was giving the 9830 with bill and warranty for 15k? The reason I ask is that we are getting it without bill and warranty, and Navin the shop owner had called Pritam, and Pritam told him that they were not giving 9830 at 15k with bill.

No Aseem. Pritam was telling me that the 9830 was for 15k, but with their guarentee and not with Alpine's warranty or bill... He got a deal from Alpine for the 9833z and hence the cheaper price on it for 19k. [remember, here in chennai, its 28,990/-].... and so i got it. He was offering the 9853 for 20k, 9851 for 17k, but without Alpine warranty or bill....

Also got the belden cables on sam's reco...

[navin]

enjoy ajay. you did good. the 9833 and belden is very good. BTW did you get a belden price list. I would love to have it so can you PM that to me.

[k_ajay]

Originally Posted by navin

ajay, there is always be a better deal just after you buy your gadget. such is life. my family got 5 ipods in a week from the same store in Heera Panna with prices raning from 22k to 20.5K and now the prices is sub 20K.

Navin, u can say that again... Ne gadget I buy, the prices for that tumble... So much that ppl in my office have started trippin on me, asking me to buy stuff so that they can benefit from cheaper prices in 3-4 months...

Just to tell you a small story, i got the Sony Ericsson S700i on 2nd Jan, 2005, for 30k.. and since August 1st week or earlier, its retailing for 17k.....

Too true... such is life...

[Sam Kapasi]

Originally Posted by Vivekphadnis

I found 12.23 V on a thick white wire with a green stripe (and black) soldered on the ignition switch. I removed the harness on the autocop and found that it had 12V between the pure red wire and the black wire.


DIY spirit you see

Look amigo
it's not that critical. Find a decently thick wire that keeps the supply on even when the keys out and Navin's uncle Bob is your uncle also.

God bless the DIY spirit.

[Sam Kapasi]

Originally Posted by navin

did you get a belden price list.

Navin I have 2 belden wires only. I just keep them for the discerning few. Twisted speaker cables.

16AWG for 70 bucks a mtr and 12 AWG for 200 bucks. These are customer prices including VAT

[k_ajay]

Originally Posted by navin

i really wish i could upgrade the 9830 and 9833 to the 9855 but the numbers are just not worth it. resale on 1 year old 9830 and 9833 is not much.

The 9855 is really the technical equivalent of the 9833/9830 as it has 4V pre out. dont know why alpine killed the 4V pre out in lesser models. even the 9830 has 4 v out.

BTW the 9855 retails for $400-450 in the US.

The 9830 sells for about $250 there is Rs. 12.5K in Bangalore. so local prices are fair.

Navin, i'm not sure if you'd like to buy electronic stuff without bill & warranty, but JBL B'lore [Pritam] can give you the 9855 for 20k, sans B&W....

[navin]

and how does the bill and warranty cost? I worry about stores that sell stuff both ways.

[paharino1]

Navin & Sam..
Any advise reg my Post 687 & 701...

[moodswings]

Sam they are made of Fibre glass

[Vivekphadnis]

Ok. Great. Thanks a lot.