[HCoop-Discuss] Update on hardware purchases, etc.

[Adam Chlipala]

To the best of my knowledge, I've now placed orders at Dell and Newegg, 
for the items detailed in docelic's recent e-mail.  I paid with our bank 
debit card, which, as I wrote recently, often causes address 
verification problems for shipping to Peer 1; still, I'm optimistic 
because we are dealing with two big, established companies that must 
often encounter similar situations.

The Newegg order may even have been verified already.  I'm not sure how 
to interpret their latest e-mail, but it does say that "order 
verification is now complete."

I still have nothing from Dell beyond the automated message sent right 
when I placed the order.  I think I will need to check with them about 
exactly what will appear on the shipping label, since that's not clear 
to me from the confirmation, and we don't want to confuse the Peer 1 people.

I gave Richard Darst's name and phone number in the shipping information 
for both vendors.  I also just made my best effort to contact Peer 1 to 
get him added to our access list.  When I get a response from Peer 1, 
I'll also try to get him set as our primary contact.

When I went to configure the Dell order, I noticed that docelic's e-mail 
included an uncertainty about which power cord to select.  Since this is 
probably a minor, inexpensive thing that's easy to buy locally, I kept 
the default option selected.  Everything else not mentioned explicitly 
in docelic's e-mail was left the way it was set at the shopping cart 
link from that message.