I'd be interested in receiving your views on a situation I have recently
encountered.
I provided a quotation to an LEA for equipment for a student recently. The
quotation was for reasonably standard equipment (PC, scanner, printer,
office and dragon, whale mouse, 17" monitor and a talk mic). The quotation
went off to the LEA for consideration and the LEA wrote to the student
outlining in detail what they had allowed. The allowance was a lot less
that the quotation (£700 less). I spoke to the LEA who told me that it was
common practice for some LEAs to have a base price for a PC and this is the
amount they would pay. What are your views on this?
Would students be able to get the complete package from a high street
reseller to the exact specification?
Will the student get a reasonable support package with the equipment or
would they have to call a premium rate call centre for advice?
What about when things go wrong and parts of the equipment do not work
correctly together - who picks up the pieces?
etc. etc.
Regards
Jane
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