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OBi 2182 down to $119 on Amazon

Started by Marc, March 05, 2020, 07:21:35 AM

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Marc

OBi110 (stored in closet now,) OBi200 x 3, Polycom 200 x 1, OBi202 x 4, Polycom 202 x 2, OBi1032 x 3, OBi1062 x 5, OBi2182 x 3

Combination of GV (consumer,) CallCentric & voip.ms both direct and via Asterisk.

N7AS

Someone must have heard you talking about it and told Amazon to jack it up. It's now $169.99 on Amazon. Still a great price.

Grant N7AS
Prescott Valley, AZ
https://www.n7as.com

A journeyman electrician sent his apprentice with a 5-gallon bucket and was told to put the ends of the service drop in the bucket and fill it with volts. He was there all day.

Dancolwell

does the 1062 EHS kit work for the 2182?


Marc

Quote from: Dancolwell on March 17, 2020, 06:11:07 AM
does the 1062 EHS kit work for the 2182?

Works well, I use them on multiple 2182s.
OBi110 (stored in closet now,) OBi200 x 3, Polycom 200 x 1, OBi202 x 4, Polycom 202 x 2, OBi1032 x 3, OBi1062 x 5, OBi2182 x 3

Combination of GV (consumer,) CallCentric & voip.ms both direct and via Asterisk.

Kangaroodle

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Quote from: Marc on March 18, 2020, 03:39:12 AM
Quote from: Dancolwell on March 17, 2020, 06:11:07 AM
does the 1062 EHS kit work for the 2182? walgreenslistens

Works well, I use them on multiple 2182s.

Yes thank you for this post.


SeanTek

The Obi2182 is no longer available on Amazon.  ??? Is it discontinued or what?

SteveInWA


Did you try looking elsewhere?  No, it is not discontinued.  Polycom and Plantronics, now Poly, had a sales model that was focused on carrier partners, service providers and resellers.  They seem to be having a lot of trouble working with Amazon for retail sales.

This is a reputable company that sells the 2182:

https://www.provantage.com/poly-polycom-2200-49620-001~7POL915L.htm

SeanTek

Okay. Well, I did see that; the price is quite high given that Amazon has the Obi2062 for $69.97 and Obi2162 for $79.97. The Obi2182 is on newegg.com (third party reseller) for $153.97, which is considerably less.

I actually just had a sales/support call with Poly/Obi, to ask for datasheets, and they were clueless as to where the Obi2062 and Obi2162 datasheets even were. It just seems that something is amiss with the Obi2000 series phones, even though the products look solid on paper.

SteveInWA

No, nothing amiss.  The legacy Polycom folks don't seem to know about the legacy Obihai products, and honestly, there are only a few, compared to the very many Polycom products.  There are no conclusions to be drawn here about product availability; the conclusions are simply that the company has no marketing strategy for them.

SteveInWA

On the other hand, I assume they will be happy to tell you about the VVX-x50 series, which work with Google Voice for G Suite.