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Effective:  May 21, 2012.

Due to a continued increase in the availability of Hard Drives, and the easing of prices, Crest is happy to announce that we have completely eliminated the surcharge on our CDR series DVR’s and repairs.

Crest wishes to thank our customers for their continued support.

Effective:  April 23, 2012.

Due to increasing availability of Hard Drives, and the easing of pricing, Crest is happy to announce that we have reduced the surcharge on our CDR series DVR’s and repairs. The following charges are now in effect:

• $50 for 1 Terabyte Drives
• $100 for 2 Terabyte Drives

We will continue to closely monitor costs and availability, and we look forward to being able to cancel the surcharges completely in the coming weeks. Crest wishes to thank our customers for their continuing understanding on the issue.

Effective:  November 9, 2011.

Due to the recent catastrophic flooding in Thailand which has dramatically impacted the availability and prices of hard drives, Crest is instituting a “temporary surcharge” on all hard drives used in the following manners:

1. CDR series DVR’s
2. All repairs – CDR, CDVS and CNVS series (repair quotes valid for 48 hours)

We have elected to utilize a “surcharge” method for handling this temporary situation. This will enable us to adjust quickly to market conditions and provide customers with the most reasonable prices during this time.

Please remember that Crest utilizes RAID / Enterprise level hard drives and not consumer styles. This dedication to a higher standard will continue even if there is an abundance of a lower grade drives available. As a security company, we cannot accept a consumer drive even if most of our competitors do this routinely or have now resorted to do so in order to save a few dollars.

If you are not aware of this hard drive shortage, please contact us for links or search “hard drive production shortage” on the internet for independent information.

Thank you for your understanding, and please contact us at 336-855-6422 with any questions.