Filemaker server 7 advanced

[WMJOBSPINFM]

Hey whats up guys? I posted this earlier to the regular Filemaker Pro forum....Im new here and didnt realize that there was a server section....sorry!

Anyway, I am looking to upgrade from filemaker 5 to filemaker 7 and might go with the advanced server version. i like the features of the xml and want to integrate it with a web site's shopping cart and make my own order status thing. Anyone have any tips on how to do this? or any pre-made plug-ins?

Also, I found this version on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3773&item=3696065281&rd=1 and was wondering if this was a good price.

so i posted this question in the FM pro section and got a bunch of people saying it could be a bit suspicious....so i did a bunch of research on it.

what i posted earlier in the pro section was missing some info. basically the guy thats selling this, bought from a place that overcommitted themselves when they pre-ordered. they were aiming to get a big volume discount from their distributor, not only on FM stuff but on some other stuff that they bought at the time. they had a bad summer, combined with too much in unsold inventory, blah blah blah.... and went belly up. turns out there are people out there who scout stuff like this out and buy stuff dirt cheap. he has a bunch of "pre-order purchase orders" or something like that, which basically means that he has this version on order and for him its already paid for.

so hmmm i thought, could still be a scam.....so being that he has like 60 good feedbacks, i decided to verify him with ebay and they say he checks out. So im still sceptical from the reponses that i received from the last post, so i did a bunch of digging and there doesnt seem to be anything shady about this guy at all. i spoke to him on the phone and he was even really upfront with the release date....he told me that he has one of the first priorities (since his orders were placed really early), but to still be patient since its currently an unreleased version.

i should look into this buying into liquidations thing ....looks like a really good business.....maybe make a FM DB to take care of everything

i'm still looking for some input before i make any decisions.

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

[clifford]

hi,

well i'd be interested if the price and the product is real. after all fm 7 server advanced is shipping now.

has anyone verified this with filemaker itself?

regards,

clifford