Note 3 - Inventories

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Note 3 – Inventories

Inventories at September 30, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

	2012			2011
New	$	17,283,788		$	19,970,510
Refurbished		6,382,597			7,363,237
Allowance for excess and obsolete inventory		(1,000,000	)		(1,556,000	)

	$	22,666,385		$	25,777,747

New inventory includes products purchased from the manufacturers plus “surplus-new”, which are unused products purchased from other distributors or multiple system operators. Refurbished inventory includes factory refurbished, Company refurbished and used products. Generally, the Company does not refurbish its used inventory until there is a sale of that product or to keep a certain quantity on hand.

The Company regularly reviews inventory quantities on hand, and an adjustment to cost is recognized when the loss of usefulness of an item or other factors, such as obsolete and excess inventories, indicate that cost will not be recovered when an item is sold. The Company recorded charges to allow for obsolete inventory during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2012, 2011 and 2010, increasing the cost of sales by approximately $0.6 million, $0.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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