[citation][nom]seezur[/nom]You are right except my point was more about supply chain than it was about price. Where I work we don't really care about price, we care about availability and I can assure you that the floods have impacted the supply chain to a level I have not seen before. Companies like Dell, HP and Acer do get a big discount on parts, that is a fact, but right now they are working with the supply they currently have with no projected resupply date. THIS is the problem because that means if they run out before manufactures can start production on new drives then they are simply out and then CANNOT sell new stuff.Also your point about retail pricing on new systems isn't exactly correct. I worked in retail for 8 years and a lot of the budget PC's that are sold are sold at or below cost in the hopes of selling accessories and warranties which have a much, much higher profit margin. Keep in mind that everything sold at a retail location cost that store money, much more money than you might think. Most stores only have a 20-30 percent markup on computers so your $900 laptop probably cost the store around $700 maybe more and the $500 laptop cost the store a little less than $440. The biggest misconception in this industry is that companies like Best Buy are making a killing off selling $300-$400 computers. It just is not true, in fact it is probably their least profitable item. Services, warranties, accessories and large ticket items are where these stores make the money.[/citation]
you bring up best buy, who screw the consumers more than any other company i have dealt with in the past few years, and i can say cry me a river to them if they lose money.
i had a warranty with them for my xbox, we misplaced the warranty slip, took it in and they told us it was up... a few months later we found the slip, and found out that the xbox, at the time, was still under warrenty
a bit later than that, i required new parts for my computer, and had no other choice if i wanted it that day, so i spent 20$ on a sata cable that should have costed 2-5$
and about a 7 or so months ago, i preorded the squire stratoaster for rock band through them, as they have it exclusively or at least than, and there were no guarantees that if you don't preorder you would get it. so i got it through them, and was lucky enough to not get it on back order. but many people did, and it was at random... we found out that they had stocked their stores before they honored their preorders.
i know this is a bit of an off topic rant, but trying to have any kind of sympathy for best buy makes me feel a bit sick.
that said, the people who buy the extreme budget pcs get those warrentys where they dont have to do anything, and try to get out of honoring it at every turn. i really feel sorry for the people who buy those things.
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