cheap HP tablets: [was: WebOS dead [was: Recommendations for Android wifi tablet?]]

[William Park]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:47:19AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | It's scam.  All stores are out of stock.
> 
> What do you mean by the word "scam"?
> 
> To me, it means a dishonest tricky deal.
> 
> This doesn't look to be dishonest in any way.  More like a "firesale"
> that created a feeding frenzy.  See
> <http://forums.redflagdeals.com/merged-hp-touchpad-16gb-99-99-32gb-149-99-everywhere-1072318/>
> -- 4502 messages so far and 1121 folks reading the thread at the
> moment!  It appears that they've sold out all available stock.
> 
> They may subsequently find more stock somewhere in the supply chain,
> but they surely have halted manufacture of these units (there is an
> estimate that the Bill of Material cost to HP is $300; that seems
> high, but they are not making a profit at $100 retail).

It's old "bait and switch" tactic.
-- 
William
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