3 Nov
2011
3 Nov
'11
7:45 p.m.
On 11/3/2011 7:26 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 03/11/11 10:01 PM, leaknoil wrote:
I understand this of course. However I would imagine if a beat up one
goes for $3,000 on ebay, from some random seller that couldn't take a
GSA order in a million years, then I would think HP could charge $20k
for them through official channels and get it. If its gone to a reseller
at $3k it going to be sold for many times that to the government.
I would think they would would re-release them at
that price point. I
bet that box could be recreated today for very little. HP could use the
money.
On the face of it, but:
** They know they could only sell about 20, tops. **
The price is probably based on a similar calculation among buyers, of
the total working population that will reach ebay in a reasonable time
frame.
--Toby