30 Oct
2018
30 Oct
'18
1:36 p.m.
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 02:04:53PM -0600, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
Yes, their business model is to sell a once common $10
part for $500
because it's an exact replacement and the cost to warehouse it is dwarfed
by the huge profit margin...
Before anyone scoffs, warehouse space is expensive. It drove the
company I was last working for to move out of Austin. Their business
was similar but more oriented towards e.g. getting newer machines,
disk-wiping them, and selling on eBay. The selling prices are/were
competitive and so the margins were much lower. Thus, they couldn't
afford to keep things around for years.
Two different business models.
mcl