On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk wrote:
Hi,
** MSRP is not acurate at retial , as almost all retial outlets sell below MSRP
A little insider for you people today:-
I will also point out that OEMs pay less than 1/2 the sale price of Microbollocks Operating Systems. They also don't normally mark them up much, hence my only legitimate copy of Windows 2000 Professional (not upgrade or anything) only cost £130 from an OEM reseller instead of £279 (the MSRP here).
MSRP's are also known by many OEMS as "MicroSoft Ripoff Pricing" and very rarely reflect sale prices (unless it's a chain store such as PC World).
MSRP aren't accurate because it's illegal for companies to force retailers to sell at a certain price. At least it is around here. By having a MSRP you create a ceiling. Very few retailers will sell a product higher then the MSRP [which is often printed on the box] In addition a high MSRP lets retailers offer things at a "discount". Back in the bad old days I remember computer resellers proudly telling you that they were selling the computer at a discount to MSRP. The fact nobody was selling at MSRP didn't matter. Nick -- ----------------------------- Anybody got plans for an ark? ----------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq