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I never understood why they would have so many stores competing for what are technically the same dollars in Manhattan. It has to have a significant impact on their profit margins.
They should scale back on retail operations and shutter some of these stores.Last edited by [email protected]; 02-03-12 at 02:58 PM.
02-03-12 02:15 PMLike 0 - Originally Posted by [email protected]Bad idea. There are WAY too many RS stores. In my neighborhood alone there are almost As many RS' as there Re Starbucks. I believe there are upwards of 170 RS in Manhattan.
I never understood why they would have so many stores competing for what are technically the same dollars in Manhattan. It has to have a significant impact on their profit margins.
They should scale back on retail operations and shutter some of these stores.app_Developer likes this.02-03-12 02:20 PMLike 1 -
"There must be some sort of business model that enables this company to make money, but I'll be damned if I know what it is," Day said. "You wouldn't think that people still buy enough strobe lights and extension cords to support an entire nationwide chain, but I guess they must, or I wouldn't have this desk to sit behind all day."
Jesus, that is hysterical!!
Makes you wonder how many CEOs sit in the dark and wonder when the house of cards will finally come crumbling down.
Only in America!!
Gotta love it!Karmike2 likes this.02-03-12 02:56 PMLike 1 - Kindle Fire pretty much has set the consumer to expect a "non-iPad Tablet" to be $199, max.
RIM is wisely lowering the wholesale price to select partners to move out the inventory. Perhaps the first huge writedown anticipated this, perhaps another quarterly surprise is coming.
Either way... if you have to eat a frog, it's best not to stare at it too long. Cut to the market clearing price and try not to let it happen again.
Originally Posted by [email protected]Makes you wonder how many CEOs sit in the dark and wonder when the house of cards will finally come crumbling down.
Originally Posted by [email protected]Only in America!!Last edited by Palmless; 02-03-12 at 08:13 PM.
02-03-12 08:08 PMLike 0 - Kindle Fire pretty much has set the consumer to expect a "non-iPad Tablet" to be $199, max.
RIM is wisely lowering the wholesale price to select partners to move out the inventory. Perhaps the first huge writedown anticipated this, perhaps another quarterly surprise is coming.
Either way... if you have to eat a frog, it's best not to stare at it too long. Cut to the market clearing price and try not to let it happen again.02-03-12 08:12 PMLike 0 - This is a funny thread.
Telus is getting rid of PB's cheap becuase they don't make any money off a wifi only device.
3G/LTE version of the PB is what Telus would make more money from by selling data plans to go alongside a PB.
Also had a thought about pricing. How the heck is TELUS (or any carrier) going to price a 3G/LTE version for above the sale prices going on now? Easy, subsidized PB when signing up for a 1,2,3 year data plan.alan510 likes this.02-03-12 08:30 PMLike 1 - think about it...
a lot of people will end up buying a playbook because of the low prices.
Is it a coincidence that the price is being lowered (again) as the days for OS 2.0 are getting closer?
NO.
this way RIM will be able to push out the new OS to many more users, thus preparing new customers for the BB10 phone lineup.
*I am writing this up, after having 4 beers ... so this may make no sense at all. I will probably end up changing it in the morning ... after losing my hangover*02-04-12 12:42 AMLike 0 - This is a funny thread.
Telus is getting rid of PB's cheap becuase they don't make any money off a wifi only device.
3G/LTE version of the PB is what Telus would make more money from by selling data plans to go alongside a PB.
Also had a thought about pricing. How the heck is TELUS (or any carrier) going to price a 3G/LTE version for above the sale prices going on now? Easy, subsidized PB when signing up for a 1,2,3 year data plan.02-04-12 08:10 AMLike 0 - The only thing that sells worse than a wifi tablet is a 3G one?
When most plans allow tethering for free,
very very few want to add more upfront and monthly cost just for a 2nd sim.
Question of the thread is on the timing...
Surely in 2 weeks with OS 2 a 32GB could fetch more than $149?Last edited by Sonic77; 02-04-12 at 09:15 AM.
02-04-12 08:27 AMLike 0 - Why would 3/4G tablets be harder to sell? I am assuming you have the option to connect to the net thru wifi or dataplan with them, is that correct?
The carriers presumably want them because they want more $$ from tablets thru dataplans.
But the bridge or tethering would be fine for many tablet users, including me. I'm actually finding that there are more than enough free wifi spots in towns & cities, to connect as required when out doing something for pleasure (not business) and needing info.02-04-12 08:40 AMLike 0 - In 5 pages of posts have any of you stopped to consider that it would not have even dawned on most people to shop at a mobile carrier store for a Playbook? They're probably sitting on crap nobody's buying because they're all going to BBuy/Walmart/whatever big box and they want to sell these units. And they're undercutting the big box stores to do so.02-04-12 08:48 AMLike 0
- 3G tablets are more expensive. If sold by a carrier, they are almost always attached to a multi-year data contract, just like a phone. No one would by a 3G tab if all they were going to do was tether it or use wifi.02-04-12 08:49 AMLike 0
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A forced contract and this will fail.02-04-12 09:12 AMLike 0 -
The 64GB 3G iPad is the top-selling and most-expensive model, accounting for 1/3 of sales, and has no multi-month data contract or carrier subsidy.
Folks see the functionality and the various models and say "I can get the top of the line for only $829? Ring it up." The second best seller is the $499 16GB wifi only, since many buyers of any product buy the entry-level model.
The 3G buyer can activate 3G month to month, or leave it off and only activate it for summer vacation road trips or whatever.
Any word on the 3G Playbook being unsubsidized like the iPad and sold with a month-to month plan? That would really be a big plus for folks looking at it as a second device.
Bottom line - iPad dominates tablet sales, 3G models are significant (perhaps the majority) of iPad sales, so 3G tablets are NOT slow sellers at all. Month-to-month unsubsidized sales model encourages folks to "try" 3G, knowing they can dump the charge if they decide wifi is enough.Last edited by Palmless; 02-04-12 at 09:20 AM.
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