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xFuryofFivex

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I went to a local shop, and and a comp usa... i was amazed at the insane prices they had on items that were so cheap online.. such as an athlon xp 2800+ 80$ new at newegg... they wanted 170$ motherboards that ive seen on newegg for 60$ were 150$...

i was rather upset because ive seen employees take advantage people who dont know whats what...like at bestbuy this older couple were buying printer stuff... and the guy was just adding stuff left and right... it was horrible... and they thought it was for the best.


what im tryin to say is why!!!!!!

its horrible................

i saw an ati radeon 7000... for $70.... and an 8mb Ati card for 30$, i was thinking u can get a card with at least 64mb for that price online.... absurd prices....

another pc that was thrown together at the local store...

sempron 3100+ they had it written down as 3100mhz....(tards)
512mb ram
80gb
radeon 9200
not sure on motherboard
LCD 19"(looked real crappy)
they wanted $1500... i was like i could pay like 400 for that system...minus the LCD monitor

outrageous i tell u
 
Operating a brick and mortar store is much more expensive than maintaining a website. Also, the small local stores don't buy in bulk like Newegg does, so they pay a higher price per unit.
 
yea i understand taht.. but 3x the amount of online... 40$motherboard... compared to a 150$ motherboard
 
Some People dont like ordering online. They want the item same time they pay for it.. :D
 
xFuryofFivex said:
i understand that... but like i said at 3-4x the amount?
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Yeah still pretty pricey, Maybe its cuz a retail store usually sells only to locals, While Internet stores sell to a broader customer base.. :D
 
Basic economics. In order to maximize profit a company will set the price at the highest point that the most people will pay. Of all the people who will buy a motherboard at best buy, if 90% of them will pay $100 for a motherboard and 80% of them will pay $150 for the same motherboard, then best buy is going to make more money by selling it at $150 even though they will sell slightly fewer of them. Not to mention all the overhead of running a brick and mortar store. Electricity, building rent/purchase, labor. I know they charge a lot, but if you don't want to pay that much then don't buy from them. It's as simple as that. As long as enough people will pay that much, though, they will keep selling it at that price.
 
I've been surprised at what walmart is selling for whole pc's. mostly semprons and AXP's, but for around 500 bucks, you get a somewhat decent starter system. Not something that'll cost you like 1400 bucks that the other places would charge.
 
jpmkm said:
Basic economics. In order to maximize profit a company will set the price at the highest point that the most people will pay. Of all the people who will buy a motherboard at best buy, if 90% of them will pay $100 for a motherboard and 80% of them will pay $150 for the same motherboard, then best buy is going to make more money by selling it at $150 even though they will sell slightly fewer of them. Not to mention all the overhead of running a brick and mortar store. Electricity, building rent/purchase, labor. I know they charge a lot, but if you don't want to pay that much then don't buy from them. It's as simple as that. As long as enough people will pay that much, though, they will keep selling it at that price.
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i understand that... i was just stateing the obvious
 
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