Here is a fascinating story from MP3 Newswire... "... we reported on 149 portable players and NOT one iPod killer from the bunch. As we were finishing up our Summer 2007 edition of the series it occurred to us - what happens to all the unsold stock after these players fail? Do they get crushed in a big... crushing thing, melted and recycled? That's when it dawned on us that all of these players were most likely sold for pennies on the dollar to overstock vendors who then pawn them off cheap to the public, all New in Box (NIB) items..."
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/7002/ipod-killer-graveyard.html It is interestng to note that you have to know what you are doing when shopping old stock. Some vendors are trying to rip off the unwary. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
