On Nov 24, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Al Poulin wrote:
> Is Apple loosening up on third party vendors? There seems to be > unprecedented price breaks on current model Apple computers at some > vendors, specifically Best Buy through Wednesday, and MacMall through > today or maybe Wednesday depending on which part of the page you look > at, and AAFES. There's a kind of crash going on in the consumer goods market, if you hadn't noticed :-/ I'll wager BB is cutting below their contract pricing to move inventory, and I'll wager Apple's letting them, EVERYONE is hurting. Black Friday and the Christmas season are upon us and consumer spending is way down, and consumer confidence is lower, so prices are going to be slashed to get folks into the stores. Also, economists are starting to whisper the 'D' word...not Depression, but Deflation, which ain't good. <http://tinyurl.com/54ta47> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
