On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:05:54 -0700, you wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>
>> >I think you are missing the whole economies of scale theory of mass
>> >production. Using your analogy, the washer that the local
>> >hardware store
>> >sells for 5 cents, Home Depot can sell for 2 cents because
>> >they get a lower
>> >cost by buying from the manufacturer in bulk. In the same
>> >way, Dell should
>> >be able to buy fans at a lower per item cost than an OEM
>> > small time builder.
>
>> From: Hugh Gundersen
>
>> On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:08:43 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> Isn't that basically what I said?
>>
>> If it ain't broke don't fix it!
>
>Sorry, I must have misunderstood your original post. I got the feeling you
>were saying that the larger the company, the more they would have to charge.
>
>From your original post:
>"As a rule of thumb (not to be confused the Olde English version)
>anything that is manufactured for retail sale has the COST multiplied by
>at least 4 in small companies and 8 in larger ones."
>
>So you had the larger company charging more than the smaller company.
>
>Jim Maki
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Actually I was being a bit facetious. The futility of sticking fans in
everything from blenders to toasters as well as computers when not
needed is as you say ridiculous.
I wanted to say that our Chuckie can put a fan in every case he supplies
for next to nothing because he can as his prices are generally way above
the - "I want a computer mum?" panic buy price of Dell, anon..... and
the $2 fan is an insurance for him just in case (no pun intended) it is
needed.
But to say that ALL computer cases need a fan is like saying that every
car NEED a supercharger or a 426 Hemi and cost does play a big part in
massive mass production because 10c here is $10 at the end.
Sir Hugh of Bognor
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