e-bay item

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Tue Mar 2 22:54:07 1999

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Joe wrote:

> Anyway, his view is that if he takes a lower price then people will start
> expecting him to sell cheaper. Therefore he sets a price and he doesn't
> care how long it sets, he won't come off that price. Sooner or later he'll
> scrap it. We just scrapped a brand new $100,000 circuit board component
> placing machine today. It was brand new and was still in the original
> (HUGE) crate.

That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever! That is a ludicrous way to do
business in my opinion. What have you gained from purchasing something,
spending money to store it, and then deciding to write-off the whole
thing rather than at least make a little money on it (or even break even).
I just don't get it.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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