>So by destroying them beyond hope... they remove them from the market
>100%.
Then you've got the other end of the spectrum....When the
Model 2000 didn't sell as well as they'd hoped, Tandy killed it with
huge amounts of stock still onhand. Initial reviews of the machine
were still showing up in magazines after it had been killed and it
hung around in the catalogs for a year or so after. Tandy then stuck
the remaining machines, which was a considerable number, in the backs
of stores, in wharehouses and who knows where else. Tandy eventually
made all the stores purchase one to use as a POS system and then
nearly 5 years after it's introduction Tandy finally liquidated
whatever stock they had left onhnad in a big fire sale. By then a
non-compatible clone wasn't worth much even though it was still a
respectable performer.
Jeff
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Received on Wed Nov 28 2001 - 17:10:25 GMT