#CEI's plans
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You're assuming that Escom has the same margin as Dell. Unlikely. Escom
almost certainly gets to pocket more of the money that runs through its hands.
dale@iam.com http://www.iam.com
Intangible Assets Manufacturing
In reading a message about the buyout here recently, it was noted that Escom's
last year gross was 1.8DM, approximately $870 million dollars US. Boy, how
words get twisted.
Of course, I'm still cheering for Escom, since they're now in the driver's
(hot) seat.
Hank
Videology, Inc Where service is our business with
P.O.M.P. under all circumstances
You're probably right, Dale. Manufacturers don't usually make the margins that
retailers do.
DJ
Autopilot 1.80 by Steve Ahlstrom
From Queens, Center of the Looniverse …
Not just that, but margins for PCs are higher in Europe, or at least they have
been, because prices are (have been) higher.
dale@iam.com http://www.iam.com
Intangible Assets Manufacturing
Everything over there seems quite a bit pricier. I shudder when my friends
from the UK tell me what they pay for batteries and such. I can't figure out
why WE're always bitching and moaning <g>.
DJ
Autopilot 1.80 by Steve Ahlstrom
From Queens, Center of the Looniverse …
Most UK dealers take the dollar price of a computer, remove the dollar sign and
replace it with a pound sign. When attacked, as they frequently are in the
mags, they try to claim it's because of shipping and taxes and the smaller
market. Yeah!
Pete
DJ,
To the best of my knowledge they(dell) doesn't manufacture anything
right now, they market units only. Those units are farmed out to others
for fabbing. I could be wrong, as this is 2nd hand information, which may
cause tumors. 😉 This friend also said that dell has a very high margin
around 16%.
Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage
from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
Thanks for the 2nd hand info (I guess that makes it 3rd hand now 🙂
DJ
Autopilot 1.80 by Steve Ahlstrom
From Queens, Center of the Looniverse …
Yes, they (Dell) actually DO manufacture PCs. They (according to chief or
spokesman in an interview) would prefer to sell only higher-class (above the
$3,000 price barrier) PCs and leave the budget segment to the competition.
Having said that, the Amiga would have made sense for them as a sort of
entry-level computing platform which, because of the low(ish) price, wouldn't
actually compete with other products of the same manufacturer… (Just my $0.02
worth)
Cheers,
// Christian "ELP" Busse
\X/ near Frankfurt, Germany