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RE: Already deeply discounted....
By Akrovah on 11/8/2010 11:50:21 AM , Rating: 3
This is kind of common actually. Best Buy for example almost always has new movies or games on discount on thier firs day of launch, then raises back to market price in the next day or two.

I wouldn't count this as an indication of winner or failure.

RE: Already deeply discounted....
By mcnabney on 11/8/2010 12:01:14 PM , Rating: 2
Best Buy does that to drive traffic because once they have you in the store you are likely to buy other stuff.

Amazon customers are online shoppers only and are far less likely to spend 20 minutes browsing. They cut the price to sell all the can. Apple does need to do that because their products are in demand.

/not an Apple fan either

RE: Already deeply discounted....
By Akrovah on 11/8/2010 12:38:12 PM , Rating: 3
Your point with Amazon is well taken, however your original post made no mention of specific retailers or even types of retailers and so I took that to mean retailers in general.

RE: Already deeply discounted....
By Akrovah on 11/8/2010 12:43:09 PM , Rating: 2
And actually even the Amazon example I wouldn't consider a decent indicator of "Slashed" prices and failure, as Amazon discounts EVERYTHING.

Example, Harry Potter And the Half-Blood Prince Blu-Ray was only $16 on pre-order. The DVD was under $10.

RE: Already deeply discounted....
By rudy on 11/8/2010 6:58:16 PM , Rating: 2
I see lots of devices have introductory price slashing if you want the device who are you going to buy it from? Whomever has the lowest price. So they are trying to win market share. The reason it works is none of these phones offer something completely limited in supply like say the evo 4g launch so there is no reason to keep prices high and know you will sell.

