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Where Did All The Online Bargains Go?
cornflux writes: "There's something I've wondered recently -- 'Where did all the good deals go?' It seems I'm not the only one -- Business 2.0 has an article about the noticable lack of bargains available online, today. The author covers obvious reasons (dried up VC, need for real profit) and some others (pseudo-price fixing). The one thing that was missed is the ever-increasing number of morons who will pay full-retail price + 20% for things on eBay." Note that the piece is largely theoretical -- I've found consistently better prices on the web, even recently, than I have in-store for electronic goods, as well as obscure DVDs which I couldn't find locally anyhow.
There are lots of good deals online, but then you get the stuff shipped to canada and the prices double at the border... damn duty, taxes, worthless money.
its just a figure of speech, Im sorry if I offended you.
It depends on what you're selling. I've been trying to sell a managed Intel 16-port switch on eBay for the last 3 weeks (I've relisted the auction twice now). It is priced at less than 1/3 retail value (based on cheapest price on pricewatch - I even provided a link to the retailers site), and still may end again tonight without a bid.
This is a serious post (not meant to be a solicitation), but in case you're interested, take a look here.
Cheers everyone.
Just because you could find a better deal online for your Anime Porn-o doesn't mean that this article is largely theoretical. Its just another instance of /.'ers thinking they are mainstream and the modern-day internet should revolve around them.