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iPod Mini Sells Out
burgburgburg writes "According to USATODAY.com, the iPod mini is virtually sold out after two weeks. As we know, it had 100,000 on pre-order. It's the top seller at the Apple Store, where they advise people that there will be a one to three week wait. And it isn't a component shortage that's causing the delays. It's the huge demand amongst teens (for the colors) and athletes who like exercising with the ultralight device. While many here on /. felt that the mini was overpriced and pointed out that for $50 extra, you could buy a regular iPod with 15GB of storage instead of the 4 GB of the mini, Apple seems to have correctly identified the price point and the market they were going after. The space has become so hot that Creative's MuVo2 has also been selling well, but also for a slightly different reason. The MuVo2, which also has 4 GB of capacity, uses a CompactFlash card (which can be used in a digital camera). People have been buying the MP3 player and taking it apart for the card, which would cost more than the $200 dollars for the MuVo2."
It may be the same price as the miniu, But it is a SUPERIOR product. Note that I said "I will never understand how people can be talked into spending enormous sums on an inferior product". I'm more than willing to pay more for a quality product that DELIVERS on the cost.
Besides, unlike Apple's pricing scheme the MSRP on most consumer electronics (like Rios line) is never the same as the price retailers end up charging for them. Take the Rio Karma: it has an MSRP of about $350, and it retails at CC and other stores for as low as $240 before tax.
-rt
No, they weren't wrong. Someone saying a product is poor value for money in their opinion isn't contradicted by other people buying it. Unless you're the school of thought that says something is true because a lot of people think it.