what's wrong with following a made up date based on made up material. That's like saying that the year 12 B.B.Y. in Star Wars is just made up and should be ignored. If you're a Star Wars fan it may have significance. If you are a Bible fan then the 4004BC date is significant.
Undercutting: A company spends $200 on parts and labor, sells the product for $150; or they can employ people for minimum wage and sacrifice quality standards to actually make that price sustainable. If all the other competitors can't beat that price without sacrificing quality or features then they have been undercut. [This term is somewhat nebulous as it can be abused as an emotive response]
We're losing $50 on each sell but we'll make up for it in volume!!! good plan. Don't think that company is going to be around much longer.
Gouging: Company spends $200 on parts and labor, sells at $400+. Obviously, no one in their right mind, who understands the specifications, is going to pay that so you just drown out the competition or trick customers using marketing (eg. DVDs will only look 'right' on an official Apple Cinema Display with panorama vision[TM]). In electronics, special plugs that are only available on other products that you sell are also a good way to do this, same with cars.
If $400 is the market price then more power to them. If you don't like the price don't buy it. Especially in this case you really don't need an LCD.
Price Fixing: Two or more companies spend $200 on parts and labor, they compete on price until they only sell the product at, say, $205 which isn't very profitable so they join forces to simultaneously raise their prices to $250 so you can't get out of paying the inflated price unless you just go without. It's also a great way to terminate competition since you are no longer competing with someone who operates on your terms, the MAFIAA are very big on this with the price of CDs for example."
Again if they aren't selling them at a price you're willing to pay then why are you buying them? Unless the MAFIAA comes to your house and says you're going to have to buy this product at the price we tell you whether you want to or not then nothing that should be illegal is going on. (although emotionally driven legislation makes in illegal)
Sorry if freemarket doesn't give you warm and fuzzies all the time.
If all prices are the same then it's collusion and price fixing If one company has a higher price then they're gouging If one company lowers their price then they're undercutting
Random anecdotes do not make data. Health-care is already over 50% run by government and it has steadily gone down hill as that number has gone up. Please look into the budgeted costs of what a lightly regulated company does compared to a heavily regulated health-care company or a completely public program.
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what's wrong with following a made up date based on made up material. That's like saying that the year 12 B.B.Y. in Star Wars is just made up and should be ignored. If you're a Star Wars fan it may have significance. If you are a Bible fan then the 4004BC date is significant.
Undercutting: A company spends $200 on parts and labor, sells the product for $150; or they can employ people for minimum wage and sacrifice quality standards to actually make that price sustainable. If all the other competitors can't beat that price without sacrificing quality or features then they have been undercut. [This term is somewhat nebulous as it can be abused as an emotive response]
We're losing $50 on each sell but we'll make up for it in volume!!! good plan. Don't think that company is going to be around much longer.
Gouging: Company spends $200 on parts and labor, sells at $400+. Obviously, no one in their right mind, who understands the specifications, is going to pay that so you just drown out the competition or trick customers using marketing (eg. DVDs will only look 'right' on an official Apple Cinema Display with panorama vision[TM]). In electronics, special plugs that are only available on other products that you sell are also a good way to do this, same with cars.
If $400 is the market price then more power to them. If you don't like the price don't buy it. Especially in this case you really don't need an LCD.
Price Fixing: Two or more companies spend $200 on parts and labor, they compete on price until they only sell the product at, say, $205 which isn't very profitable so they join forces to simultaneously raise their prices to $250 so you can't get out of paying the inflated price unless you just go without. It's also a great way to terminate competition since you are no longer competing with someone who operates on your terms, the MAFIAA are very big on this with the price of CDs for example."
Again if they aren't selling them at a price you're willing to pay then why are you buying them? Unless the MAFIAA comes to your house and says you're going to have to buy this product at the price we tell you whether you want to or not then nothing that should be illegal is going on. (although emotionally driven legislation makes in illegal)
Sorry if freemarket doesn't give you warm and fuzzies all the time.
"Wikipedia, the concept that persistent opinions represent facts"
Can you prove that idea wrong? There is no fact, just expected consistent observation (persistent opinion)
It's all political spin.
If all prices are the same then it's collusion and price fixing
If one company has a higher price then they're gouging
If one company lowers their price then they're undercutting
You really can't win.
something about being held at gun point to buy an LCD monitor against your will or something like that.
Could that be because Japan doesn't have to worry about Defense spending?
Yea, I have 110v power in my house, i should have a flat fee and not be charged by how much I use.
Leet!
If you're not willing to update, what are you trying to hide?
As good as the government regulations allowed it to do.
I was about to post a dupe of your post. Checked out Kijiji.com and there doesn't seem to be anything there???
Epic failure indeed.
head-*BOOM*-
the option for two was just to much for me.
You mean I could just download and print out a boob?
Will the miracles of the internet ever cease?
This doesn't seem to work in my Windows 7 system.
And I can't find a man page on how to get it to work.
"What I search for, where I surf to, with my Droid where I navigate to, my e-mails, my documents. WOW."
They follow your world of warcraft account? That's going too far.
Because World of Warcraft is really a platform for many sub games with a familiar game interface on how to get to all the different ones.
Calling both power and cable companies private and or free market is kind of a stretch.
Why can't it just be cloudy?
sorry.
"or that the scientists are all on someone's payroll"
Umm, yes. They are.
Funny how people doing "Global Warming" research keep getting bigger and bigger grants with the more hysteria they pump into their findings.
you mean there isn't a domain controller to manage windows centrally?
Welcome to government run programs.
Random anecdotes do not make data. Health-care is already over 50% run by government and it has steadily gone down hill as that number has gone up. Please look into the budgeted costs of what a lightly regulated company does compared to a heavily regulated health-care company or a completely public program.
"a view that makes one wonder how many of its adherents have actually held real jobs in private industry"
Worked in both and private industry is many many times more efficient in every way.
everything old is new again.
With a new name too.