NEWS; BestBuy to sell iPhone

Starting September 7.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218...googlenews_wsj

Ron <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in
news:l4l5a4lfbl7ijbk7clej4g8bu80hct5f2k@4ax.com:

>
> Starting September 7.
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218...od=googlenews_
> wsj
>
>

That's odd. Sales are so good they have extra units unsold they can let
Best Buy have wholesale??? WTF?

Looks like the holdback nonsense will soon be over....

WalMart will be next.....They sell Wii without any discounts, too.

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:48:28 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>Ron <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in
>news:l4l5a4lfbl7ijbk7clej4g8bu80hct5f2k@4ax.com :
>
>>
>> Starting September 7.
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218...od=googlenews_
>> wsj
>>
>>
>
>That's odd. Sales are so good they have extra units unsold they can let
>Best Buy have wholesale??? WTF?
>
>Looks like the holdback nonsense will soon be over....
>
>WalMart will be next.....They sell Wii without any discounts, too.

No, you Apple hating clown, Radio Shack might be next, and likely
BestBuy will be selling iPhones at little to no profit (maybe even a
loss) to get customers into the store, to buy fancy leather cases for
their iPhone at 300% markup from China. BestBuy already
sells Apple Macintosh computers, unlike Walmart that sells Acers.

Apple is now manufactuireing 800,000 units a week, and still it'll be
a month before there can be some in the pipeline for BestBuy. Hardly
an example of unsold units.

Ron wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:48:28 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
>
>> Ron <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in
>> news:l4l5a4lfbl7ijbk7clej4g8bu80hct5f2k@4ax.com:
>>
>>>
>>> Starting September 7.
>>>
>>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218...od=googlenews_
>>> wsj
>>>
>>>
>>
>> That's odd. Sales are so good they have extra units unsold they can
>> let Best Buy have wholesale??? WTF?
>>
>> Looks like the holdback nonsense will soon be over....
>>
>> WalMart will be next.....They sell Wii without any discounts, too.
>
> No, you Apple hating clown, Radio Shack might be next, and likely
> BestBuy will be selling iPhones at little to no profit (maybe even a
> loss) to get customers into the store, to buy fancy leather cases for
> their iPhone at 300% markup from China.
>
I doubt they let them sell them for below the fixed-price, or else they just
won't. I am not a member, but happened to have wandered into one of the
"Club" type stores near me, BJ Wholesalers. I was shocked to see that all
Apple products were marked and sold at list price. There was not a "bargain"
to be found.

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:51:58 -0400, "Carl"
<crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:

>Ron wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:48:28 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ron <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in
>>> news:l4l5a4lfbl7ijbk7clej4g8bu80hct5f2k@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Starting September 7.
>>>>
>>>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218...od=googlenews_
>>>> wsj
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's odd. Sales are so good they have extra units unsold they can
>>> let Best Buy have wholesale??? WTF?
>>>
>>> Looks like the holdback nonsense will soon be over....
>>>
>>> WalMart will be next.....They sell Wii without any discounts, too.
>>
>> No, you Apple hating clown, Radio Shack might be next, and likely
>> BestBuy will be selling iPhones at little to no profit (maybe even a
>> loss) to get customers into the store, to buy fancy leather cases for
>> their iPhone at 300% markup from China.
>>
>I doubt they let them sell them for below the fixed-price, or else they just
>won't. I am not a member, but happened to have wandered into one of the
>"Club" type stores near me, BJ Wholesalers. I was shocked to see that all
>Apple products were marked and sold at list price. There was not a "bargain"
>to be found.
>

Try reading the post before you criticize. No where did I say BestBuy
would charge less than ATT/Apple.

Larry wrote:
> Ron <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in
> news:l4l5a4lfbl7ijbk7clej4g8bu80hct5f2k@4ax.com:
>
>> Starting September 7.
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218...od=googlenews_
>> wsj
>>
>>
>
> That's odd. Sales are so good they have extra units unsold they can let
> Best Buy have wholesale??? WTF?

Apple is looking to increase market share, and to do that they have to
go beyond AT&T and Apple stores.

Radio Shack must be fuming. Radio Shack dumped Verizon, believing that
Cingular would be more profitable and immediately saw their mobile phone
sales plunge, actually putting the whole company at risk, and resulting
in the closing of hundred of stores. The iPhone would be a boon to Radio
Shack.

> WalMart will be next.....They sell Wii without any discounts, too.

WalMart sells the iPod Touch, so it isn't unreasonable to think that
they could sell the iPhone as well. They're selling the iPod Touch at a
$50 discount off MSRP (they include a $50 gift card), see
"http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10159840&ci_sku=10159840".

Personally, I'd much rather go to Wal-Mart than Best Buy or Circuit City.

Carl wrote:

> I doubt they let them sell them for below the fixed-price, or else they just
> won't. I am not a member, but happened to have wandered into one of the
> "Club" type stores near me, BJ Wholesalers. I was shocked to see that all
> Apple products were marked and sold at list price. There was not a "bargain"
> to be found.

What Wal-Mart does with some Apple products is to sell them at list
price but offer a Wal-Mart gift card as a bonus. I.e., they sell the
32GB iPod Touch for $497.88, but they include a $50 Wal-Mart gift card.

Apple's decision to go into mass market retailers is a key part of their
strategy to position their products less as boutique items, and more as
mass market items.

BFD!

"Ron" <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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>
> Starting September 7.
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218...googlenews_wsj
>

Ron wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:51:58 -0400, "Carl"
> <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:
>
>> Ron wrote:
>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:48:28 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ron <ron.clifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in
>>>> news:l4l5a4lfbl7ijbk7clej4g8bu80hct5f2k@4ax.com:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Starting September 7.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1218...od=googlenews_
>>>>> wsj
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's odd. Sales are so good they have extra units unsold they
>>>> can let Best Buy have wholesale??? WTF?
>>>>
>>>> Looks like the holdback nonsense will soon be over....
>>>>
>>>> WalMart will be next.....They sell Wii without any discounts, too.
>>>
>>> No, you Apple hating clown, Radio Shack might be next, and likely
>>> BestBuy will be selling iPhones at little to no profit (maybe even a
>>> loss) to get customers into the store, to buy fancy leather cases
>>> for their iPhone at 300% markup from China.
>>>
>> I doubt they let them sell them for below the fixed-price, or else
>> they just won't. I am not a member, but happened to have wandered
>> into one of the "Club" type stores near me, BJ Wholesalers. I was
>> shocked to see that all Apple products were marked and sold at list
>> price. There was not a "bargain" to be found.
>>
>
> Try reading the post before you criticize. No where did I say BestBuy
> would charge less than ATT/Apple.
>
My post wasn't aimed directly at yours per se, it was just meant as a
commentary about Apple and Best Buy in general. But being that your
response has such a tinge of defensive hostility, allow me to point out that
I believe you did say this:

"and likely BestBuy will be selling iPhones at little to no profit (maybe
even a
loss) to get customers into the store".

One can draw inferences in several different ways from that vaguely-worded
statement, one of which is that you ARE saying that BestBuy will be
discounting the phones from the reg. retail price. The second can be that
you think BestBuy will be paying the same RETAIL price that we would pay and
will sell it for no profit or a slight loss. That, of course, would be
plain stupid of you to imply, and would show a huge lack of knowledge of the
way business works. The only other option that I can see is that you believe
that the markup on iPhones is so tiny, that stores who carry them pay only a
small percentage less than the retail price. Now that actually is a
possibility with consumer electronics. In any case, no one knows what the
f___ you meant since you weren't clear.

I read posts before I reply. I'd suggest you take your own advice. Or be
more clear in what you write when you do post. And stop trying to be a
smart-ass. Based on your posts, you're not that smart.

SMS wrote:
> Carl wrote:
>
>> I doubt they let them sell them for below the fixed-price, or else
>> they just won't. I am not a member, but happened to have wandered
>> into one of the "Club" type stores near me, BJ Wholesalers. I was
>> shocked to see that all Apple products were marked and sold at list
>> price. There was not a "bargain" to be found.
>
> What Wal-Mart does with some Apple products is to sell them at list
> price but offer a Wal-Mart gift card as a bonus. I.e., they sell the
> 32GB iPod Touch for $497.88, but they include a $50 Wal-Mart gift
> card.
> Apple's decision to go into mass market retailers is a key part of
> their strategy to position their products less as boutique items, and
> more as mass market items.
>
I see. That is a way to get around the manufacturer's "rules", I suppose. I
never understand the apparent price-fixing of items like these since
price-fixing is generally against the law. I know in the guitar business,
it is against manufacturer's rules to ADVERTISE a price lower than the
retail price, a practice which seems to be allowed, but when you directly
call the stores, you may find price discounting in reality.