Video Asylum

That's insane.

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grantv

In Reply to: RE: I saw a $44 Sony DVD player at Best Buy yesterday... posted by Russell on March 06, 2009 at 10:16:43

I paid $900 for my first DVD player, a Sony DVP300 or something. It was one of the first, yes... But how does ANYBODY make money on a product with that much involved that sells for $40?
-Manufacturing costs including packaging (!)
-Shipping costs
-Distribution
-Advertising
-Store and salesman cut
HUH? I'm sure they're hoping the same guy buys a $1000 LCD, but still...

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raises the ? of dumping again doesn't it? - jimmyjames 06:57:10 03/09/09 (1)
well they are made by robots or labor making a $1 a day but how can you package the thing and ship it overseas and truck it to distribution point, break the shipment down and reship to BB's everywhere and let them make a profit.

"E pur si muove...And yet it moves"
- RE: raises the ? of dumping again doesn't it? - Ben Van Dyk 12:08:39 03/10/09 (0)
  I glad to hear your sony is working.ive opened one of the cheap players before.I was able to take the inside apart with little to no tools.there may have been 10 screws for everything.it was an rca dvd player.it was not A slim line player.

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