In Reply to: The problem is can they maintain it ? posted by oscar on November 7, 2007 at 08:58:10:
Are the printer cartridges profitable enough to sell the printer at a loss?
Are the HD disks profitable enough for Wal Mart to sell the player at a loss? In selling each $99 player, Wal Mart has created a potentially long stream of profits from the sale of HD formatted disks, disks that would not have sold at all otherwise.
If the disks are to sell people have to have a player.
If Wal Mart sells groceries at a loss, it drags people into stores past more profitable merchandise with a higher margin. Sneaky people, those retailers.
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Follow Ups
- Of course the question is... - DavidLD 13:34:17 11/07/07 (4)
- RE: Of course the question is... - Jack G 05:09:49 11/08/07 (0)
- Groceries are where they make money.... - oscar 16:12:13 11/07/07 (2)
- CD was 2x the cost of LP yet it sold brilliantly - 4season 19:37:36 11/07/07 (1)
- Upsampled DVD will be "good enough" for a lot of people... nt - oscar 05:14:59 11/08/07 (0)