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Originally Posted by exscentric
They had a page to sign up for the low price when they got more stock a week ago, but took it down.
Last night on the news they said HP was so impressed with the volume of sales at the reduced price that they were manufacturing one more round of the touchpad.
This would indicate they are breaking even or making a profit at the reduced price. 
Be interesting to see if they have a new round. |
I think you will find that all they are doing is assembling a number units from the parts they have already of have contracted to purchase. In both cases it is cheaper in the long run to assemble them and sell them at a loss because of long term storage costs.