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Old 11-07-2013, 11:11 AM   #1865
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Individually inspecting each and every screen would probably significantly increase the price - it's a compromise between a the proportion of good screens, and the cost of manufacture. A large majority of owners appear to be happy, which probably suggests they've got the compromise about right.
Right. These things aren't thousand dollars camera lenses. They already figured out x% of units with flaws is acceptable, knowing of those only y% of customers would notice or care.

Remember, if Amazon makes zero dollar from their hardware, they win. I'm sure they make more than zero dollar.
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