Thread: Is anyone going to buy the DR800?
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Old 10-22-2009, 06:29 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by PhishStyx View Post
The justification is that at least some people will pay that amount for it, and Best Buy wants to make money. Once BB determines that the 800 has reached market saturation at that price point, they will cut the price a little and crow about it a lot. Eventually, they'll reach the MSRP and will ultimately put it on sale once a month for about $10 below that.
Yeah, that would be my guess too. Mark it up to get money out of the people that "have to have it now!", then offer a "discount" and lower it back to the actual MSRP later. The people who buy it at the MSRP are now thinking they got it on sale.
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