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512mb Viking Compact Flash for $199 at Amazon (Next 24 hours only?)

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Lifer
Nice price on massive compact flash storage!

From the viking rep on dpreview.com:

DPReview Members and Visitors:


For those of you that know me, know that I do not normally post messages such as these on this site. I normally will respond to questions posted by other members and make it extremely clear that I am a Viking representative so my opinions can be biased--nothing more.

HOWEVER. . . . .


Today, at around 12:00 noon Pacific time Amazon.com will reduce their price on the 512MB Compact Flash card to $199.99.

Here is a link to the 512MB Compact Flash card at Amazon.com (DPReview.com friendly):

http://www.amazon.com/... .../ASIN/B00005MIS8/memoryfinderc-20/ref%3Dnosim/


I am sticking my neck out on the line in order to make this happen and I have pushed the pricing early in order to prove to Viking internally that this $199.99 price point will greatly increase demand for the 512MB Compact Flash card so much so, that it is worth bringing in thousands and thousands of these cards (equiv. to over a year's run rate of sales on the product currently). If I can convince Viking that this will increase our quantities on this SKU, Viking will make the massive purchase and we will be able to maintain the price point of $199.99 on going. Otherwise, the pricing will go back to $300++ after tomorrow.

I NEED EACH OF YOU TO PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH EVERYONE SO WE CAN GET THE 512MB COMPACT FLASH CARD TO A PRICE THAT IS AT PRICE PARITY WITH THE 256MB COMPACT FLASH CARD PERMANTLY.

Either way this turns out, there is a hell of a deal on the 512MB Compact Flash card at Amazon.com starting this afternoon and I would appreciate any orders that can be made to help us keep this price point.

I apologize for the desperation. I simply need the communities help to get done what the community expects from me--competitive prices for a quality product. I promise that I will not make another request like this for the forseeable future.

Here is a link to the 512MB Compact Flash card at Amazon.com (DPReview.com friendly):

http://www.amazon.com/... .../ASIN/B00005MIS8/memoryfinderc-20/ref%3Dnosim/

Again, thanks for your help everyone!

--
David Payne
eBusiness Channel Manager
Viking Components, Inc.
http://config.vikingcomponents.com/dpreview
 
First of all: That's a great price on a great product.

Second: The rest of that guy's rant is BS. He's in sales, he's trying to sell something. I assure you Viking isn't taking a loss on this, and by spamming all your friends on the deal (as he advises) you're not somehow advancing humanity. You're just lining his pocket.

Somehow I doubt his job rests on how many of these cards Amazon sells.
 
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