The funny thing about newegg and the core 2 duos

[CorCentral]

Just think about Wonka Bars from the original Willy Wonka movie. If Wonka introduced the Wonka Bars at 10 pounds each, they would still go like mad! If there's incentive in any one mind to buy an item, there are going to be many sales of that item. Intel incentive= Best CPU at the moment!............... Now go eat your chocolate

!!!!! I GOT A GOLDEN TICKET !!!!! IT'S MINE DAMMIT!

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Pabster

Originally posted by: yacoub
You're the one trolling, friend. The wholesale price HASN'T risen to this day, so it is simply gouging. What you are talking about is speculation. You clearly have little knowledge of actual market economics. Just give up.

Another n00b with a FUD spray.

I'll put my economics knowledge up against yours ANY day.

It seems all we've got left here are a bunch of whiners who expect retail box parts to be available in 1-unit quantities at 1,000-unit prices.

:thumbsup: too many noob whiners upset at the world because they want to be "cool" but can't/don't want to fork over the time/money it takes to become an early adopter.

Originally posted by: River Side
all this leaves a bad taste.. that's all..

is Newegg entitled to sell these at whatever price they want.. Yes..

did we expect such shenanigans from Newegg.. Big No.. I'm disappointed.. and i won't be buying my stuff from there just because I don't shop at places which have the highest prices for the same item others are selling for less.

A. Newegg has been doing this for a loonnnggg time, this isn't anything new.
B. The inflated profits stores like Newegg can make from stunts like this helps them to keep their overall prices low and service superb.
C. If the price was MSRP, the product would be sold out minutes (if that) upon availability - chances are you still wouldn?t have grabbed one.
D. Shop wherever you want, it helps to have these etailers compete for your business - although I would advise you to keep shopping for value of price and service, not for foolish vendettas.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Pabster
And you don't think a rise in wholesale price is likely in such a market condition?

Sometimes I wonder if you guys are really so clueless or you just like to troll.

Find out who newegg buys their cpus from, if you want to make that argument. I'm almost positive that newegg is getting direct shipments from Intel, and if Intel's wholesale prices had risen, we would have heard about that. I actually did a search, and turned up nothing about Intel raising wholesale Conroe & Allenwood prices.

Originally posted by: River Side
all this leaves a bad taste.. that's all..

is Newegg entitled to sell these at whatever price they want.. Yes..

did we expect such shenanigans from Newegg.. Big No.. I'm disappointed.. and i won't be buying my stuff from there just because I don't shop at places which have the highest prices for the same item others are selling for less.


I couldn't agree more.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: rudder
So what is Newegg to do? Sell the chips for $370... then sellout and have people get their motherboards/ram/etc elsewhere? or do they raise prices along with everyone else?

You must not understand how the average computer parts shopper buys parts. We all would rather buy every single piece from the same company, preferably at the same time, if we've got the money. Hence, newegg would be doing themselves a favor, by selling at or slightly under MSRP for these processors. They'd then make more money from selling motherboards, RAM, drives, Windows, etc. to the same people to whom they sold the processor. You know, the exact way that newegg became the largest computer parts distributor on the planet...

 

[CrimsonWolf]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Pabster
No, n00b, it's called supply and demand.

If I sumbit an ad to a publisher today for a product (which I expect to have in significant quantities) and 30 days from now that product is in LIMITED supply, market forces dictate that the PRICE RISE. That's how it works. Perhaps a review of Econ 101 is in order.

Pabster, you obviously failed Economics 101 miserably, since you don't even understand the concept of "market forces", as you call it. The only way that the price can/will rise at the retail level is IF the price rises at the wholesale level. If the wholesale price doesn't change, then what newegg and every other site is doing is called gouging, though I happen to like the term that yacoub used.

How the hell does wholesale price enter into this? Newegg is basing their price on the fact that they have a limited number of chips, yet lots of people are willing to pay top dollar to get those limited number of chips. Market price is determined independently of wholesale price. Newegg - OH teh noeeess... we can't raise the retail price because wholesale price hasn't gone up!

And this is not price gouging. Are peoples' livelyhoods threatened by not getting a Conroe? Is someone putting a gun to your head and saying you must buy your Conroe from Newegg? Newegg can charge whatever the hell they want for these processors. It's their product, their decision. If people are willing to pay that price, then more power to them. Don't whine and bitch just because you don't want to pay the price to get a product with limited availability. If you don't like it, here's an easy solution... don't buy from Newegg. You have a choice. There are several other retailers that will get these processors. Be patient and buy it from them instead.

Right, wrong, or indifferent, Newegg, or 'Screwegg' has a reputation for doing this with new product releases. If you're surprised by this, I hope it is just because you haven't been shopping with them long. Otherwise you should know better. That's why I pre-ordered with Tankguys, and will just patiently wait for my E6600 to come in. Newegg won't get money from me on this. But that doesn't mean I won't buy from them in the future. They are just a business, and I just need a part. I buy from whoever gives the right combination of price and service at the time I need it.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

doesn't anyone remember the X800XTs & 6800 Ultras that would sell out within minutes, while priced well north of $650+?

This is NOTHING new. Quit whining - its just a store. Not a god-sent messiah for the tech masses.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: CrimsonWolf
How the hell does wholesale price enter into this? Newegg is basing their price on the fact that they have a limited number of chips, yet lots of people are willing to pay top dollar to get those limited number of chips. Market price is determined independently of wholesale price. Newegg - OH teh noeeess... we can't raise the retail price because wholesale price hasn't gone up!

And this is not price gouging. Are peoples' livelyhoods threatened by not getting a Conroe? Is someone putting a gun to your head and saying you must buy your Conroe from Newegg? Newegg can charge whatever the hell they want for these processors. It's their product, their decision. If people are willing to pay that price, then more power to them. Don't whine and bitch just because you don't want to pay the price to get a product with limited availability. If you don't like it, here's an easy solution... don't buy from Newegg. You have a choice. There are several other retailers that will get these processors. Be patient and buy it from them instead.

Right, wrong, or indifferent, Newegg, or 'Screwegg' has a reputation for doing this with new product releases. If you're surprised by this, I hope it is just because you haven't been shopping with them long. Otherwise you should know better. That's why I pre-ordered with Tankguys, and will just patiently wait for my E6600 to come in. Newegg won't get money from me on this. But that doesn't mean I won't buy from them in the future. They are just a business, and I just need a part. I buy from whoever gives the right combination of price and service at the time I need it.

Um, wholesale price is what determines whether profiteering (the correct term) is happening, or not. I thought everyone realized that. If your markup on a new item is the same as a readily available older item (or anywhere near), then you aren't profiteering. If your markup is 10-12% on older items, and 100% for what's "hot" and in short supply, then you are profiteering, period.

By the way, I don't even want a Conroe. I haven't even considered buying a C2D, and won't for a minimum of a year, if ever. Newegg's problem, though, is some of us take offense to people who do business that way, and will exclude, whenever possible, any company who conducts themselves that way, from the money that we'll be spending. I'm actually in the process of building a new system at the moment, and would have bought every part from newegg, as I usually do. That won't be happening this time, though. They're making enough money from the C2D's they've sold so far, therefore my money will be going to the sites who haven't jacked up their prices, who are obviously much more trustworthy.

And just to clarify, what makes you think that you, Pabster, and getbush, have the right to complain about someone complaining about a company's prices, but they don't have the right to do the complaining in the first place? Wait, don't tell me, that's the new official Republican party slant on anything that doesn't agree with their/your greed, huh? You know, the same way they start investigating any congressman or senator who doesn't agree with them, or pretends as if he may tell one of their many, many secrets.

 

[NYR56]

All you guys flipping out about people complaining and calling them stupid are just showing your own intelligence. There is a reason that people are upset with Newegg; they advertised lower prices for a product but then raised them extremely high once they actually got the product. They have every right to complain about that as much as Newegg has a right to charge what they want. I'm sure many of you complain about the price of gas or would complain if the oil companies decided to double the price since the demand was so large. That is profiteering whether you think they have a right to do it or not.

 

[xtknight]

Wah...boohoo the E6300 is ~$50 over 1K-quantity units. Newegg, damn you for trying to make a profit and matching demand, especially when your other products are still usually very cheap.

 

[bennylong]

Imagine all the big retail store jacked up the price of the XBOX360. How would you feel about shopping at WalMart,EB, etc if they sold the XBOX360 for $800, simply because the demand was there? Gain a few dollar, lose a customer

 

[River Side]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Wah...boohoo the E6300 is ~$50 over 1K-quantity units. Newegg, damn you for trying to make a profit and matching demand, especially when your other products are still usually very cheap.

no.. the correct boohooo is that other places have it for cheaper.. and newegg is knowingly try to screw people for a higher profit.. they lose my business .. u can continue paying more to them..

 

[FireChicken]

Does screwegg have the right to do what they did? Sure. But it Just feels like sleezy business tactics to me. In the big picture, with all the stuff they sell, screwegg can't be making that much profit from these core 2 duos? Even with the jacked up prices. So why did they they do it? Sleezy business tactics.
They also advertised lower prices. (I cant find the post with the picture of screweggs core 2 duo flyer). I wonder if it has any disclamers on it. Cause if they advertise a price, is there not some kind of law that says they have to sell it at that price? I don't how it works for the internet but if I walk into a store and if a product has a certain price on it, they store HAS to sell it for that price even if it rings up higher. I got to find that flyer.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Its easy, if you don't like the price, go somewhere else.

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: myocardia
And just to clarify, what makes you think that you, Pabster, and getbush, have the right to complain about someone complaining about a company's prices, but they don't have the right to do the complaining in the first place? Wait, don't tell me, that's the new official Republican party slant on anything that doesn't agree with their/your greed, huh? You know, the same way they start investigating any congressman or senator who doesn't agree with them, or pretends as if he may tell one of their many, many secrets.

Leave your petty politics out of here. We've got a fine P&N forum if you'd like to debate me on political issues.

 

[FireChicken]

Found it

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e65/oobandwidth/a51c46b9.jpg

 

[lotus503]

Ok here is the summary for the board.

Newegg can sell them for whatever they want, Price Gouging is usually a term reserved for consumables and unless your eating conroes doesnt really apply.

This will piss some people off and they will complain, personally I think its a bad busienss decision but theirs to make.

there now we can wrap this up.

 

[Just4Ever]

Originally posted by: S0Lstice
Ok here is the summary for the board.

Newegg can sell them for whatever they want, Price Gouging is usually a term reserved for consumables and unless your eating conroes doesnt really apply.

This will piss some people off and they will complain, personally I think its a bad busienss decision but theirs to make.

there now we can wrap this up.

Consumables doesn't mean that you have to eat it!

 

[lotus503]

Originally posted by: Just4Ever

Originally posted by: S0Lstice
Ok here is the summary for the board.

Newegg can sell them for whatever they want, Price Gouging is usually a term reserved for consumables and unless your eating conroes doesnt really apply.

This will piss some people off and they will complain, personally I think its a bad busienss decision but theirs to make.

there now we can wrap this up.

Consumables doesn't mean that you have to eat it!

Very correct just poor humor on my end