Why hasn't the price drop occurred yet?

[brianmanahan]

I thought it was supposed to happen April 9th! What gives?

 

[Shimmishim]

April 22nd is the date.

 

[alaricljs]

No sources to quote since I'm lazy but AMD dropped 9th Intel is scheduled for the 22nd and you're not likely to see changes in the consumer end for a few weeks while resellers reap the cash and slowly drop their prices.

 

[superHARD]

Originally posted by: alaricljs
No sources to quote since I'm lazy but AMD dropped 9th Intel is scheduled for the 22nd and you're not likely to see changes in the consumer end for a few weeks while resellers reap the cash and slowly drop their prices.

 

[Yellowbeard]

Originally posted by: alaricljs
No sources to quote since I'm lazy but AMD dropped 9th Intel is scheduled for the 22nd and you're not likely to see changes in the consumer end for a few weeks while resellers reap the cash and slowly drop their prices.

Not only that, the price drop is never instantaneous. The resellers have to sell the stock they bought at the old prices before they can make changes reflecting their new purchase price.

 

[harobikes333]

wait it out or go AMD?

 

[alaricljs]

If you're upgrading, I'd wait... if you need a machine and don't have one you picked an awful time to start looking because Intel's price drops and speed bump intros, AMD's going to be following the price drops and Barcelona is due. Then on top of that you have r600. Maybe wait for Christmas?

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: Yellowbeard

Originally posted by: alaricljs
No sources to quote since I'm lazy but AMD dropped 9th Intel is scheduled for the 22nd and you're not likely to see changes in the consumer end for a few weeks while resellers reap the cash and slowly drop their prices.

Not only that, the price drop is never instantaneous. The resellers have to sell the stock they bought at the old prices before they can make changes reflecting their new purchase price.

Bingo

Price drop speed can depend on a few factors. Sometimes resellers get a retro-active price drop from Intel, sometimes not. If they don't, they can't lower prices until they sell current inventory. So, each retailer may drop prices at different times, depending on deals w/ Intel and current stock levels.

 

[LoganP]

Competition can also force those resellers to drop the price even if they still have inventory in stock that they bought at the old price. Selling something at a loss is sometimes better than not selling it at all if your competitor has a better price than you. I would think the bigger retailers would go through inventory fast enough for us to see those drops happen fairly quick.

 

[Yellowbeard]

Another aspect is that the seller that is selling fastest at the higher price (pre-price drop) will dump his old stock the fastest. They can then initiate the new pricing quicker and really get a jump on the guys caught holding "older" stock.

I'm glad I'm not a product purchasing and inventory guy these days. You look bad with OUT OF STOCK all over your website but, it's also bad to get caught holding too much.

 

[Phynaz]

Originally posted by: LoganP
Competition can also force those resellers to drop the price even if they still have inventory in stock that they bought at the old price. Selling something at a loss is sometimes better than not selling it at all if your competitor has a better price than you. I would think the bigger retailers would go through inventory fast enough for us to see those drops happen fairly quick.

Resellers are price protected in the event of a price drop.

 

[Diogenes2]

I found it strange that Newegg took the 6000+ up to $499 after dropping to $239 for one day ..

Several other retailers have it at less than $250 ..

What would be the reason Newegg would price it that way ? Trying to push C2D before the Intel price cuts ?

 

[aka1nas]

It's likely that everyone else is OOS. Newegg's system automatically adjusts prices for demand so if there was a large spike of purchases for that chip in a short time it will gradually increase the price. If no one will buy it for the current price it will gradually drop back down until it hits the market-clearing price again.