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- From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Significant price rise on RAM?
- Message-ID: <4690047@pollux.svale.hp.com>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 21:30:18 GMT
- References: <1992Oct27.033613.19028@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Organization: HP LOVECRAFT DIVISION
- Lines: 16
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- >(Steve Warren)
- >In article <4690045@pollux.svale.hp.com> dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low) writes:
- >>There are two ways to price goods, purchase cost + margin or replacement
- >>cost + margin. When the two costs are the same the two methods are
- >
- >No, there is only one way to price goods: "How much would someone be willing
- >to pay me for this thing???"
-
- That is what MARGIN is all about. It is the seller's best guess as to how
- much people will pay for the item. If the margin is negative then it
- is time to close shop.
-
- Danny Low
- "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
- Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
- HP CPCD dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com
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