Comments on: Asustek Netbook Competitors Follows in Eee PC’s Price Reduction http://eeepc.net/asustek-netbook-competitors-follows-in-eee-pcs-price-reduction/ The unofficial blog about Asus Eee PC Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:49:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: netbook geek http://eeepc.net/asustek-netbook-competitors-follows-in-eee-pcs-price-reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-68360 netbook geek Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:46:07 +0000 http://eeepc.net/?p=2434#comment-68360 It's natural for the company to reduce price considering the competition and for inventory clearance. This is a good news to us buyers. However, the cheaper the netbook goes, the more it is susceptible to low quality materials being used in manufacturing. By principle, they make netbook out of cheap materials. Jock the price up by 30% to 40% for the introduction of that new model. Then after a while they lower the price back to its original cost when competition is at hand or a newer model is on its way. My advice is to wait for the price to settle down (don't rush to get the latest model) then choose the best model that suits your everyday needs. To keep it simple, "why pay for an overpriced gadget?" It’s natural for the company to reduce price considering the competition and for inventory clearance. This is a good news to us buyers. However, the cheaper the netbook goes, the more it is susceptible to low quality materials being used in manufacturing.

By principle, they make netbook out of cheap materials. Jock the price up by 30% to 40% for the introduction of that new model. Then after a while they lower the price back to its original cost when competition is at hand or a newer model is on its way.

My advice is to wait for the price to settle down (don’t rush to get the latest model) then choose the best model that suits your everyday needs.

To keep it simple, “why pay for an overpriced gadget?”

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