Apple refurb LCD pricing.

[KingYaba]

I think Apple needs to update the "original" price of the LCDs description. Infact you aren't getting that 47% discount for the 20". It's only 100 bucks difference which is only about 12.5% reduction.

Not that I'm complaining or anything. Just seems missleading and ought to be corrected.

 

[Doctor Q]

The math is suspect, but the discount is nice nevertheless.

I'm in the "seriously considering" camp.

 

[macdaddy121]

It's a sales thing.....if you don't look at the new prices you don't know that your only saving $100. But yes it is a gimmick.....Great displays, I'm just hoping they drop the price a little or come out with newer better ones.....but I'm always hoping for new better everything.

I want one really bad too

 

[topgunn]

Well, on Apple's behalf, the original price is correct. It just so happens that the current price is $500 less than the original. The also do this with the Dual 2.0GHz Power Mac (not dual core) where they list the original price as $2,999.

If you are considering an ACD, wait a few more days until after WWDC. Even if you don't want any new features, the ACD's are overdue for a price cut.

 

[zap2]

apple always uses the oldest price(original price) on the model of item

 

[NewbieNerd]

Maybe it would make you happier if the prices of new ACDs were the same as they were originally? Get that warm, fuzzy feeling inside about buying it 47% off instead of just 12 or so, though you're paying the same price either way?

 

[Doctor Q]

Vendors of RAM should get smart and start advertising by comparing their prices with the cost of memory in the 1960s, when prices were something like "a buck a byte".

I can see the ad now...

Super-Duper Sale: Memory cards at 99.9999534% off!!!

1GB SD card

Our price: $50
Comparable price by other vendors*: $1,073,741,824​

* 40 years ago​

 

[WildCowboy]

The prices for the smaller screens also aren't that good...they're equal to the EDU prices for new items. Compare it to a similarly-priced item like the MacBook where the refurb price is $100 less than a new EDU price.