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Apple so threatened by the Nexus 7 they will not allow BB to sell them
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So we have one BB blue shirt that says Apple won't let them sell the Nexus 7 and one blue shirt that says Google/Asus can't meet their demand. It would be interesting to see other responses.
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Google is selling the Nexus 7 at a loss.
How is Best Buy supposed to sell it a make a profit? Maybe that's why
How is Best Buy supposed to sell it a make a profit? Maybe that's why
Just because the manufacturer is making a loss doesn't mean the retailer will. The churn of headphones, cases, screen protectors, Google Play cards that may be sold with the thing.
Games consoles are traditionally sold at a loss to the manufacturer during the initial launch but that doesn't stop retailers selling them with a swath of peripherals and games to go with them.
Does anyone know what cost retailers purchase a bulk lit of Nexus 7's at?
EDIT: I forgot to add, LOL @ SENSATIONALIST THREAD TITLE!
That mentality is exactly why retail is doomed. Guess what, almost nobody buys anything with accessories anymore!
I can't even describe to you what a mess all the Kindle Fire's were for our daily numbers, we moved tons of product but still lost money each day for the first few weeks that damn thing came out. Not to mention the minimum 2 a day we've been getting back after it stops charging or the screen stops responding to input....
Retail sucks.
You're not wrong there but I know people that have spent up to £50+ on a "monster" HDMI cable with their new TV....
<----- That kind of thing kills retail for me.
You're not wrong there but I know people that have spent up to £50+ on a "monster" HDMI cable with their new TV....
That's why I hate retail, my paycheck relies on screwing customers over with expensive accessories because there is no profit on computers, TV's, etc.
This is what happens when consumerism is the engine of an economy, and it will only falter.
I heard/read due to storages BB doesn't have them YET. BB just needs too many to stock and there isn't enough to go around.
I don't think there is much more too it. If the profit isn't there BB can sell them for more money. Google doesn't lock prices like Apple does so that not a concern. Best place is to buy from google anyway.
I don't think there is much more too it. If the profit isn't there BB can sell them for more money. Google doesn't lock prices like Apple does so that not a concern. Best place is to buy from google anyway.
The Nexus 7 does not have a robust accessory market to piggy back on like an iPad.
I think the issue resides in the margins. If Best Buy thought the Nexus 7 was viable from a profit standpoint, they'd sell it.
I purchased my two Nexus 7's from the Micro Center with the $50 one year protection plan. I wanted to purchase cases but they didn't have them in stock yet. So there is some money to be made.
I purchased two Kindle Fires from BB with their Buy Back program.
BTW - Last year, BB was the first retail store that had the Kindle Fires in stock....... I wonder why they were not the first to carry the Nexus 7?
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No kidding. People are so desperate to believe an anti-Apple story that we are now listening to BEST BUY EMPLOYEES? Haven't we been making fun of them for years now? And now we choose to listen to this one story?
Methinks haters doth protest too much.
Have to admit Apple has a lot of pull with its retailers. Apple and Verizon were butting heads for a while before Verizon caved.
However I doubt the lack of Nexus 7 at BB has anything directly due with Apple. BTW BB would sell them for 0 profit. Getting people into the store has a price all on its own. Personally I couldn't imagine going into BB and JUST buying an N7 and leaving no accessories no movies no video games etc. I'd get something else, hell last time I was there I went for ink and left with a 55" tv and I STILL got a soda by the check out line. Lol
However I doubt the lack of Nexus 7 at BB has anything directly due with Apple. BTW BB would sell them for 0 profit. Getting people into the store has a price all on its own. Personally I couldn't imagine going into BB and JUST buying an N7 and leaving no accessories no movies no video games etc. I'd get something else, hell last time I was there I went for ink and left with a 55" tv and I STILL got a soda by the check out line. Lol
Micro Center is probably the only brick & mortar electronics store I shop at nowadays because you can literally find anything online, inside the store. Just the other day I searched every Radio Shack, BB, and Fry's electronics in a 30 mile radius looking for an mhl adapter and either they had never heard of one, tried to sell me something different or suggest I try online.
One call to the Micro Center in Houston and they had 6 different brands all in stock.
No they aren't selling it at a loss. It costs less than 200 to make it. Both models are under 200 to produce. Nvdia kai was a plan by nvidia to make a sub 200 dollar tablet with their tegra 3 chip set. There is more than a 65 dollar margin on the nexus 7 16 GB. More than enough to make money with.
Fair point. I normally ignore BB employees under normal conditions. Listening to them on the issue of product availability would be a bad place to start.
And how ironic that MS paid for Apple licensing so they would not be sued.
How ironic it is that most people dont seem to realize....there is not money being exchanged in that situation....Microsoft and Apple have Cross licensing going back to the mid 90s.
Why would corporate tell a peon why they do/do not carry a product.
Laughable.
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All about Frys!
Laughable.
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All about Frys!