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Hehe · 05-09-2011, 03:55 PM

Seriously, the markup on laptops is just not much.

I can reverse calculate the cost of every single laptop within 1~2% error from its retail price after having worked in that industry for some time. And on brands like Apple or Sony, where they have very strict price control, if you get 10% off asking for newly released model, you are lucky. And I mean at wholesale level. For a newly released model to be at 10~15% off wholesale price, you have to order containers worth of stock.

Assuming that each pallet fits about 64units, to fill a 20' containers, you have to order at least 500units. I have yet heard a company with 500+ execs that is not listed.

05-09-2011, 03:55 PM	#60
Hehe OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: YVR/TPE Posts: 5,241 Thanked 3,296 Times in 1,462 Posts Failed 685 Times in 223 Posts	Seriously, the markup on laptops is just not much. I can reverse calculate the cost of every single laptop within 1~2% error from its retail price after having worked in that industry for some time. And on brands like Apple or Sony, where they have very strict price control, if you get 10% off asking for newly released model, you are lucky. And I mean at wholesale level. For a newly released model to be at 10~15% off wholesale price, you have to order containers worth of stock. Assuming that each pallet fits about 64units, to fill a 20' containers, you have to order at least 500units. I have yet heard a company with 500+ execs that is not listed. __________________ Nothing for now Last edited by Hehe; 05-09-2011 at 04:00 PM.