Paul, at 12:48 on May 13 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Funky stuff like efficiency or good management perhaps?  Just because they 
BG> make a decent profit, the company is not automatically guilty of gouging.

PE> No, the $750 price tag is the evidence of that.

Using local prices in patently unfair, Paul.  Although its RRP is A$799,
anybody who pays more than $650 for one is a complete fuckwit.

Now consider the US street price of around US$349, then tell me who's doing
the gouging.  You forget also that the Taiwanese are merely assembling
Rockwell chipsets onto generic boards, with absolutely no R&D costs
whatsoever.  Is it any wonder that they can sell those so cheaply then?

Regards, Bill

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