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satchmo wrote: » Why play into the PS4/XBox One territory if you don't have to? Maybe because the new ? TV will also be a top notch video game console in addition to everything else we are wishing for here?
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maestro64 wrote: » But we have not seen any prototype of the new ATV. why haven't they leaked out. With all the analysis sniffing around Apple's supply chain you would this prototypes would have leaked out like we see with iPhone. No prototypes th…
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solipsismy wrote: » Not at all, I just wanted to be clear about my lofty desires. Note that I also detailed how I would want Apple to get into mobile payments years before they did and it's pretty much dead on, right down to the representationa…
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SpamSandwich wrote: » I did both. Local business wins out over snappy answer. Interesting... I got a local business in the U.S. case and a snappy answer in the ME case. The snappy answer was quite intriguing. It was something like... "C…
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SpamSandwich wrote: » I only get results pointing me to a local business with the word "Hint" in the name! Try "give ME a hint" not "give US a hint"
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram What!? You're an expert now on how the SEC thinks? Why not dispense with 10Q filings then and just hand it over to CNBC to broadcast? Give me a break. What a clueless post. Didn't you get th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SteveDownUnder Apple should just splash the petty cash and buy Tesla. It would save years of R&D and they could sell them in Apple Stores around the work and out back of each store have a charging station since a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Nope. Gazelle selling price for an excellent condition iPhone 5S AT&T 16 GB is $369 Gazelle buying price is $175 Overhead cost $50 Profit $144 Profit margin 40% Ridiculously higher than Apples 22% profit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Nope. Selling price $409 cost of phone $175 Overhead $50 Net profit $184 Net profit margin 45% Apple net profit margin 25% Even if I double the overhead expense to $100 that is still a profit margin of 3…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 you just quoted yourself. seriously. Mistakes happen. Easily fixed.
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 common sense. It does not cost HUNDREDS of dollars to buy and sell iPhones. Especially those that are in mint condition. Common sense doesn't give you the breakdown numbers you used to add up to $45. And y…
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You know, I have seldom encountered anyone anywhere (not just online) that demonstrates a larger difference between how bright they are and how bright they think they are than does "Sog". And no, Sog, I do not mean the former is greater than the la…
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Pardon the replication for an edit. Will it happen again? Let us see...
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Such as? Shipping $15 Packaging and handling $5 Storage $5 Inspection $5 Repairs - $0 - since it is a perfect condition phone Marketing $5 General Admin $10 Total $45 What am I missing? Keep in m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 It is a ripoff. Gazelle is offering $480 for my perfect condition iPhone6+ Amazon is offering $600. I can sell it on ebay easily for $600+ Do you ever think of things more deeply than the surface and f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Just because someone is willing to pay a price does not mean it isn't a ripoff. If enough people are willing to pay that price in return for a very easy, convenient, method of exchange, then that's exactly …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Apple's gross margins on iPhones are about 60% But that does NOT include R&D which costs BILLIONS ON BILLIONS. Its ridiculous that a reseller commands 50%+ gross margins. They did nothing. Apple crea…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I'd agree but I'd prefer such articles are marked as 'sponsored', perhaps with an icon too. I don't mind reading those, that like this are of genuine interest to me, and can skip those that are not. Po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 I usually buy goldfish in a pond shop. I buy Koi there.
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D sog35 wrote: » Sure. Right after they release a round iPhone Do you wear your iPhone like jewelry? If you can't conceive of what the previous poster is saying then I that is pretty sad.