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    Why is Lenovo gouging so hard on the price of the DVD+RW upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by burningrave101, Nov 24, 2007.

  1. burningrave101

    burningrave101 Notebook Deity

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    They're charing like $100 now just to upgrade from a CD-RW/DVD-ROM to the DVD+RW. It was like $50 or less before. And then not to mention the fact that it says selecting it as an option may delay your order for a few weeks. There must be a shortage from their supplier I guess but I don't know why they couldn't ramp production more when it's just a DVD burner.
     
    burningrave101, Nov 24, 2007
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    ThunderRiver Notebook Consultant

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    No idea. I am surprised about that too as DVD burner is such a standard now a day. Next thing, it would be either HDDVD burner or BlueRay burner
     
    ThunderRiver, Nov 24, 2007
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    I'm sure that is a very popular option. What better way to offset a low base price than to inflate the prices on popular options?
     
    duffyanneal, Nov 24, 2007
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    Same is the 7 cells battery. The difference between the 6 and 7 cells used to be $20 now is $70
     
    daylove, Nov 24, 2007
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    i remember i paid like $30 extra to upgrade to my 7 cell...and paid like 90 for a 2nd one....

    I also only paid $10 for my dvd burner upgrade back in 09/07

    these are the laws of supply and demand...demand is high..supply low...which equals higher prices
     
    eyecon82, Nov 28, 2007
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