tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post116597287286341006..comments2008-12-12T02:31:48.835-05:00Philip Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15709596700848616677noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1166102994777022192006-12-14T08:29:00.000-05:002006-12-14T08:29:00.000-05:00

Amazon has followed suit. Advance Sunday sale flyers indicate other retailers will offer discounts this coming weekend.

blogdognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1166071551185622292006-12-13T23:45:00.000-05:002006-12-13T23:45:00.000-05:00

Apple cannot prohibit discounting (against the law) but they can offer incentives not to and short ship you if they disapprove of your selling methods - it all depends on who it is and how much leverage you have and/or how much the retailer ahs over you. Walmart & Apple acn or live without each other okay but a movie studio cannot live without walmart. <BR/><BR/>but there ways around not an out

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1166058772949564002006-12-13T20:12:00.000-05:002006-12-13T20:12:00.000-05:00

I'm not a retailed, but in my dealings with Apple in other business matters I've come to learn that retailers all get 8%, which leaves little room for sales.<BR/><BR/>Apple does sell iPods through Costco at a slight discount. I think the Nano is discounted by $20 for example. Sometimes they include free accessories or iTunes gift cards. For a while you could pick up an iPod for the normal retail

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1166036076529121772006-12-13T13:54:00.000-05:002006-12-13T13:54:00.000-05:00

And that's my point actually ... retailers aren't moving them ... I don't see ANY retailer without Zune stock ... however my local Best Buy is out of all but one flavor of Nano and they have no Shuffles.

fixyourthinkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15709596700848616677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712195.post-1166030774315074262006-12-13T12:26:00.000-05:002006-12-13T12:26:00.000-05:00

I don't believe Apple gives retailers the flexibility to discount iPods. This could be because of high demand, but it is probably just due to low or fixed margins and pricing. <BR/><BR/>Reduced prices from retailers on the Zune may actually be coming out of the retailers’ pockets and not impacting Microsoft's profits. So, for example Office Depot could’ve bought 25,000 Zunes from Microsoft at

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