Same Part, Same Supplier, Different Prices
from the guess-which-way-they'd-go-if-equal dept.
posted by timothy on Monday February 07, @16:50 (Hardware)
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/07/216255

linuxwrangler writes "Infoworld's "Notes From The Field column [0]this
week includes a comment from a reader who found that Dell listed several
different prices for the same part. Intrigued, I grabbed the first part
number I found (a 512MB memory module #A0193405) and found that the list
price is $289.99 which the price offered to "large businesses".
Meanwhile, the GSA/DOD contract price is $266.21 while "home users" find
the list-price discounted to $275.49 and "small businesses" fare even
better with a $246.49 price. InfoWorld contacted Dell who responded,
"Each segment sets its own pricing, and consumers are free to pick the
one that’s cheapest." Buyer beware."

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- posted by Matt the Hat @ 5:18 AM