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The OEMs (SanDisk, in this case)must be printing out disparate model numbers to facilitate this phenomena. The codes that don't match up are stock screen printi
by beenBoutIT 6y ago
The OEMs (SanDisk, in this case)must be printing out disparate model numbers to facilitate this phenomena. The codes that don't match up are stock screen printing on the package and not some in house stickers that BestBuy cooks up to make it impossible to price match. OEMs could be sick of getting undercut at brick and mortars across the US because of Amazon.
- Nasrudith 6y agoI thought the practice was essentially print on demand practice whatever customer wants a different convention with their batch. I don't think they are in the business of caring about the retail end.
- csharptwdec19 6y agoOEMs have done this for a long time. When Circuit City was around it was very rare for the laptops to have the same model number. Of course, often they'd do other little things too, like maybe a smaller HDD but a better CPU. Just enough to make it not really the same Laptop, but close enough you picked up on the trend.
- tedunangst 6y agoDefinitely do this. Different SKUs for different channels. If you look closely at the specs for say a 55 inch TV sold by a discounter like HSN, it will have one less HDMI port than the retail model sold by Best Buy.