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I hope people realize that these costs are embedded in the final price of the product. The only person who wins is Mr.Gowder.
by juliusseizure 17y ago
I hope people realize that these costs are embedded in the final price of the product. The only person who wins is Mr.Gowder.
- zach 17y agoNo, I'd say it's embedded in Amazon's stock price. They presumably already sell the Kindle hardware for a loss.
- mediaman 17y agoThat subsidized price being determined by a calculation of how low it may be and still return a sufficient lifetime profit given the recurring revenue thereafter; should litigation costs rise, the price at which it is offered will adjust to maintain the same rate of return.
- RevRal 17y agoPaul Gowder isn't complaining about Amazon forgetting to tell him that his coffee is hot. Good for him, flexing his rights over something reasonable. *E: I hereby disown this comment :)
- juliusseizure 17y agoHe did nothing wrong. Just pointing out that Amazon doesn't really care. Some way or the other, you (the customer) is paying for it.
- RevRal 17y agoI see. I misunderstood you then. Yeah, it's a little like when taxes are raised (not sales tax). The consumer pays for it.
- mrkurt 17y agoIf you went back and read about the McDonald's hot coffee case, I suspect you'd find that reasonable too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaur...
- jongraehl 17y agoIt's bad news for both Amazon and consumers that the device is relatively fragile (I assume he's not lying about the severity of the drop). Either the price stays high because Amazon pays out many replacements, or the price can stay low for those who baby the device, and high for those who drop it.