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Re: new iMac

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In article <1lnja94.ov5kj8n2puh0N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, David Empson
<dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> wrote:
> > On 2014-06-19, David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> > > Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> It looks as though there might be a stock clearance on Mac minis at the
> > >> moment.  Earlier this year one of my local discount places had a time
> > >> limited offer at CHF 599.  When they did that again at Easter I bit.
> > >
> > > The price drop on the Mac Mini (and previously existing iMac models, and
> > > the Apple TV) is only known to be occurring in Europe (including the
> > > UK). It is just an exchange rate adjustment across a class of related
> > > models, not evidence of clearing out old models.
> > 
> > Agreed that the Apple Store price change is an exchange rate adjustment, but
> > this year is the first time I have seen dealers offering discounts of more
> > than 10 or 20 bucks (and some of those would charge for delivery where
> > Apple does not, so you would be back to square one).
> > 
> > The discounter I bought from has only started selling Apple kit within the
> > last year pr 18 months, and another largish one became an Apple distributor
> > a couple of months ago.  The second of those discounters definitely has
> > corporate customers.
> > 
> > This appears to me to be a shift in Apple's distribution policy: neither of
> > the two distributors have retail outlets kitted out like Apple dealers; they
> > don't really need them since their operations are mainly mail order based.
> 
> Actually, now that I think about it, there has been a changed pattern
> this year in New Zealand with frequent "10% off" weekend sales on Macs
> from many Apple resellers (there are no Apple Stores in New Zealand, so
> I don't have them as a point of comparison).
> 
> I haven't noticed any particular timing relative to the introduction of
> model updates - they've been almost continuous and have been going on
> for months, so it doesn't really fit with stock clearance prior to new
> models.
> 
> In previous years there might have been a discount like that perhaps
> every two or three months, from one retailer at a time.

Dick Smith and JB Hi-Fi are the main two which quite often have 10% off
sales of various models or all models for no apparent reason, but most
usually it is in the couple of months leading up to a refresh / update.
Although you have to be careful - there was a recent sale which was
actually still trying to sell off the previous "end of life" models.

They may have been "told off" by Apple for doing that with specific
models, so now discount others as well to try and hide the up-coming
refresh. 

The new iMac could explain the recent sales, especially if the other
iMac models were going to be speed-bumped and Apple has decided to hold
off for a bit longer.

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new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-18 07:33 -0700
  Re: new iMac Steve <gratefuldead@xs4all.nl> - 2014-06-18 17:20 +0200
    Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-18 08:31 -0700
      Re: new iMac gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-06-18 08:43 -0700
        Re: new iMac Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-18 16:54 +0100
      Re: new iMac Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-18 16:54 +0100
        Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-18 09:03 -0700
          Re: new iMac Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-18 18:10 +0100
          Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-06-18 14:49 -0400
          Re: new iMac Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-06-19 05:20 +0200
      Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-06-18 14:44 -0400
      Re: new iMac Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-06-19 05:15 +0200
        Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-06-19 16:04 +1200
        Re: new iMac dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-06-19 16:29 +1200
          Re: new iMac JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-06-19 12:40 -0400
            Re: new iMac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-19 17:07 +0000
        Re: new iMac Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-18 22:35 -0700
    Re: new iMac Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-06-19 05:02 +0200
      Re: new iMac dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-06-19 16:29 +1200
        Re: new iMac Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-06-19 10:47 +0200
          Re: new iMac dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-06-20 12:04 +1200
            Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-06-20 13:46 +1200
        Re: new iMac dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-06-20 20:59 +1200
          Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-06-21 10:46 +1200
  Re: new iMac Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2014-06-18 11:38 -0400
    Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-06-18 15:23 -0400
  Re: new iMac Darrin "Doc" O'Leary  <droleary@2q2014.subsume.com> - 2014-06-18 16:42 +0000
    Re: new iMac Kaltsas, Alexander <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-18 12:07 -0500
    Re: new iMac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-06-18 19:41 +0000
      Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-18 18:24 -0400
        Re: new iMac Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-18 23:30 +0100
        Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-18 15:52 -0700
        Re: new iMac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-06-19 01:17 +0000
          Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-19 12:57 -0400
            Re: new iMac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-19 17:09 +0000
              Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-20 15:46 -0400
                Re: new iMac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-20 20:17 +0000
                Re: new iMac Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-20 22:30 +0100
                Re: new iMac George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-20 16:43 -0500
                Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-20 15:27 -0700
                Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-20 18:43 -0400
                Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-20 17:05 -0700
                Re: new iMac George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-20 19:49 -0500
                Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-20 18:29 -0700
                Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-21 13:10 -0400
                Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-20 18:42 -0400
                Re: new iMac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-20 22:55 +0000
                Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-20 17:07 -0700
                Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-21 13:07 -0400
                Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-21 14:22 -0700
                Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-21 13:08 -0400
                Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-20 14:35 -0700
                Re: new iMac George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-20 16:44 -0500
                Re: new iMac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-06-20 22:23 +0000
                Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-21 13:12 -0400
                Re: new iMac George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-20 16:42 -0500
                Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-20 15:24 -0700
                Re: new iMac George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-20 19:42 -0500
  Re: new iMac Kaltsas, Alexander <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-18 11:16 -0500
    Re: new iMac JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-06-18 13:38 -0400
      Re: new iMac Kaltsas, Alexander <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-18 12:59 -0500
    Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-06-19 09:32 +1200
      Re: new iMac "Mr. Jo Jo" <josephjohns@gmail.com> - 2014-06-18 18:16 -0400
  Re: new iMac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-06-18 19:39 +0000
    Re: new iMac Kaltsas, Alexander <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-18 15:06 -0500
    Re: new iMac Darrin "Doc" O'Leary  <droleary@2q2014.subsume.com> - 2014-06-18 21:56 +0000
    Re: new iMac Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-08-11 16:19 -0400
  Re: new iMac Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-06-18 21:19 -0500
    Re: new iMac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-19 03:06 +0000
      Re: new iMac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-06-19 18:04 +0000
    Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-06-19 16:08 +1200
  Re: new iMac "Mr. Strat" <mrstrat@nospam.gmail.com> - 2014-06-19 06:22 -0700
    Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-06-19 07:12 -0700
      Re: new iMac nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-19 11:46 -0400
      Re: new iMac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-06-19 18:08 +0000
        Re: new iMac dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-06-20 12:04 +1200
  Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-06-21 07:31 -0400
    Re: new iMac JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-06-21 15:16 -0400
      Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-06-21 17:59 -0400
    Re: new iMac Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-08-11 16:40 -0400
      Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-08-12 18:52 +1200

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