On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:15 PM, David Lochrin <dlochrin at d2.net.au> wrote: > On Tuesday 24 June 2008 19:13, peter wrote: >> HP it seems is a very interesting company when it comes to the planet as a >> whole. The HP Scanjet 5590 is listed at US$299.99 on the hp.com site. The >> open market in the States will offer for say 10% less. >> >> In Thailand the price (converted on xe.com) is US$596. Now that is a >> shock. But in what I thought was fair and open Singapore the price is even >> higher, US$658. > > Fascinating! In Australia it's listed at AU$999 or US$953 - see > http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/en/ho/WF02a/1090037-1090177-1090485.html > >> Better to rush out and buy HP stock, at these margins the company is going >> to make a lot of money. >>
Considering that the price is too high for this model (in my opinion) the whole picture becomes rather sad. -- Ilia Sotnikov