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by floren 957 days ago
Yeah I'm sympathetic but this feels like something you see over and over -- rather than adapt to reduced demand / value of your product by lowering prices, just throw your hands in the air and declare that you're stuck with this stuff forever.

See the perpetually for sale, perpetually overpriced cars of Craigslist.
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toyg 957 days ago
"throwing your hands in the air" is a form of advertising. "Oh poor me, will anyone rid me of all this stock? I'm so desperate by now, I'm willing to sell it for the low low price of...".

They just had free advertising in a newspaper. That will likely help them move quite a bit of phones.

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euroderf 957 days ago
> "throwing your hands in the air" is a form of advertising. "Oh poor me, will anyone rid me of all this stock? I'm so desperate by now, I'm willing to sell it for the low low price of..."

Crazy Eddie.

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