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From: jsims@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (J. Robert Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: RE: Thrown out HP's...
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Date: 27 Feb 91 13:31:03 GMT
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Ray Depew says that since the calculators that are being returned are being
returned on the pretense that they are defective, they are worthless.  To the
contrary, those defective calculators are not worthless.  Granted, they are
not worth what a brand new Rev. E is worth, but they still have some value.
There are many thrift shops who only sell "defective" merchandise.  The 
merchandise is heavily discounted, but still brings in money for the company
(in almost all cases should at least cover material costs).  Whether HP 
decides that they can make more money by destroying or donating the calcs
is up to the marketing department; don't flame the netters for a logical 
assumption.  A car with a dent in it is still worth almost the same as a 
car with no dent.  (I paid for a car without dents, and HP is now fixing
the dent).  HP wasn't legally obligated to replace the calculators, but
since they are, I'm going to get rid of my archive bug.  I can live with
the bug (it has cost me hours of work, though), but if I don't have to,
why should I?  

Rob
jsims@vuse.vanderbilt.edu