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> There must be some Obamanomics in this - - create something that there's no demand for, lose money on every one, and then double-down on it.

You got THAT right. There's $300 worth of components in it alone. HP loses $200 outright on every one.

To manufacture more, knowing you're losing at least $200 on each one, is a bonehead move that should have the HP stockholders calling for CEO's head with torches and pitchforks!!

I don't care how "great" they are at $99.... it's not a "loss leader" if there's nothing to follow it up!

I sincerely hope this report is false.

12 posted on 09/03/2011 9:54:14 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)

I would guess the sub-assemblies were already made and in the pipeline for manufacture. Completing them might be more cost affective that paying to depose of the parts.

13 posted on 09/03/2011 10:06:00 PM PDT by ThomasThomas ( Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers, so we can identify their corporate sponsors.)