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It's come to this . . . Message #1 Posted by Martin Pinckney on 27 Oct 2009, 10:30 a.m. Walmart - We Sell for Less!

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #2 Posted by Namir on 27 Oct 2009, 11:08 a.m., in response to message #1 by Martin Pinckney Where is that Walmart?

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #3 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 27 Oct 2009, 11:10 a.m., in response to message #1 by Martin Pinckney Walmart isn't exactly the right place to sell a business calculator, I conclude. Staples still sells the 10BII for $36,99?

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #4 Posted by Bruce Bergman on 27 Oct 2009, 11:13 a.m., in response to message #1 by Martin Pinckney Too bad it is not true. You could make a killing on eBay! thanks, Bruce

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #5 Posted by Martin Pinckney on 27 Oct 2009, 2:47 p.m., in response to message #4 by Bruce Bergman Yes, it is true. I bought 33 at this price. And no, you can't make a killing on eB**. Just look at how many are offered there right now. I did sell enough on eB** to recover my costs. Then my wife asked for some to give to her students as rewards (she teaches high school).

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #6 Posted by Mike Morrow on 27 Oct 2009, 11:40 a.m., in response to message #1 by Martin Pinckney I was unable to open the photo site with the pictures (I'm temporarily on dial-up). I posted a couple of months ago about HP10BII calcs being sold at various Walmarts, in the US South, at least, at cut rate prices. I bought one in Athens, AL, for $17, and another in Blytheville, AR, for $11. For the money, they're quite nice. I keep hoping for them to do likewise for the TI-89, which they sell for $160. One-third price is about all I'd pay for a TI.

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #7 Posted by Martin Pinckney on 27 Oct 2009, 2:50 p.m., in response to message #6 by Mike Morrow Mike, the sign over the 10bII's said $2.

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #8 Posted by Mike Morrow on 28 Oct 2009, 1:15 a.m., in response to message #7 by Martin Pinckney Now I feel silly thinking $11 was a great price! :-)

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #9 Posted by George Bailey (Bedford Falls) on 27 Oct 2009, 1:25 p.m., in response to message #1 by Martin Pinckney I particularly like the notion that it's sold as "Party Supply"!

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #10 Posted by Reth on 28 Oct 2009, 5:50 a.m., in response to message #1 by Martin Pinckney I wander when we'll see the HP35S and HP50 in similar situation. And wouldn't be surprised.

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #11 Posted by DaveJ on 28 Oct 2009, 7:01 a.m., in response to message #1 by Martin Pinckney I wonder how much Walmart actually paid for them? Dave.

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #12 Posted by Chan Tran on 28 Oct 2009, 10:38 p.m., in response to message #11 by DaveJ That kind of thing happened at Walmart quite often. They put the price wrong but you won't get your calc for that price. I ran into that problem many times.

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #13 Posted by Reth on 29 Oct 2009, 1:42 a.m., in response to message #12 by Chan Tran Did you read the thread above? The guy GOT 33 of them at this price.

Re: It's come to this . . . Message #14 Posted by Patrick Rendulic on 30 Oct 2009, 10:47 a.m., in response to message #1 by Martin Pinckney Three years ago, I got ten 12C, those with the 3 button cells, for 20$ apiece. They were being sold out as the shop replaced them with Platinums ... . I then asked 100$ per unit on ebay and they were gone quite rapidly ;). A strange world.

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