HP's Calculator Website

[Maximilian Hohmann]

Hello!

(08-07-2020 01:36 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  And besides, the folks updating the website are too busy creating listings for mice: red ones, blue ones, grey ones, white ones, small ones, big ones, fancy ones, plain ones, etc. You know, the stuff buyers really want!

But I'm afraid these are the things that actually get purchased in large numbers. Last week I went to an electronics store because I needed a larger memory card for my camera.
Next to the cashiers, where unusually long queues form due to the required Covid ditances, they have now placed large boxes with exactly that kind of stuff: Colorful mice, colorful USB travel chargers, keyring torches, useless mobile phone accessories,... all things one usually would not even think about.
And people actually do pick up that crap because there is nothing better to do while you wait in the queue. Such a mouse costs nothing to develop, very little (30 Cents?) to manufacture in China yet they sell it for close to 10 Euros. By the millions. Compare that to smart calculators which cost large sums to develop and quite a lot to manufacture becuause of the small numbers. If I were HP I would sell colorful mice too.

Regards
Max