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05-10-2008, 05:52 AM
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| True Techie Join Date: Apr 2006
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|  how little is little? everyone says computer stores make very little profit on each piece of hardware they sell. does any know what the average profit is on a cpu, or on a motherboard? i'm talking about retailers of course, not the makers. a recent study showed that the profit margin of tobacco was roughly 19% and water utilities was about 10%, but they didn't mention computer hardwares. hmm |
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05-10-2008, 05:58 AM
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| Retired.  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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 | Re: how little is little? Depends on the buyer, even 50% profit is possible.
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05-10-2008, 12:16 PM
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| Commander SMod Autobot  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space
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| Re: how little is little? As Peter said it varies. Circuit City makes more of a profit than NewEgg. Best Buy is also heavy on the profits. I dont think they get as high as 50% though. When i worked at Wal-Mart the highest markup on PC stuff was only 23%. Best Buy and Circuit City are more expensive but i dont think they hit 50%. Helps to work in Retail to know some makrup %.
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