Author: Jay Rinde
Date: 15:46:33 10/30/98
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On October 30, 1998 at 18:18:28, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >With all the hullabaloo about the Rebel price rise I think that most of us >simply did not do some kind of simple arithmetic regarding Rebel's dealers -- >most notably the big ones, such as Gambitsoft (Bert Seifriz). I was thinking: >OK, Rebel 10 won the match vs Anand, lots of hype about its playing strength, >etc., potentially many customers aiming at the state-of-the-art product. >Accordingly, Bert may have ordered at least 200 copies just to make sure he's >got them in stock, prudently expecting they'd be in demand. Now that's about >40,000 DM or 22,000 US $. So, now Bert finds himself suddenly short of 10,000 >$. And, bear in mind, Bert has been Rebel's dealer for quite some time. Even at >the time Gideon came out (oops, Rebel 1.0)... > >Djordje > > If you are correct that the dealers who purchased hundreds of copies will be stuck with huge loses, then you have a point. I can't believe that, though. No dealer would continue to do business with Schroder under those conditions. I assume that the dealers will be given a rebate on all unsold copies at the time of the reduction in price. Ed made a bad decision. I don't think he made it so bad as to destroy his dealership. But, who knows?
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