Saturday, August 20, 2005
CompUSA Auctions and Overstock.com
CompUSA's auction team has opened up an auction page at Overstock.com with an assortment of their merchandise thereby expanding their web presence. This can be contrasted to Circuit City closing their eBay web store and dwindling stock at the Best Buy eBay site.
I thought I had detected somewhat of a downturn in the auction activity by these retailers and had assumed it was due to cyclical influences. I also think the very low cost computer systems set for introduction this fall will change this market segment considerably. Some of that change will be in a differentiation (like Intel getting out of the budget chips) but it is kinda hard to see how the budget systems can't help but to exert a downward pressure in pricing. ¶ 8/20/2005 09:10:00 AM
I thought I had detected somewhat of a downturn in the auction activity by these retailers and had assumed it was due to cyclical influences. I also think the very low cost computer systems set for introduction this fall will change this market segment considerably. Some of that change will be in a differentiation (like Intel getting out of the budget chips) but it is kinda hard to see how the budget systems can't help but to exert a downward pressure in pricing. ¶ 8/20/2005 09:10:00 AM
