Ah yes. The marketeers hoisted by their own petard.

This sort of marketing madness results when the price of the goods bears
absolutely no relationship to the cost of producing them (despite all
protests to the contrary).

Welcome to modern capitalistic practices, Juan. If you do manage to have
this one unraveled, please let the list know the final result.

Regards

Neil (usual Friday disclaimers) Harvey



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan C. Pineiro [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 1997 6:59 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      997 upgrade prices
>
> Can anyone explain why HP would price out a 997(1-way) to 997(2-way)
> upgrade at 30% more than a 995(1-way) to 997(1-way) upgrade???  We
> asked
> an HP sales partner to quote a 995(1-way) to 997(5-way) upgrade and
> he's
> saying each additional 997 cpu board is going to cost more than the
> base
> upgrade.
>
> TIA.