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Re: TLG investigation
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:28:03 GMT
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John Battcock wrote in message ...
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> I am not sure if anybody has made this comment regarding bulk prices yet so
> here goes. In order to make this worthwhile I think you have to look at the
> auto part industry example. Car X retails for $Y. The part price for all
> parts in Car X would price out at 3 times or even higher then retail price
> $Y.
Consumer Reports says that a Pathfinder costs $77,000 piece by piece. It
also quotes Henry Ford as saying he'd give cars away free if he could have a
monopoly on replacement parts.
Jesse
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