Comments on: Gray Market Will Give Cisco & Dell The Blues http://gigaom.com/2008/12/07/gray-market-giving-cisco-dell-the-blues/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Victor Blake http://gigaom.com/2008/12/07/gray-market-giving-cisco-dell-the-blues/#comment-917003 Victor Blake Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:35:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=31210#comment-917003 <p>Is it a coincidence that the ads next to this article are for OSI Hardware for used Cisco equipment ?</p> Is it a coincidence that the ads next to this article are for OSI Hardware for used Cisco equipment ?

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2008/12/07/gray-market-giving-cisco-dell-the-blues/#comment-916949 Paul Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:46:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=31210#comment-916949 <p>Don't you mean the 'used' market? Gray market goods travel from one region to another, usually from regions with lower wholesale prices to regions with higher wholesale prices. But stuff that's been installed and then returned to the market is just used.</p> <p>By the way, expect a lot more black market goods, too - stuff sold as new by other than the manufacturer whose brand is on it. Desperate Chinese contract manufacturers, including the ones who manufacture for OEMs - will be working with desperate parts suppliers to circumvent brand owners and sell their own, part-for-part identical versions of branded goods in the US. Maybe we should call this 'red market'.</p> Don’t you mean the ‘used’ market? Gray market goods travel from one region to another, usually from regions with lower wholesale prices to regions with higher wholesale prices. But stuff that’s been installed and then returned to the market is just used.

By the way, expect a lot more black market goods, too – stuff sold as new by other than the manufacturer whose brand is on it. Desperate Chinese contract manufacturers, including the ones who manufacture for OEMs – will be working with desperate parts suppliers to circumvent brand owners and sell their own, part-for-part identical versions of branded goods in the US. Maybe we should call this ‘red market’.

]]> By: Gadget Sleuth http://gigaom.com/2008/12/07/gray-market-giving-cisco-dell-the-blues/#comment-916921 Gadget Sleuth Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:06:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=31210#comment-916921 <p>The PC market has been preparing for (and expecting) a slowdown for years now, and with the economy now, it will definitely happen. Cisco will definitely have to pair down their prices a bit to keep cash coming in.</p> The PC market has been preparing for (and expecting) a slowdown for years now, and with the economy now, it will definitely happen. Cisco will definitely have to pair down their prices a bit to keep cash coming in.

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