Build-Your-Own At Wal-Mart?With discount PC prices already so low, and a reluctance on most people's parts to start fiddling with the insides of a PC, it's hard for me to imagine that Wal-Mart's plan to offer components will gain much traction. Still, they do have a better retailing record than I do, and local systems builders are concerned. Steven Burke rounds up reactions: "Some system builders feel the Wal-Mart move to start selling build-your-own components in some 1,400 stores by the end of the year will send system builder margins plummeting. Others feel that Wal-Mart is in over its head in the build-your-own business and will have a tough time making a go of it in an already thin-margin business." Posted by Joe Caponi at 10:16 AM, May 4, 2006 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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