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Old 01-16-2008, 03:14 PM
Dave
 
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Default Re: Exponential decay of computer hardware prices?

Rick Jones wrote:
> Dave <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>This is not bad bad considering the prices have dropped by more than 900%.

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>>Comments ? - Other than I am a complete nutter !!

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> Is it even possible for something to drop by 900%?-) Seems that a drop
> of 100% would leave the thing at $0.00. So, perhaps 99.somenumberof9s%?
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> rick jones


Sorry, they have lost 90% of their value, not 900.

Actually, I just spotted another error too. I said the one that sold at
$39 was within 32 cents of my projected price of $37.68. It was of
course $1.32.

My predictions are if anything a bit under the selling prices (and it
seems to have stayed that way for any examples I've seen over the last 2
and a half years). But the error is pretty small considering I did this
in Nov 2002, based on the average price in Nov 2002 and the price I'd
paid for one in mid 2001.


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